Shigeto Takahashi – 12th Street Rag (mp3) Shigeto Takahashi – Lover (mp3) You can download a bunch more on the mp3 page of his website. This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned Shigeto Takahashi, but he’s been a busy chap since then. He’s played his uke on top of Mt Fuji, at Yosamite, and at […]

Antsy Pants – Vampire (Chords) I’m off to see Juno this week and even if it doesn’t live up to the hype it’ll be worth sticking with it to the end to hear Antsy Pant’s ukulele tune Vampire. Antsy Pants started life as a collaboration between anti-folker and Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson and twelve year […]

James Hill and his imaginary friends, Dent May and his Magnificent Ukulele, bolomusic and his two necks and plenty more.

Ukulele Review will be launching a competition today. There’ll be three concert Fleas up for grabs along with a whole load of other goodies (including my ebooks – which are, of course, the real draw). Make sure you stay tuned for it. Uke Thingy has been knocking out ukulele tabs for classic guitar riffs including […]

Am I shallow for judging ukuleles almost entirely by how sexy their headstock is? Clockwise from top left: Martin 3K: It’s a classic shape. Sharp, sleek and sexy. Been ripped of a million times. Gibson Mele ukulele Inelegant in comparison. Fluke: Part of the rip it up and start again approach of the Fluke. One […]

Beirut – Transatlantique (Chords) Transatlantique (sometimes referred to as Transatlantic) is tucked away on the Elephant Gun EP – which is pretty hard to find itself. The only place I’ve found it available is on on eMusic. That’s a real shame as it’s one of my favourite Beirut songs – and, judging by the number […]

I’ve had a few people asking me if I could put some of their tabs up on Uke Hunt. I’d like to keep the main bit of Uke Hunt for my stuff, so I’ve set up a new area where people can upload their own: Uker Tabs You can put tab or chords up in […]

Wild Thing (Chords) You wouldn’t believe how many people turn up at this blog after searching for ‘wild thing ukulele tabs‘ and leave disappointed. Well, no more. The song was written by Chip Taylor, later recorded by The Troggs but probably most famous in the guitar-burning Hendrix version. All three of those versions are in […]

Michael Garfield – It Hurts So We’re Not Dead (mp3) Michael Garfield – The Cartographers (mp3) It’s not often you hear the ukulele coupled with keyboards, distorted guitar and crashing drums, but judging by Michael Garfield’s music, it should happen much more often. Michael is something of a 21st Century Renaissance man. He’s an artist, […]

Yo Ho! A Pirates Life for Me (Tab) I get quite a few requests for tabs, but not so many are made by via the medium of blog post. So when Jason requested this tune in his blog, I couldn’t resist. Yo Ho (A Pirates Life for Me) was written by George Bruns specifically for […]