Did you know Metallica have started suing fans they suspect of playing Metallica songs in their head? True fact. Demo More guitar riffs for ukulele

Ukulele Groups in the USA and Canada Ukulele Groups in the UK and Ireland Ukulele Groups in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia Ukulele Groups in Europe If you’d like your club added to the list please send the name of the group, the location and the url of website/Facebook/wherever on the net to […]

View Ukulele Clubs and Groups in a larger map NOTE: I try to keep the info on the page as up to date as I can. But it’s best to check with the group themselves. If you’d like your club added to the list please send the name of the group, the location and the […]

Toxicity (Tab) A very tricky one to get right. It’s in 6/8 time (I think). The best way to count the bar is 1,2,3,2,2,3 (I think). And it’s best to play this one with a pick (that one I’m pretty sure on). Here’s me definitely getting it wrong: MP3 More guitar riffs for ukulele.

The Mural and the Mint – Virgin Mouth (MP3) The Mural and the Mint – I’m on Fire (MP3) via their website. The Mural and the Mint are named after, their hometown, Philadelpia’s association with public art and the production of money. There’s an interesting comment Philadelphia does have more public art than any other […]

I’m not going to do a full write up of the Ukelear Meltdown Festival but one thing I can say for sure is that at this point in proceedings the entire audience spent at least 2 minutes considering setting up a stylophone orchestra. And Sweetafton busted one out along with a couple of ukes for […]

I just about managed to drag myself away from watching OK Go videos long enough to put together a UkeTube. Credit this week goes to the Lummy Days ukulele podcast for alerting me to Keston Cobblers’ Club’s rather lovely You-Go.

Ukulollo has made a short documentary about Ukuleles for Peace (a project bringing together Jewish and Arab children in Israel to play ukuleles). You can donate and find out more on their website and you can help by buying the How to Play Ukuleles for Peace ebook. If you haven’t seen the new look site […]

A new design for Flukes and Fleas: the Batik. And the Tiki Flea has had a bit of a makeover too. They all come with the new peg-head tuners which, despite the way they look, are geared. This Gretsch style 3 is just beautiful. I didn’t realise Gretsch had made a ukulele as pretty as […]

MP3 UPDATE: The new look is up if you want to come and see it. If you find anything that isn’t working I’d really appreciate it if you let me know. A huge thanks to Ben Lew for all his hard work in making it happen. I’m surprised more indie bands haven’t pillaged African sounds. […]