Lisa Hannigan – Knots (Tab) I’m going to have to revise my opinion that Lisa Hannigan and Damien Rice are the Brian Clough and Peter Taylor of Irish music; earth-conquering genius together but a bit disappointing apart. This song and the free track you get when you join her mailing list have got me very […]

Yes, this is post number 1,500. And it’s just a mish-mash of stuff that reaching that milestone brought to mind. If you’ve got any thoughts on any of these, leave a comment or send an email. I’d like to know what you think and which direction you’d like to see things go over the next […]

The Burning Hell – I Love the Things That People Make (Baritone Chords) How would one go about making this song the official anthem of the internet? It seems there are two types of site on the internet: sites about things people do (like Facebook, Twitter and Perez Hilton) and sites about things that people […]

A mixture this week of angel voiced young girls (including Bella Hemming and Agathe and Fine) and beardy bluesmen (including Manitoba Hal and Blue Dean). The Garfunkel and Oates song contains a cavalcade of cursing. You should know that by now. I’m going to stop issuing warnings.

Never trust a tattoo artist that doesn’t know how to play D7. You can listen to four tracks from James Hill’s new long player Man with a Love Song. The emphasis on this one is shifted away from virtuoso ukuleling and towards songwriting. And it really shows – they’re the best songs he’s ever written. […]

I think I’ve mentioned before that I hate musicals yet all my favourite films are musicals. And This Is Spinal Tap is definitely up there. Despite their huge impact on ukulele music (obviously been an influence on Jake’s key selection), I could only find two uke Tap covers. So I’m writing up to up that […]

I was in the process of updating the Songs with Chords You Know page and became curious about the most used chords on the site. Here are the results (click it for the full size image): And here’s one showing all chords used four times or more. The first thing that struck me was that […]

Basia Bulat – Sparrow (Chords) While you’re waiting for me to get more Beirut stuff together, here’s one from their recent support act Basia Bulat. Suggested Strumming The song is in 3/4 time. You can just use three down strums: d – d – d – Twice for each chord (apart from the fancy bits […]

Lots of good stuff this week but my favourite is Lisa Hannigan doing some boat-ukuleling. Also up: U to the izz-9 0 to the izz-0 take on a new cover project, hellogoodbye with Taylor York off of Paramore on uke duties, Aussie songsters The Little Stevies, power-popping electro-uke from Toy Horses and plenty more besides.

Fender has two new ukuleles out both small and cheaper than their previous tenor-only ukes. The concert size Mino’Aka and the soprano U’Uku. And they’ve taken the admirable step of saying the ukuleles are laminated in their product descriptions. UkeBag.com has some very fetching handmade ukulele bags. Kanile’a are mostly known for their finely crafted […]