Saturday UkeTube Part 1

With all the videos built up over my break, I couldn’t put them all in one post without breaking the internet. So this first part includes hilarity courtesy of Taylor Mac, Paulina Sinaga and Jen Kwok’s parody of Britney Spears’s Circus; along with top notch songs from tUnE-YaRdS and Emily Wells (why have I not heard of her before?). And the second part will be along shortly. [Read more]

Christmas Ukulele: All I Want For Christmas Is You (Chords)

Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You (Chords)(PDF)

The secret is out; I’m a massive Mariah fan.

Or not. I decided to write up the song after watching the ukulele version by Mariel a la Mode and Uni and her Ukulele. But I ended up missing the jazzier chords in it and wrote up the Mariah version instead. But they’re both in the same key and not a million miles apart, so play along with whichever you prefer.

Plus, it has the de rigueur Christmas intro:

Saturday UkeTube

Some great instrumental ukulele videos this week – including versions of Apache, Maunaloa Slack Key and Allemande – as well as plenty of singing (but no Christmas songs).

For those of you who do want Christmas songs and have been eagerly anticipating Ballard C Boyd Christmas record this year, you can download it free here. [Read more]

Tripping Lily, Uni and her Ukulele and Others

Videos from Alvin ‘Pops KoAloha‘ Okami, Tripping Lily and Uni and her Ukulele.

Alvin Okami & Gordon Mark – Days of Wine and Roses [Read more]

Bust Magazine’s Ukulele Ladies

Moonlitkitty of the essential ye-ye girl blog Spiked Candy got in touch with me today to let me know that Bust Magazine has an article dedicated to the distaff side of ukulele. It features a number of acts that are well worth checking out:

Lady Carol (of the Moon): I’ve already featured Lady Carol and it’s great to see her getting more attention.

Miranda Mahalo:I’ve been a fan of Miranda for a long while. It was clear from the MySpace videos she made just a few weeks after she learnt to play that she was talented.

Paper Dolls: Trio featuring Uni and Her Ukulele that, “know every song ever written except three.”

Rose Harting: I must admit a completely new name to me and one I’m very happy to have discovered.

Sweet Soubrette: If you haven’t seen her MUD videos yet, get your arse in gear.