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Friday Links

– Ukulele hip hop collaborator, Einer Bankz interviewed. – Learning the uke in prison. On Video – Chaz Chase eats a ukulele. (Via Ukulelia) – Kevin Bacon serenades his alpacas. – I only just found out Finneas’s character on Glee was a ukulele player with the same name as me. Window Shopping – Flame ukulele […]

Friday Links

The Uke Hunt Black Friday sale is up and running with up to 70% off tab ebooks. James Hill and Anne Janelle have a new Christmas record on the way: Midnight Clear. Madonna’s ukulele sells for $300K after she kissed and licked it. Ukulele magicians attempt to fool Penn and Teller. Window Shopping – The […]

Friday Links

Australian ukulele group banned by the council. Attempting to spell ukulele BoyWithUke has revealed his face to promote his latest album. Window Shopping – 4stringboy’s signature Flight uke. – Pelem nano uke. – There’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. – Custom Mya Moe resonator. Patreon A massive thanks to all Uke […]

Friday Links: New Releases, Aeroplane Ukes and Precarious Sessions

New Releases – Jake Shimabukuro has a new guest-packed album out: Grateful. – 4stringboy’s debut album Vejr is out now. – Mark Stivvy has a new ep: 4/4 Freda. On Video – A group of ukers caused a ruckus at the Grand Canyon when they jumped a barrier for a precarious session. Window Shopping If […]

Friday Links: Maui Strong, Dick Van Dyke

Ukulelists have been raising money to support those affected by the Maui wildfire with Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson auctioning off ukes, and Taimane playing a benefit. Plus, Jake Shimabukuro is donating profits from his Hana Hou Festival to the fund. You can buy tickets to the online stream the event here. On Video – […]

Friday Links: RIP Fred Kamaka, State Archives and Scots

Fred Kamaka Sr has has died at the age of 98. Fred and his brother, Sam Kamaka Jr, took over running Kamaka Ukuleles from their father in the 1950s and have made Kamaka one of the most respected names in the ukulele world. He and his brother became he most recent inductees in the Ukulele […]

Friday Links: Ukulele Coffee, Mushrooms and Severed Fingers

French luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz makes a ukulele out of mushrooms. Somerset man plays ukulele to surgeons who saved his fingers. A lecturer at UMASS has ditched the piano and is using the ukulele to teach music theory. Possibly the most bizarre story I’ve ever seen in fifteen years of doing this: Colleen “MirandaSings” Ballinger responded […]

Friday Links: Bo Diddley, Predictable Results, Inflatable Guitars

Will putting helium in a guitar turn it into a ukulele? The songs people most want to learn to play on ukulele (#1 will leave you completely unshocked). Ukuleleist Iam Tongi has won American Idol. Window Shopping – RIGuitars Bo Diddley style uke. – Lichty build a family of ukuleles from one tree and a […]

Friday Links: Human Hair Strings, Revelations and Wigging Out

Meghan Trainor is playing a uke with strings made of human hair to promote some hair goop. Kala have teamed up with British luthier Pete Howlett to create The Revelator. Ukulele duo, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer have a musical All Wigged Out about Marcy’s cancer diagnosis. You can read an interview with the pair […]

Friday Links

Herman Vandecauter has an extensive examination of the Madeiran machete (the forerunner to the ukulele). Nick Offerman has a new batch of ukuleles almost done (but you won’t be able to buy one unless you’re his buddy). The unfortunate history of politicians and instruments in the uke family continues with Ed Milliband’s guitarlele. Window Shopping […]

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