I’m sure you all know who Bosko and Honey are. Their Ukulele Safari has been the uke highlight of the year so far. What you might not know is that they have just released an album Just Quietly. The album features six of Bosko and Honey’s original instrumental tracks including the blistering Black Mountain Breakdown. […]
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Competition update: The ‘Review Your Ukulele’ contest is now closed. There have been loads of great entries. I’ll be looking over all of them and will announce the result on Friday (probably – it’ll be a tough decision). Everyone who entered should have their Rick tab. If you didn’t get it something must have got […]
Quick reminder: You’ve got until midnight on Sunday to review your ukulele and win a Kala pineapple. Here’s how it goes sometimes: I hear some ukulele music I really like, I ask the person if they mind answering a few questions, they say ‘go ahead’, I send them some questions, they realise the questions are […]
The Darlings – Emily (MP3) via WeePOP! Elizabeth Darling – I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend (MP3) Elizabeth Darling – Oh No! Another Email From You! (MP3) via her website. It’s a tough job being a songwriter these days. A good 90% of songs are about getting together and splitting up and you can’t write an […]
Mad Tea Party – Found A Reason (mp3) Mad Tea Party – Bunny Moves On (mp3) via Nine Mile Records Mad Tea Party are a very fun band with catchy songs and the sound of a ukulele crashing up against rollocking guitar riffs and rockabilly licks. Judging by the preview tracks put out by Nine […]
James Clem has been playing blues guitar since the 1960’s and his career includes backing up Chick Willis in his Stoop Down Baby heyday. More recently, he’s picked up the ukulele and will be appearing at this year’s Portland Uke Fest. I interrogated him to find out more. How did you first get started as […]
Quick note: There’s a problem with the daily Uke Hunt emails at the moment and a lot of them aren’t getting through or sent. If the problem doesn’t right itself soon, I’ll try to make alternative arrangements. On to the matter in hand: Phredd is one of my favourite YouTube ukers. His videos often leave […]
I thought the Ukulele Muxtape, deserved some liner notes. There were only two rules to it: uke featuring and no cover versions. Here’s a quick rundown of the tracks with places to visit to hear more from the performers. 1. The Cedar Tavern Singers AKA The Phonorealists – Artistic Statement One band, two names. The […]
Jake Shimabukuro is touring the US at the moment. Uke Hunt’s roving reporters Shawn and Lonna B filed this review from Chicago. Jake Shimabukuro Old Town School of Folk Music Chicago, IL 4/26/08 Early show Set List Let’s Dance Dragon Me and Shirley T In My Life Sakura, Sakura Going to California Blue Roses Falling […]
The Bobby McGee’s – No Friends (mp3) via MySpace. The Bobby McGee’s are Great Britain’s premier ukulele group (and don’t the name of any orchestra suggest otherwise). Their music has been described as, “domestic violence with ukuleles,” and, “Dostoyevsky doing Lonnie Donegan.” I interrogated Jimmy (who, along with Eleanor,is the band’s singer/songwriter/ukulelist section) to find […]
