Tessie O’Shea‘s ukulele: Gibson Model UB-5. It’s already been sold but this Gibson Ukulele UKE 2 would make a nice consolation. Photos: Costumed Musician, Boy playing ukulele, UKULELE in BED w BABY!. If you happen to see some suspiciously cheap Ohana baritone resonators be aware they might be stolen.

Lots of excellent photos this week: Senior ukulele club (via Ukulelia), Nancy Hamilton (via Humble Baritonics), the man on the table, Ukulele Lady (warning: contains boobs). UkuleleTim has a new site Ukulele Secrets that promises to teach you to play ukulele like a badass. Definitely worth subscribing to. Scarface seems to be the uke player’s […]

David Beckingham – Whistling Milkman (Tab) Is there such thing as milkmen anymore? If there is, they’re certainly not whistling. Nevertheless, here’s another expertly arranged tune from David Beckingham. This time a tune from UK fingerpicking guitarist Dave Evans. If you want more, here are all his tabs so far: The Stripper Mississippi Blues In […]

When I mentioned bamboo ukuleles before, there was a bit of discussion about whether you should care about the environmental impact of your uke and it got me thinking about the issue. And, of course, there’s the ever increasing selection of woods there are to choose from. Neither issue I’m particularly knowledgeable on. So I […]

Eddie Vedder – Longing to Belong (Chords) More details coming out about Eddie Vedder’s ukulele album. The latest is that it’s going to be called Ukulele Songs and will be out on the 30th May. It’ll feature a duet with Glen Hansard and a version of Tonight You Belong to Me with Cat Power. And […]

Dear about a million people, Yes, I’ve heard Taimane’s Toccata. I featured it here and this was the reaction. Hugs and smooches, Al P.S. Taimane’s new one is in this week’s round-up along with Te Ava Piti from Raiatea, The Cotton Dons (one of whom inherited a love a uke from his granddad Joe Brown) […]

Eddie Vedder’s much rumoured ukulele album is to be called Uke Songs and you can listen to the first single, Longing to Belong, here. Ukulele for Dummies is available for pre-order on Amazon US. If you haven’t picked up your copy of Bosko and Honey’s Ukulele Safari CD, now’s the time to buy it. All […]

The Irish Washerwoman (Tab) Quite tricky to play this one. The first section is made up of campanella bits on G and Am (5450) mixed with short runs. For the runs in both sections it’s worth using pinkie, ring and middle for fretting. It’s a stretch in some places much makes it easier to set […]

Back in 2008 when I first did an Irish tabs post I was wondering why there wasn’t any ukulele scene in Ireland. But I’m proud that post helped kick off Ireland’s ukulele group and festival and there seems to be a lot of ukulele interest over there now. If you’re looking for some Irish music […]

The Pogues – Fiesta (Chords) Time again for a week of Irishness starting, as always, with some St Shane. Another dead simple one with just three chords. Since the instrumental bits are quite long, I’ve included bar lines. Which reminds me, I should probably do a post about bars some time. I’ve written up the […]