Three chances to buy ukuleles handled by the greats this week: – Lewis Fine Resophonic Ukulele is up for auction at Bonhams (via Ukulelia – I agree with them, the estimate seems very low). – John King’s 5 string Giussani> (although it wasn’t used for the Jumpin’ Jim “classicle ukulele” book as claimed – that […]

Molly ‘Sweetafton23’ Lewis is raising money for a top secret mission. You can commission a signed CD, a doodle, or a cover song. Which is exactly what I’ve done. And you can help me decide by voting at the bottom of this post or here (it’s just four songs I want to hear covered on […]

Pua Lillehua When I asked about instrumental versions of songs, the message was they’re fine but could I do some easier ones. Your wish is my command (unless it’s a stupid wish) so here’s a very straightforward arrangement of Pua Lililehua. There’s no fancy picking – it’s all done with the thumb – and you […]

UPDATE: Find the ukulele festivals in 2013 here. No shortage of ukulele festivals lined up this year. Here’s a preliminary list. If there’s any I’ve missed leave a comment or send me a message. United States of America and Canada Ukulele Melee Location: Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park 51 Sandy Pond Road Lincoln, MA Date: […]

The Beach Boys – Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Chords) If you’re quick, you’ve still got time to cast your vote for the 2011 ukulele video of the year. It’s really close between Manitoba Hal and Bella Hemming (just a handful of votes between them at the time of writing). Voted? Right, down to business. I’ve […]

Two nominees for last year’s video of the year in this week’s selection (be sure to cast your vote if you haven’t yet). But the act that caught my attention (thanks to Humble Uker) was the Talilele Ukulele Orchestra from Kobe. They’re stretching the instruments used and creating a massive sound. Also this week Uke’s […]

You might have seen videos of the automated ukulele player. You can now join George Harrison and the bloke who directed The Goonies in the elite group of owners and buy one on eBay. A pair of fine custom ukuleles: William King sopranino and Mike DaSilva soprano. The MUKUDO: headless electric tenor ukulele (Thanks to […]

There’s a big hoo-haa over the Hawaiian music Grammy award – turns out someone cares (via Ukulelia). Daniel Ho, whose all-ukulele album is nominated this year, has won every year since 2006. He’s the living embodiment of the elevator-musicification of Hawaiian music and people aren’t happy. AV Club interview ukers including Aaron Keim and Danielle […]

David Beckingham – If I Had You (Tab) An interesting one here. David is using the iRealBook ipod app to back himself up. It has chords, bass and drums for a bunch of songs plus you can punch in your own. I wasn’t sure about shelling out the fairly high (for an app) price before […]

Voting Closed The nominations are in and there’s a big shock already, after the last two years of fluffy winners, all this year’s nominees are human (with the possible exception of Jonsi). Other than that, it’s a good mixture of stuff running from virtuoso performances to strums, big groups to solos, international superstars to bedroom […]