The Figs, Adron: UkeTube
Full Playlist Jillian Johnson, ukulele player with The Figs, was one of one of those killed in the Lafayette shooting this week. The Figs – Daddy’s Gone to Knoxville Adron – Glória Eterna The Waifs –...
View ArticleSummer Break
Time for a blog break. I’m off to aestivate for a few weeks. If you want to keep up with me I’ll still be posting on UkeToob, Tumblr and Twitter. Have a good one!
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil (Chords)
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil (Chords) This is my all time favourite Rolling Stones song. And it’s proved of interest to a few ukulele groups too. Most notably it’s the tune that kicks...
View ArticleUkulele Capos: What to Get
One of the pleasant aspects of the ukulele is the nice symmetry between the four strings and your four fingers. But there are very few times in life an extra finger wouldn’t come in handy and for the...
View ArticleNeko Atsume Theme (Tab)
A primer for the uninitiated: Neko Atsume it a mobile game where you lure increasingly fancy cartoon cats to your yard. Until recently it was only in Japanese and inscrutable to non-Japanese speakers....
View ArticleFriday Links
Videos – Ukulele puppet and pets. – Trailer for the upcoming Garfunkel and Oates special Trying to Be Special. – Lego men help restring a ukulele. – Jimmy Fallon free-throws a ukulele filled with...
View ArticleAnna Kendrick, Victor and Penny: UkeTube
Full Playlist Victor & Penny – Penny’s Pounce Anna Kendrick – Summer in Ohio Tiffany Topol – I Can’t Make You Love Me Robin Neville – Ramble On Jonathan Lewis – Devil in a Haystack Lucy Wise –...
View ArticlePrince/Alicia Keys – How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (Chords)
How Come U Don’t Call Me (Chords) Prince had some really juicy chord moves. This song (originally a Prince B-side before Alicia Keys made it a big hit) has two of my favourite chord moves of all time....
View ArticlePrince’s Favourite Chord Trick
Prince wrote some of the greatest chord progressions in all pop music. He had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve. But he really loved to use 9 and add9 chords. They’re peppered all over his songs and...
View ArticleTop Prince Riffs
To end up my Prince tribute week here’s a collection of his best guitar and keyboard riffs. Let’s Go Crazy A video posted by @ukulelehunt on Apr 21, 2016 at 1:06pm PDT Buy it on iTunes I Could Never...
View ArticleBill Sevesi: Friday Links
Kiwi ukulele legend Bill Sevesi has died. YouTube has the documentary Bill Sevesi’s Dream featuring the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra and some lovely playing from the man himself. Videos...
View ArticleShe Makes War, Bud Sugar: UkeTube
Full Playlist Bud Sugar – Kiss She Makes War featuring Tanya Donelly – Paper Thin Manitoba Hal – Sweet Honeybee Pops KoAloha – Nu‘uanu Elof & Wamberg – Verden Ryo Montgomery – SRV Ukulele Russ –...
View ArticleThe Trews Theme (Tab)
http://ukulelehunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Trews.mp3 A quick tab of the theme to Russell Brand’s YouTube series. Dead easy to play. Links The Trews on YouTube The Trews Music
View ArticleBrain Scoop Theme (Tab)
Brain Scoop Theme (Tab) The Brain Scoop is one of my favourite YouTube channels. It’s the channel of Emily Graslie who was working in a tiny museum in Missoula when Vlogbrother Hank Green featured her...
View ArticleThe Red Flag (Tab)
Red Flag (Tab) http://ukulelehunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/RedFlag.mp3 A simple arrangement of the UK Labour party theme tune The Red Flag. If you’re not a Brit and a pinko, it’s the same tune as...
View ArticleKlovn Theme (Tab)
Klovn Theme (Tab) Klovn is Denmark’s version of Curb Your Enthusiasm. As far as I can tell. I stumbled across it during an international tour of Netflixes. There were no English subtitles so I...
View ArticleQuizeum Theme (Tab)
Quizeum Theme (Tab) The Quizeum is BBC4’s traveling museum panel show and my new favourite quiz. How could you not love a high-brow quiz show not afraid to use the phrase, “You’ve got a face full of...
View ArticleBBC Snooker Theme (Tab)
Doug Wood Band – Drag Racer (BBC Snooker Theme) (Tab) With the pub rock of Drag Racer and Winifred Atwell’s version of Black and White Rag snooker has a claim to the sport with the best theme music....
View ArticleTheme Tune Tab Round Up
Now the Tories won the election it’s only a matter of time before they ban ukuleles in retaliation for this. So before that hits I’ve posted a bunch of short/obscure theme tune tabs that have been...
View ArticleFriday Links
Uke Go Girl! are running a GoFundMe campaign for their Summer 2015 Workshop. New Releases – Another lovely, tuneful album from Ukulollo: AWARE. Take a listen here. – I really slept on badass, low-fi...
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