The documentary Street Punk! Banda Aceh is now free on YouTube. It follows Indonesian punk band Marjinal who are living under Sharia Law while protesting the system, sheltering young homeless kids and teaching them ukulele.
Banjo wizard Clifton Hicks shares some hand stretching exercises he uses to prevent injury. And be sure to give his music a listen too because he’s an excellent musician.
A new series of Festival of the Spoken Nerd has just started on Radio 4. You can listen to Helen Arney’s ukulele song about background radiation (at about 6:40 if you can’t wait).
Marlowe runs her uke through an effects processor.
Vance “Riptide” Joy has new album out with some ukulele songs.
Window Shopping
– Alvarez have a series of pretty cool looking Grateful Dead ukuleles.
– Daniel Round painted pirate ukulele.
– 1920s Kumalae.
– Ludwig Wendell banjolele.
—Dead ukes are all very well, but
Airplane guy here. Which gives me an
excuse to mention a few Jorma Kaukonen
uke videos.
YouTube channel: Jorma Kaukonen – Topic
Three videos published 2-26-17
Ukelele Time :53
2008-04-03
“Yes, folks, it’s ukulele time. I thought
that moment would never come and here it is.”
Two from 2011-11-04
Narrows Center For The Arts,
Fall River, MA
Good Shepherd 9:59
Hesitation Blues 6:25
Jorma on acoustic guitar accompanied
by ukulele.
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