Blueberry are another guitar company leaping onto the ukulele bandwagon. Their Bluekulele is a bit filigree-heavy for my taste but it’s already commanding a good price and plenty of bidders. Anyone ever tried a Pickard ukulele? They’re commanding a high price on eBay UK but I don’t remember having seen anyone play one (or even […]

I think this would be a great song for ukulele orchestras. It’s got a really interesting arrangement: simple chords, a bunch of little riffs to play, plenty of space in the arrangement and some nice dynamics (I might rant on this next week). It’s in the key of C. And it sounds great sung chorally. […]

Mid-East caused quite a splash at NAMM 2010 with a range of ukuleles based on traditional instruments including a hippie’s wet dream – a sitar that’s small enough to carry in a backpack. So I caught up with Jay McDonald from Mid-East to discuss chikaris and sympathetic strings; and to get some extensive use out […]

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MP3 A much simpler riff this time. Most of it is just the G chord shape moved up the neck (to create C and Bb chords). I used a pick when I recorded this one but only because I still had it in my hand whilst recording some others. It does help with the triplets […]

Because of the amount of money and people it takes to make a film, it’s very rare you get someone who is willing to try completely new ways of doing things. Cory McAbee‘s latest film, Stingray Sam, is made up of six 11 minute episodes, designed to be watched on mobile phones as well as […]

MP3 There’s a very good reason why Julia Nunes went for a chord-based version when she covered this tune – the riff is a nightmare to play on uke. It’s not in the same key as the original and slightly adapted. I’ve used harmonics for the notes at the 12 fret to buy a bit […]

The good news is that, judging by the very nice video, someone is putting money into the very talented Lulu and the Lampshades. Also this week is a song from White Hinterland which probably won’t be to a few people’s taste (you can hear them doing something more traditional here) and a glorious tune from […]

Mahalo have a new range of “banjo styled” ukuleles with solid cedar and spruce tops (the spruce tops have a cheesy Kamiki Method type illustration scrawled on them). The shape of them is close to the Lyon and Healy camp design. The Joe Brown signature Kala ukes have hit the US. I didn’t realise he […]

The new ukulele compilation from Lost Sound Tapes Ukulele, Mekulele, Wekulele is available to buy now and features Uke Hunt favourites Jacob Borshard, MJ Hibbett and Yoyoyo Acapulco. Ben Lew discusses redesigning Uke Hunt – leave him a comment telling him he’s ace. A very interesting article in the latest edition of Ukulele Yes! asking […]