Ukuleles in California, Italy and Seattle
May 2, 2008
Ukulele Tonya reports on the Northern Californian Ukulele Festival including Dominator who has a new tab of James Hill’s take on One Note Samba.
Sweetafton23 joins Jonathan Coulton on stage.
Two Italian ukulele sites: The Italian Ukulele Committee and UKEit.
Listen to a George Formby documentary including his contribution to the anti-apartheid movement. I hope Kelso folk club were listening.
Bob Dylan’s Tangled Up In Blue on Uker Tabs.
Ukulele in the movies: Faye Dunaway helps Stanley achieve his dream of playing the ukulele on a Hawaiian Cruise ship (Part 1, Part 2 – most of the uke action is in part 2). “You’re fully fledged, certified, officialized ukesters now. Members of that glorious musical elite.”
Michael Leviton talks about the romance of the ukulele.
A sopranano?
There are plenty of chord charts out there. But this one you can sort by beauty.
A visit to the Kamaka factory.
Maddi J, Evilhamster95, Elizabeth Darling
April 12, 2008
Videos from two quite sickeningly talented 12 year olds this week along with more gnarled and creased performers such as the New England Ukulele Orchestra, Aaron Keim, Victoria Vox and a bunch more.
Maddi J* – My Light [Read more]
12th Street Rag – Bare Bones
July 15, 2007
[youtube cEdKkL0dlJA]
12th Street Rag has long been a uke favourite and it seems to be very popular at the moment. Gary at Ukulelia wants to learn the Lightnin’ Wells version (above) and a number of people wanting a simpler version on Ukulele Cosmos. So I decided to knock together a version of 12th Street Rag stripped to its bare minimum. The idea is not that you play it this way, but that you take this and give it your own twist. [Read more]
