Archive for October, 2018

UkeTube: Vincent Cortese, Sweet Hollywiians, Amine

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Vincent Cortese – Charleston Vinícius Vivas – Tico-tico no Fubá Amine x Einer Bankz – Reel it In Ukulelezaza & his Sweet Hollywaiians – Love Songs Of The Nile Faith Ako – E Nihi Ka Hele Feng E – Smooth Criminal Hein Overbeek & Anne van der Wal – Swing Gitane […]

Friday Links: Tab Books, Making Gut Strings, Willie K’s Anthem

New Releases – Choan Gálvez’s new album of laid-back instruments Lullabies for Astronauts is out now. The album includes uke tab for all tracks and you can get a taster from his guest post here and on Ukulele Go!. – If you’ve been enjoying João Tostes’s free album naturæ you be glad to here a […]

Midnight, the Stars and You (from The Shining) (Tab)

Al Bowlly and Ray Noble – Midnight, the Stars and You For Halloween, a song from the greatest horror film ever made. It’s so densely packed with detail, unforgettable images and jarring juxtapositions. Which has spawned an entire industry of fan theories from the undeniable to the entirely ridiculous to the disturbing and plausible (and […]

Halloween Tabs and Chords

Now you’ve got your raunchy jello pudding pop costume together, here are some tunes you may wish to bone up on before the big night. Addams Family Theme Tune Chopin – Funeral March Jonathan Coulton – Re: Your Brains Dance Macabre The Doors – People Are Strange The Fall – Mansion The Gothic Archies – […]

The Doors – People Are Strange (Chords and Tab)

The Doors – People Are Strange (Chords) Time for some loosely Halloween-based music. And there’s no more Halloweeny instrument than the bone-clattering sound of a harpsichord. Tiny Tim performed a ukulele version of People Are Strange. And it’s one of his more successful covers. But I’ve stuck with The Doors’ version for this write-up. There […]

Richard Saslow – Ragpickin’ (Tab)

Richard Saslow – Ragpickin’ (Tab) A new tab from David Beckingham. This time a great ragtime-style piece by Richard Saslow originally for guitar. Links Richard Saslow’s The New Art of Ragtime Guitar on Amazon David Beckingham on YouTube More David Beckingham tabs

UkeTube: Veronica Sbergia, Natalia Lafourcade, Tobe Nwigwe

Watch on YouTube Tracklist Max De Bernardi & Veronica Sbergia – Foggy River Jorge Glem Duo – Zumba Que Zumba On cuatro Paul Mansell – Memoire de la Mare Jonathan Lewis – The Princess Royal Natalia Lafourcade – Un Derecho de Nacimiento Tobe Nwigwe – WAVY Mathias CV – Indifference Scott Matthew – Do You […]

Friday Links: Archtop Ukes, MeToo Song and New Music

Last chance for Uke Hunt t-shirts for a year. Order them from US here or or the UK/Europe here before 18th October. Ukulele #MeToo song goes viral. Fantastic new blues and hokum album from Max De Bernardi and Veronica Sbergia. Uke Hunt’s favourite happy uker, Phredd discusses ukes, suitcase drums and nose-picking on the Good […]

Suicide is Painless (MASH Theme) (Tab)

Johnny Mandel – Suicide is Painless (Tab) This song has quite a story behind it. When working on the MASH movie Robert Altman attempted to come up with, “the stupidest song ever written,” for the funeral scene. But failed to come up with something suitably idiotic. But told the movie’s composer Johnny Mandel, “All is […]

Choan Galvez – Nana para Greta (Tab)

Choan Gálvez – Nana para Greta (Tab) Choan Gálvez has a new album coming out this week: Lullabies for Astronauts. Like his last record, the album comes with uke tabs for all the tunes. And Choan was kind enough to let me post the tab to one of the pieces here. I enjoyed the tune […]

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