Pogues – Sally MacLennane (Chords) Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As is tradition, here’s a Pogues song. It’s a straightforward three chord romp. Suggested Strumming Strumming d u d u with swing will get you through everything but the bridge. But throw in a bit of d – d u for variety. In the bridge you […]

Full Playlist To celebrate International Women’s Day this Sunday today’s UkeTube is all women ukers.

On the Radio – CBC debates ukes vs recorders in school. James Hill argues for ukuleles. – Phil Jupitus celebrates The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Ukes – New Fender electric ukuleles. – Lichty long neck tenor. – Rebel custom tenor. – Devine Muse tenor. – Ironman ukulele. – Antica […]

Better Call Saul (Tab) I had assumed Junior Brown’s Better Call Saul would be the theme tune to the show. But they went with the more unexpected choice of, Nottingham indie rockers, Little Barrie. But the theme is very in keeping with the feel of the Breaking Bad theme. It’s similarly sparse which makes it […]

Today’s post is a guest tutorial by classical guitarist and ukulelist Samantha Muir. She recently won the UOGB’s Valentines contest with a fancy bit of tremolo picking and was kind enough to let me share her technique with you. You can find out more about Sam and buy her classical ukulele tab ebooks at SamanthaMuir.com. […]

Meghan Trainor – Baby Doll (Chords) I’m not saying I single handedly launched Meghan Trainor’s career, but she did start to get huge after I gave this song the old Uke Hunt bump. It didn’t make the album but it’s easily my favourite song of hers. It has some classic ukulele chord moves like C […]

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My ebooks are available in the EU again thanks to Gumroad getting on top of the VAT situation. Sorry about the delay on that. Learning – Two great new ukulele blogs: Jonathan Lewis has a site for tabs of his spectacular campanella arrangements of traditional tunes, and Ukulele Go! covering everything uke related including reviews, […]

James Newton Howard ft. Jennifer Lawrence – Hanging Tree (Tab) After last week’s two nightmare difficulty posts something much more straight forward this week. Like the original, I start my version off with just the melody. It’s a great traditionally inspired melody (written by the guys off of The Lumineers) and is plenty strong enough […]

USA and Canada Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Location: Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA 16601 Date: March 22, 2015 Performers: Victoria Vox, Stuart “Stukulele” Fuchs, Colin Coleman Website: http://soiree.alleghenyukes.com/ Ashokan Uke Fest Location: Conservation Hall, Ashokan Center Date: May 22 to 25, 2015 Performers: Joel Eckhaus, Ben Hassenger, Paul Hemmings, Marcy Marxer, Heidi Swedberg, Gerald Ross and […]