I’ve just released an updated version of How to Play Blues Ukulele ebook with a snazzy new look, more examples, YouTube videos of every example, and more backing tracks. If you’ve bought the ebook in the past you should have had an email from me with a link to download this version (it may have […]
Archive for 2014
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New Releases – Two new albums from the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra: Be Mine Tonight a collection of New Zealand songs from the Maori lullaby Hine e Hine to Lorde’s Team and Collected Hits featuring songs from their EPs. – Bosko and Honey’s The Universe Will Provide. – Rock journalist and Leonard Cohen biographer Sylvie […]
Lennie Niehaus – Claudia’s Theme (Tab) Have to admit, I’ve never actually seen Unforgiven. It’s a western with Clint Eastwood and that’s about all I know. But I got a request for Claudia’s Theme, gave it a listen and loved it. Plus it seems ideal for the uke. The original starts in the key of […]
How in the merry hell did it get to be November already? The year is fast disappearing and I’ve got a lot planned so here are my favourite ukulele albums and EPs of the year. Let me know what yours are in the comments. Note: for the purposes of this post “2014” refers to the […]
Cream – White Room (Chords) Sad news this week of, bass playing legend, Jack Bruce’s death. As my little tribute, here’s a write up of one of his biggest hits. In the chord sheet above I’ve included the standard chord shapes. But I like to use these slightly trickier inversions: White Room (Alternate Chords) (Aside: […]
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New Releases – Pre-order the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra’s debut album. (Wait, debut album? … So it is). – Maybe by Sage Harrington. – UkePunk’s Punk Police The Album. – Wild Child’s The Runaround. Learning – Halloween chord book The Haunted Ukulele. – You can find all my Halloween tabs and chords here. And in […]
Arctic Monkeys – AM Medley (Tab) Way back in 2007 the second ever chord post I did was Despair in the Departure Lounge. Since then there’s been a steady stream of request for more Monkeys which I’d always replied to with, “I’ll do another Monkeys tab when they go back to making good records.” Johnny […]
Get Plucky with the Ukulele is the new book by Will Grove-White off of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain and his own group Will Grove-White & the Others. As you would expect of someone who started playing the ukulele when it was ignored and deeply unfashionable in the 80s, Will has an obvious deep […]
