Ukuleles for Ukraine: Friday Links

Ukuleles for Ukraine: a charity project to supply orphans with basic necessities and ukuleles. You can help by donating to their GoFundMe (which is close to reaching its target as I write this) or by attending their fundraiser if you’re in the Southsea area.

New Releases

Kahiwa – First Kiss.
Two new instructional DVDs from Play Ukulele by Ear: Strumming Ukulele by Ear and Picking Ukulele by Ear.
New album from Craig Roberston: STAB.

Kickstarting

Heidi Swedberg is Kickstarting Color-Along Ukulele a ukulele-learning/colouring book. You know, for kids.

Video

– 1930s boxing champ, Jack Sharkey tiples with Abe Lyman.
Playing ukulele and guitar at the same time.

Pictures

Painted ukes from this year’s Pimp My M.U.F. contest.
Adventure Timers ukeing.
1917 university professors wonder if the ukulele makes real music.

The Guardian encourages people to pick up a ukulele with words from Will Grove White and a mention of Uke Hunt.

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4 Comments

  1. Jim D'Ville March 20th, 2015 2:14 pm

    Thanks for the mention, Al!

  2. Ron Hale March 20th, 2015 6:54 pm

    1917 hadn’t the benefit of modern three-chord pop, Al. You had to really play the uke back when.

    Learning three chords then wouldn’t have let you
    play much of anything beyond the Hawaiian vamp and blues.

    Try impressing Tin Pan Alley players with
    “Twist & Shout” and such.

    Well, we’ve come a long way since then.

    You’re just as likely to annoy and alienate your friends with endless 3-chord stuff than you are to impress them.

    Even more so with strangers.

    13 million views for Jake pales beside the kid’s
    “I’m Yours” with 64 million.

    Why didn’t the Guardian mention that?

  3. karl March 20th, 2015 7:26 pm

    tiple, not taropatch

  4. Woodshed March 20th, 2015 9:33 pm

    Jim: You’re very welcome!

    Ron: Because Jake’s video has had a long term impact on the culture of the ukulele and ukulele boy was a brief fad?

    karl: Thanks for the correction.

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