Paolo Nutini drives his bands mates to destruction with his endless ukulele playing. The uke’s death was followed by a cremation. If you like Audrey Lighting‘s style, learn how to make your own ukulele LED light. The winners of Ukulele Review’s Play It Forward contest. As one uke competition ends, another begins on Ukulele Underground. […]

Almost all the ukulele tuning notes online seem to be for standard tuning. So I thought I’d knock together tuning notes for some more out of the way tunings. Re-entrant C-tuning g,C,E,A Sometimes referred to as standard tuning. It’s the most common ukulele tuning. Re-entrant D-tuning a,D,F#,B Used to be more popular than it is […]

Jason Castro/Israel Kamakawiwo’ole – Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Click here for Chords) I never thought I’d be putting this song on the blog. But, when I realised even Simon Cowell isn’t too hard-hearted and cynical to be won over by a song’s charm, I reconsidered my position. Despite the obligatory American Idol warblings, I thought […]

Listen to the song on MySpace. Van Morrison – Keep It Simple (Chords) Van Morrison picking up the ukulele for his latest album isn’t quite as incongruous as the likes of Portishead and Panic at the Disco using the uke, but it’s certainly an unexpected development. True to the title, Van keeps this song simple. […]

MJ Hibbett – A Million Ukeleles (MP3) MJ Hibbett – I Did A Gig In New York (MP3) via MySpace MJ Hibbett has spent most of his musical life knocking out Billy Bragg/Half Man Half Biscuit type punky numbers on mundane aspects of English life (particularly football and antiquated digital technologies) with his band The […]

The Godfather Love Theme (Tab) I think The Godfather would have to be my favourite film score of all time. In terms of recognisability, The Godfather theme is second only to Star Wars. The piece (also known the Love Theme and Speak Softly Love) crops up in all three Godfather films in a wide variety […]

You should probably brush your teeth after watching this week’s crop of videos featuring Sweet Soubrette, Sweetafton and Sweet Georgia Brown. At the behest of Howlin’ Hobbit, I’ve added in links to the videos themselves. Sweet Soubrette – Cut-Up

It’s not often I get to do a ‘where are they now?’ on a ukulele I’ve featured in this section. A few weeks ago, I was admiring this Weissenborn ukulele on eBay. I’m happy to report it’s found a good home. It was bought by luthier Scott MacDonald. He’s patched up the uke’s rope binding […]

The New York Uke Fest is officially up and running. You can check out the running order here and read a dubious letter of welcome from the Mayor of New York here. I’ve mentioned a few times that WeePOP! Records is officially my favourite record label at the moment. So it’s sad news that their […]

Stairway to Heaven is undoubtedly the worst Led Zeppelin song there is and a strong contender for worst song of all time. “If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow don’t be alarmed/It’s just a spring clean for the May Queen.” Nevertheless, everyone has to learn to play the intro. I think it’s in the Bible. […]