A documentary about the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The Ukes Down Under is raising funding. Robert Stern made a documentary about them six years ago and has filmed them again on their Australian tour this year. There’s the usual array of rewards including copies of both documentaries and a chance to appear on the [...]

I’ve had a few people ask me about tabs for the melody lines I play in the chord examples in Ukulele for Dummies. So I’ve put a few bits together. This isn’t anything official or perfect – it’s just a cleaned up version of the tabs I made when I recorded them. But I wanted [...]

Left-handed ukulele chord chart for beginners. Kate Micucci romances Conan O’Brien ( alt. link thanks to @ukegnome). I celebrated my 100th video with a cover of Napalm Death. Google’s Project Glasses clearly has a glitch. It doesn’t set off a giant alarm when the wearer buys a ukulele book other than Ukulele for Dummies (thanks [...]

Rose Turtle Ertler’s recipe collection – as featured on the podcast – What Ukulele Players Eat 2 is now up for sale. It features recipes and tracks from loads of Uke Hunt friends including Bossarocker, Armelle, Herman Vandecauter, Rodrigo Lemos, Uke Box and a bunch more. The Antiques Roadshow visits the Kamaka factory (from 20 [...]

I’ve been dying to hear more about Indonesian protest punks Marjinal since, let me see, the 26th June 2009. They give ukuleles to street kids and teach them to play so they can earn money busking. Now there’s a Kickstarter to make a documentary about them. I kicked in straight away. Trailer for a Jake [...]

Classical and traditional tab site PDF Minstrel now has a sister site with modern tunes PDF Uker. New Releases: Jacob Borschard has completed the Beach Boy’s album SMiLE with vocals and ukulele of his own and you can download it on his website, Garfunkel and Oates are Slippery When Moist. If you’re ever thinking of [...]

If you bought the Kindle version of Ukulele for Dummies you can now download the MP3s to go along with it by going here and searching for ukulele in the title. And learn that my middle initial is apparently M (the M stands for David). Valentines ukulele papercraft. The UOGB answer fans’ questions. Most popular [...]

I’m sure I’m not the only one who cringes whenever they hear unimaginative use of ukuleles on TV. So Rob Manning’s score for Channel 4′s Girls on the Pull a refreshing change (if you’re unfamiliar with 4′s naming tactics it’s a documentary about compulsive hair-pulling). Vanilla Ice plays ukulele for hipsters (seems like the video [...]

After years of being promised, the Jake Shimabukuro tab book is finally on the way. It’s for his latest album, Peace, Love, Ukulele, but does have his arrangement of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Jontom has released a new ebook 50 Licks for Ukulele. Ukulele juggling (via @WillGroveWhite). Pierce Brosnan endorses Kamoa (via Ukulovely). The [...]

That crack when Steve Martin stands up after singing Tonight, You Belong to Me? It’s the sound of a foot going through a Martin ukulele. I wrote a bit about ukulele songs and cultural appropriation. The short version: the mock-Hawaiian songs from the early years of the ukulele-boom are really horrid. Amazon US are offering [...]