Musicguymic has new KoAloha Sopranino ukuleles. Only nineteen and a half inches long. Aww bless. San Francisco’s MoCFA is currently holding an exhibition on the Evolution of the Ukulele. It includes a two day ukulele festival featuring Jake Shimabukuro, The Paper Dolls and many others. If you can’t make it, you can still read another […]

Ukulelenurkka will be celebrating International Ukulele Day (August 23rd) in Helsinki with two days worth of top-notch gigs. Appearances from Ukulelezaza, Pete Howlett, Shelley Rickey and Scheidenbach. After I mentioned the Tay Zonday’s viral hit video Chocolate Rain in connection with this performance, WS64 produced a fantastic ukulele version of the song. Tay Zonday and […]

Uke Hunt has a MySpace. Friend me up and join the Uke Hunt endorsed Ukulele Nation. Lyle Ritz and Roy Sakuma chat on NPR (via Ukulelia). The C-FleaPO & R2-Flea2 Flea ukulele doesn’t exist. But Darth Vader plays uke. Howlin’ Hobbit is dishing out bi-weekly uke tips. An ukulele has finally made an appearance in […]

400 kids and Jack Johnson attempt to break the record for most ukuleles played at once. See the video evidence here. The record may not last long. From what I can make out, the Yokohama Hawai’i Festival are planning to have 1,000 people ukeing at once this weekend. Someone should tell the San Diego Ukulele […]

Jake Shimabukuro is to release a new EP entitled My Life. The tracklist includes Over The Rainbow, In My Life, Going to California and Time After Time. Via Honalulu Advertiser. Pre-order on Amazon. La Blogotheque has a series of beautifully shot videos Daniella ‘Rio En Medio‘ Stech-Homsy singing and ukeing in the streets of Paris. […]

LA Daily News talks to Jim Beloff and Dan Sawyer about the ukulele’s gaining popularity. Is this the earliest photo of an ukulele? It is according to this great article by John King. The photo was taken by Lewis Carroll and features Alice (of Wonderland fame), on the left, and her sisters holding machetes – […]

The Tatamimats‘ Dark Side of the Uke is causing a big stir. It may be because I’m not a Floyd fan, but I can’t see what the fuss is about. Long forgotten uke-comedian Archie ‘The Uku-Laddy’ Bester gets a MySpace. Robot crotches are confusing. Photographic proof that ukuleles make you happy on nerd’s eye view. […]

Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole isn’t going to let being dead for a decade slow him down. He has just released new album, Wonderful World. The album features classic IZ tracks with a full orchestral backing. I’m not sure how much an orchestra will add to his music. He’s at his best when it’s just him and […]

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s new album, Precious Little, is available from their website. You can download a track from the album – Joni Mitchell’s (He Played Real Good) For Free – on Horse Latitudes. Bake yourself a Cakelele. Aloha-licious. All four presenters of Resonance FM‘s ‘perfect accompaniment to a chocolate Hob Nob or […]

There are a great many ukulele blogs out there, it’s tough keeping track of all of them. That’s why I’ve saved you a great deal of trouble and combined them into a single Yahoo pipe: Ukulele Blog Pipe This clubs together: 4th Peg, All Things Ukulele, Chiyodad, Doifter, Dominator, Eastern Ukulele, Fretboard Journal (uke posts […]