MJ Hibbett – A Million Ukeleles (MP3) MJ Hibbett – I Did A Gig In New York (MP3) via MySpace MJ Hibbett has spent most of his musical life knocking out Billy Bragg/Half Man Half Biscuit type punky numbers on mundane aspects of English life (particularly football and antiquated digital technologies) with his band The […]

Kate Micucci – Dear Dear (mp3) Kate Micucci – Mr Moon (mp3) via her website. MP3s no longer available – you can buy them on CDBaby There’s little doubt of the link between the ukulele and comic actors. From Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, through Steve Martin to Adam Sandler and William H Macy. The […]

Peter Delaney – Pariah Chimes (mp3) Peter Delaney – If You Become Impossible (mp3) via MySpace As a kind of pre-St Patrick’s Day celebration, this week will be Irish week on Uke Hunt. And to kick this off, Ireland’s favourite ukulele troubadour, Peter Delaney. Peter Delaney started out with his brother Neil as part of […]

Every once in a while, I get the overwhelming urge to write about non-uke playing acts and today I’ve given in. So, if you’re strictly a uke-only type, turn back now. If, on the other hand, you love independent music and get a buzz from hearing people make music from their heart, opening handmade album […]

Share – Bluebird (mp3) Share – Shangri-La (mp3) Download the whole album free from Forward Music When I tell you Share are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, you’d be forgiven for assuming they’re J. Chalmers Doane alumni making virtuoso instrumental uke tracks. You’d be completely wrong. Share started out as the solo project of Andrew Sisk. […]

Shigeto Takahashi – 12th Street Rag (mp3) Shigeto Takahashi – Lover (mp3) You can download a bunch more on the mp3 page of his website. This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned Shigeto Takahashi, but he’s been a busy chap since then. He’s played his uke on top of Mt Fuji, at Yosamite, and at […]

Michael Garfield – It Hurts So We’re Not Dead (mp3) Michael Garfield – The Cartographers (mp3) It’s not often you hear the ukulele coupled with keyboards, distorted guitar and crashing drums, but judging by Michael Garfield’s music, it should happen much more often. Michael is something of a 21st Century Renaissance man. He’s an artist, […]

Say Hello to Mr Snake (mp3) Snake Suspenderz – Get It Right the First Time (mp3) That’s How Judy (mp3) Keeping Up with My Jones (mp3) via their website. If you’ve been hanging around the online ukulele community for any length of time, you’ll have come across Howlin’ Hobbit. He’s one of the biggest ukulele […]

If you’ve tried to sign up for the mailing list in the last couple of weeks and encountered problems, it should all be back up and working. If you’re still having problems, let me know and I’ll cry some more then try to sort them out. <tangent>I haven’t been entirely happy with the people I’m […]

Paula Fuga – Lilikoi (Live)(mp3) Paula Fuga – Loloiwi (Live)(mp3) Paula Fuga – Queen (Live)(mp3) via Paula Fuga Music. Female Hawaiian singers are something of an acquired taste. The traditional yodelling and vocal ululations aren’t the most commercial sounds in the world. But Paula Fuga has a voice that is set to do for female […]