Craig Robertson – Frontporch (MP3) Craig Robertson – The Dark Derby (MP3) Craig Robertson – Bleeding Love (MP3) via robertsonstudio.com Craig Robertson towers over the ukulele scene. His Ukulele Noir and the Ukulele Caravan events have given a platform to some of the most exciting ukulele acts around including Hailey Wojcik, Michael Wagner and Megg […]

Don’t Know Much ‘Bout Hanukkah (MP3) Christmas For Cowboys (MP3) Hippopotamus For Christmas via ballardcboyd.com As well as his work as a director (including the video for Mal Blum’s Ode to Kulele, Ballard C Boyd put together a Christmas ukulele album each year and releases it online. You can download the previous years’ songs here. […]

Fin’s turn for some routine interrogation. How did you and Gus get together? I met Gus on my first day at Secondary school and we started jammin’ together a few years later. The fickle finger of fate I suppose. What are your favourite songs to play on the uke? All sorts of stuff really. At […]

Gus Raucous – Honolulu Baby (M4A) Gus Raucous – Honolulu Baby (MP3) An exclusive GUGUG track today (just one – it’s the same track in M4A and MP3 according to taste) featuring Gus and his overdub orchestra (overgug orchestra??). Honolulu Baby was made famous by Ty Parvis in Laurel and Hardy’s Sons of the Desert […]

It’s always a treat when a new GUGUG video appears on the net. They one of my favourite YouTube acts, so I’ve decided to dedicate this week to them. Starting off with an interview with Gus. How do you pronounce GUGUG and where did the name come from? The name comes from my name. When […]

With the ever increasing number of ukulele groups scattered around the globe, it’s difficult to remember that once upon a time the idea of a whole bunch of people playing only ukuleles seemed absolutely ridiculous. Despite all the ukulele orchestras and ensembles that have started up since their inception, The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain […]

Jacob Borshard – Mary 2007 (MP3) Jacob Borshard – Pigeon’s Blood (MP3) Jacob Borshard – In Love Again, Again via creebobby.com New music from Jacob Borshard is always cause for celebration in the Woodshed household and I’m still a little hungover from my own private release party for his latest album A Glow in the […]

I first ran across Welsh indie rockers Toy Horses on YouTube. Suitably impressed, I badgered band ukulelist Tom into answering a few questions. Your ukulele playing in Toy Horses is very different from the usual uke fair. How did you develop your style? I started playing the uke a couple of years ago after hearing […]

Ben Lerman – The Big Gay Paradise (MP3) Ben Lerman – Not A Cub (MP3) via BenLerman.net Ben Lerman is another hilarious uke-comedian from the ukulele comedy capital of the world New York. It’s only fair to those of you with a delicate disposition to stay well clear. But the rest of us who like […]

Yoyoyo Acapulco – Kamasutra Tsunami (MP3) Yoyoyo Acapulco – Mexican Wolfgasket (MP3) Yoyoyo Acapulco – The Fund Rug National Anthem (MP3) via NRK I’ve been much enamored with Norwegian ukuleles since NRK was very nice about ukuleles and about Uke Hunt. I need to learn Norwegian as Google offers no translation of ‘oppgangstid’ and translates […]