Today’s post come courtesy of Paul Mansell. Paul’s a a professional ukulele player and author who specialises in classical music. He’s just released a new book Classical Uke and was kind enough to share his thoughts on the uke being used for classical music. As we all know, the ukulele was for many years seen […]

Lou Reed – Perfect Day (Chords) Usually I’ll use a capo to avoid including an E chord in a song. But this one has a capo (on the first fret) which creates the need for a E chord. But Perfect Day takes a few unusual chord turns and this turned out to be the best […]

Full Playlist Tracklist Mel Muñiz – Fight Back Sisters Mt. Joy – Dirty Love (The song starts about 20 seconds in) EatMyUke – Weezer Blue Album Medley All Our Exes Live in Texas – The Devil's Part Thanks to Peter. Gentle Brontosaurus – Wicker Park Reneé Dominique – I'll Be Seeing You DYAN & the […]

New Releases – Excellent instrumental record from Uke Hunt favourite Choan Galvez. Your €4 gets you not only the ten tracks but also tabs of every tune. – New record from Taimane: Elemental. – Indie-pop ukulele from Gentle Brontosaurus. Learning – Latest ukulele book from Lil Rev: Intros, Endings & Turnarounds for Ukulele. – The […]

Amy Winehouse – Rehab (Tab) I considered posting this song back when Amy Winehouse died but it seemed like exceptionally bad taste at the time. But it’s far too great a song to ignore for long and I’m not going to hold her questionable uke skills against her. To keep the tab a manageable length […]

Full playlist We’re about at the halfway point in 2018 already. Time to take a look back at some of the great ukulele music to come out this year (and a couple from last December which I didn’t find until this year). If you’ve got suggestions for great stuff I’ve missed send me an email […]

Doc Watson – Little Sadie (Chords) The Last of Us franchise has a habit of hitting my musical sweet-spot. I’ve already tabbed Gustavo Santaolalla’s theme for the first game and Through the Valley from the first trailer for TLOU 2. Now the latest footage from E3 included Crooked Still’s version of Little Sadie. The song […]

Full Playlist Tracklist The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain – Highway to Hell Bud Sugar – Gambia Randy Gapasin – You’ve Got A Friend In Me The O’Pears – One Day Cera Impala – Magic (Thanks to @ukeist) Tremonti – Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Joanna Wallfisch – The Ship UkeShack – Kirby’s Victory Dance Theme

There’s long been a story floating around that Jimi Hendrix started playing music on a one-string ukulele. Now Jimi’s brother has gone into a bit more detail. Herman Vandecauter has been collecting information on the machete and related instruments (the Madeiran forebears of the ukulele). Two books for community focused ukulelists: one for teaching and […]

Charli XCX – Boys (Tab) I don’t cover a lot of pop music on here but Charli XCX’s contribution to the long tradition of lusty songs about handsome boys was the song of last summer and one of my favourite songs of the year. The arrangement is a bit tricky with a few leaps up […]