Friday Links

Video

– Pete Howlett talks to the BBC about uke making and his diagnosis with Parkinson’s.
– Another outstanding episode of Matt Kresling’s The Madagascar Journals. This time he’s made it to Madagascar and runs across a few players of the kabosy aka “the Malagasy ukulele”.
– Nat King Cole does a terrible job pretending to play ukulele.

New Releases

– Uke Hunt favourite, Phredd has released a Very Best of… collection.
– PUSHIN’ THROUGH by Craig Robertson.
– Lou Barlow’s new bari-heavy record Brace The Wave is out today. You can stream it on NPR.
– Garfunkel and Oates have a new album coming out next week: Secretions.
– Emilyn Brodsky’s Folkadelphia Session.

Learning

– Test out your note and chord recognition skills with Toned Ear.
– Manitoba Hal has begun a tutorial series starting with Jambalaya.
– I play the ukulele and it’s bloody brilliant.

Pictures

– Pinup pioneers: the first underwater photoshoot (via @sremmala).
– Ukul’ale’le.

Lil’ Rev’s wife Carol has been diagnosed with lung cancer. They’ve started a GoFundMe campaign to help with the costs of treatment. You can donate to them here.

Jake Shimabukuro is touring the UK for the first time this month.