Bret McKenzie uking it up with his old group, sweetafton23, Taimane, Des O’Connor and plenty more.

The latest edition to the Flea family is out: Bark Cloth Flea ukulele. The uke was designed by Tiki King, so no prizes for guessing the style of decoration. When I first saw thiselectric Gibson ETU3 ukulele, I assumed someone must have screwed the pickup to as some sort of ill-judged adaption. But, apparently, it […]

If you’re a hardcore Twitterer, you can keep up to date with my latest blog posts on the Uke Hunt Twitter feed. My preview of the Ukelution T-shirts stirred up some interest, and now they’re available to buy. There are also some rather nice iPod cozies. Bushman Ukulele are hosting a Ukulele Luau at the […]

The Dubliners and The Pogues – The Irish Rover As well as his song writing, Shane MacGowan is to be commended for taking traditional music from the British Isles and making it exciting again. I love English folk music, but I do wish there was someone around who could inject this sort of excitement into […]

I’d be happy to be proved wrong on this, but it seems like there isn’t much of a ukulele scene in Ireland. I don’t know of any ukulele clubs in Ireland. It might be due to the strength of their traditional music scene and traditional instruments. Nevertheless, there are tabs for a few traditional Irish […]

The Pogues – Streams of Whiskey (Chords) For a St Patrick’s Day tune, what could me more Irish than a song from Kent born, London public-school educated Shane MacGowan? Regardless of what you think of his conscious aping of Irish stereotypes, there’s no doubting he’s a fantastic songwriter. Just watch the performances by Christy Moore, […]

Peter Delaney – Pariah Chimes (mp3) Peter Delaney – If You Become Impossible (mp3) via MySpace As a kind of pre-St Patrick’s Day celebration, this week will be Irish week on Uke Hunt. And to kick this off, Ireland’s favourite ukulele troubadour, Peter Delaney. Peter Delaney started out with his brother Neil as part of […]

In the Night Garden (Tab) In the Night Garden (midi) It’s just my luck that the biggest ukulele news of last year came during Uke Hunt’s Christmas hiatus. It was revealed that the ukulele player with Liverpudlian slow-core octet Ella Guru Nick Kellington was spending his days playing Iggle Piggle from the kids’ TV show […]

This week’s best ukulele videos include a rocker from GUGUG’s Fin Raucous, a NSFW tune from the UkuLady, Ukulele Ike and many more.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain have been rocking the New Zealand Arts Festival this week and you can catch the news report here. Hobknobbing with them and the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra was Mike of Mike’s Ukulele Page. Mike will releasing New Zealand’s first ukulele book in July Kete Ukulele: The Kiwi Ukulele Companion. […]