I started the Uke Hunt Patreon a couple of years ago and the support of Patreons has made a massive difference for the site. A huge thank you to all the backers It’s been a difficult couple of years for everyone and I deeply appreciate you choosing to support the site and keep the whole […]
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Merry Christmas, Chanukah Sameach, Io Saturnalia, Feliz Natal and Happy Holidays! (If you can be arsed with it this year.) That’s it from me for another year. I’ll be back sometime in January 2022 (year of the D7add13 chord, wonderful). If you’re after some Christmas music and you’re as Spotify user here’s my Christmas Ukulele […]
It’s award season and time to hand out the most coveted of them all The UkeHunties. Ukulele Record of 2021: Tyrone and Lesley – Have No Words I don’t think there’s a better instrument pairing than ukulele and double bass. They’re made for each other. And that pairing is shown off on Tyrone and Lesley’s […]
Last chance to pick up my tab ebooks at up 70% off in the Black Friday sale. Southern Ukulele Stores runs down its top 10 ukes of 2021. I was interview by Lil’ Rev. There were in-depth questions and he did a great write-up. Including some very kind quotes from people who I thought had […]
– Two sad losses for the ukulele world: Tin Pan Alley and uke enthusiast Fred Fallin and ukulelist and boogie board inventor Tom Morey. – Uke Hunt favourite, Lil Rev is launching a new ukulele book called Blue Arpeggios. You can back find out more and back the project on GoFundMe. – LP tells Guitar […]
Now you’ve got your perverted zither costume together, here are some tunes you may wish to bone up on before the big night. Addams Family Theme Tune Black Sabbath – Paranoid Chopin – Funeral March Jonathan Coulton – Re: Your Brains The Cranberries – Zombie Dance Macabre The Decemberists – Shankill Butchers The Doors – […]
– Continuing in the tradition of Neil Armstrong, SpaceX launched a Martin ukulele into space along with a load of other junk. – Jake Shimabukuro has announced a new album with a cavalcade of stars including Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett and Bette Midler. – The new Life is Strange game is out and ukulelist mxmtoon […]
From Boris Karloff’s Tales of Mystery, Don’t Play that Ukelele. (Via @ukeist) Assembling a posse to retrieve a stolen ukulele. Ukulele Girls circa 1940. Window Shopping – Ukulele Sculpture by Arman, 2002. Yours for £10,685. (Thanks to @hermanvdc.) – Horseshoe Banjolele. – RIGuitars Tahitian ukulele. – 9 course orpharion from 1617. Patreon A massive thanks […]
Over lockdown, I got tired of the usual Netflix fare and embarked on watching a wider variety of movies including, horror of horrors, movies with subtitles. And I found a bunch of great stuff. Here’s a round-up of films about music and musicians I enjoyed (order from weirdest to least weird) that you might not […]
Sam and Fred Kamaka have received Congressional gold medals. (Via Ukulelia.) James Hill has launched a ukulele clothing brand. So far, no oversized Hawaiian shirts or Formby false teeth. The fantastic Paula Fuga has a new album out including features from Jack Johnson and Ben Harper: Rain on Sunday. I backed this on Kickstarter way […]
