This week’s videos include Seeso, Janet Klein, James Hill and many more. Seeso – I Wish

First off: if you’re in the UK and looking to buy a Fluke, friend of the blog, Gary is selling his Mango Fluke (right). These four

News on how to buy George Formby’s ukulele (previously owned by George Harrison).

Julia Nunes/The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup (Chords) I have to admit that, since I featured her first uke video way back when, I’ve neglected Julia Nunes. Truth be told, I’m still a little on the fence about her. Nevertheless, there’s no denying the charm of this version of Build Me Up, Buttercup. These […]

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 […]

Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello is one of my all time favourite guitar players. He’s one of the few guitar players capable of being absolutely individual and wildly experimental but still able to come up with something instantly accessible (Nick Zinner of The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs is another that comes to mind). This riff […]

George Formby – Why Don\’t Women Like Me? (Chords) There must be something about the 26th May. Today is the birthday of Mike Dickison, Gary from Ukulelia and Mark Occhionero. Happy Birthday, guys! It also happens to be the birthday of George Formby. For those of an American persuasion, George Formby is the UK’s version […]

Given how hip I am now it might be hard for you to believe, but I wasn’t the coolest kid at school. During the grunge era, the cool kids like Nirvana. But I always preferred Pearl Jam (and Eddie Vedder’s later ukulele conversion proved me right). The riff to Jeremy is very minimal. It’s surprisingly […]

Featured videos from Julia Nunes, Clara Belle, George Formby and plenty of others. Julia Nunes and Danny Tieger – Sunburnt Hand

I think working on Buy a Ukulele has started to drive me stir crazy. I set up a section on Ukuleliana and, gosh, there’s a lot of ukulele-shaped tat out there. A ukulele shaped sushi set? Lighter? Recipe holder? Or an inflatable ukulele? Also, a lot of plastic ukuleles seem to turn up in the […]