I’m currently trying to convince myself that buying another ukulele wouldn’t be a huge waste of money. There are far too many people in the world that can’t understand the need for one more ukulele. So here’s a list of reason you can trot out whenever you need to justify another uke purchase to yourself, […]

A guide to the ukulele acts performing at 2008’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

And the winner is *Trumpets Blaze*: Bill Weigel for his review of the Ohana CK-50G Concert Ukulele. It was a really tough decision. There were a load of great entires – I wanted at least six people to win the uke. I have to give special mention to Roberto Katigbak and Ken Middleton for their […]

The second in the ‘What ukulele do they play?’ series. The good news: if you want to play the same ukuleles as Zach Condon, you won’t have to spend anywhere near as much as if you wanted Jake Shimabukuro’s ukulele. They’re actually fairly bog-standard ukuleles, not that expensive and would be a good choice for […]

Having founded the New York Ukulele Ensemble and the New York Ukulele Festival, Uke Jackson is a bit of a ukulele legend. His latest project is the musical Sex! Drugs! & Ukuleles! written with Ragtime musician and historian Terry Waldo. I drilled him for more info. Where did the idea for a ukulele musical come […]

COMPETITION CLOSED I’m jumping on the ukulele giveaway bandwagon and starting up a competition. The prizes are: First prize: A Kala Pineapple soprano courtesy of ukulele for sale. Ten Runners Up: One of my ukulele ebooks (your choice). Everyone Who Enters Gets: Tab for my solo arrangement of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up […]

To go along with the ukulele songs list, I’ve put together a list of the instrumental ukulele tunes that are most associated with the ukulele here: Ukulele Music The list was a bit harder to get together than the ukulele song list, but I think it gives a good overview of the instrumental side of […]

Happy Birthday Uke Hunt! A year ago today was this blog’s first ever post. I thought I’d take the opportunity to be completely self indulgent and have a look back at the first year. Most Popular Posts 1. While My Guitar Gently Weeps Tutorial My plea for people to stop aping Jake’s version and come […]

Here’s a random selection of emails I wake up to in the morning: – What type of ukulele does Jake Shimabukuro play? – What sort of uke is that Jake uses in While My Guitar Gently Weeps? – Where can I buy a ukulele like Jake Shimabukuro plays? OK, I’m exaggerating. But I get enough […]

I’ve written up a page about Ukulele Songs: songs that are heavily associated with the ukulele. They’re the ones that people who know nothing about the ukulele will ask you to play, the ones you’ll see hundreds of ukulele versions of on YouTube. It’s quite interesting to note that most of the songs are from […]