Podcast Powered By Podbean Download Podcast #5 Subscribe on iTunes Time for the slightly belated (but only because it’s a stupid month) February edition of the Uke Hunt podcast. No feature segment this month but it’s packed with excellent tunes (including one from my current favourite uke album from Spring Breakup It’s Not You, It’s […]

Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive (Chords) Time to bust out your disco pants for some Bee Gees action. d0y0uwantt0‘s rather fine ukulele version. It’s in the same key so you’re safe playing along with the original version. Suggested Strumming This is the trickiest part of the song. It’s best to keep things varied with plenty […]

Something a little different this week. Rather than ukes, I thought I’d post some videos from the uke’s ancestral home: Madeira. Most of the videos feature uke-related instruments (braguinha/machete/rajao) and two guys: Roberto Moritz and Roberto Moniz(you should subscribe to them). Both members of Madeira’s top traditional band Xarabanda. It’s very interesting to see the […]

As wonderful as they are, there’s no doubt that mahogany and koa are not environmentally concious choices. Bamboo on the other hand is “one of the most eco-friendly building materials there is”. So it’s heartening to see a trend for bamboo ukuleles. Cordoba have been on board for a while. Tall Grass have one. Kiwaya […]

Molly Lewis sings her Stephen Fry song to Stephen Fry and here she is as The Bride from Kill Bill. MP3s: Download Jen Kwok’s EP Kwokulele free on her website. Hooves on the Turf has mp3s of a wonderful collab between Tune-Yards and Roomful of Teeth. Lengthy video of Ooks of Hazzard performance. Valentines Day […]

Manitoba Hal – Poulet Shack (Tab) UPDATE: Help Hal win a Gibson retreat by Facebook liking this page. With it being everyone’s favourite video of last year, there were no shortage of requests for this one. And I was very happy to comply because I’d already half worked it out so I could purloin a […]

I’m a big fan of Lil’ Rev‘s playing and have featured him a few times on the site. So I was really looking forward to checking out his latest book 101 Ukulele Licks. And Rev was kind enough to send me a copy for review. What You Get 48 page book containing tab and standard […]

Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra – Short People (Chords) Randy Newman seems to be popular with a lot of Uke Hunt readers. He topped the what should Molly play? poll and came third in the Video of the Year vote with this one. He is a completely individual and unmistakeable songwriter. Which makes him very easy […]

It was a close run contest, but in the end Manitoba Hal won Ukulele Video of the Year 2010 with his funky blues of Poulet Shack from his latest album Huckster ( you can buy it on BandCamp, you can also get a ukulele songbook for it on his website). Rather than a huge gong […]

Official ukulele video of the year winner is Manitoba Hal. More on that next week. But this week there’s a new one from him and looks like a strong contender for this year’s contest. Also this week a glorious song from Seryn (those indicoustic bands do like to hang out in gloomy rooms), rawuke covering […]