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Blondie/Imelda May – Dreaming (Chords)
Imelda May – Dreaming (Chords) I’ve been enjoying Anything Goes Orchestra’s album Mr Otis Regrets recently which includes a ukulele cover of Imelda May’s Johnny Got a Boom Boom. Then Imelda May came...
View ArticleUke Hunt is Seven: My Thoughts
Since I started the site on 12th May 2007 there’ve been 1,858 posts, 20 million visits and over 90 million page views. And I’m still amazed that I get away with writing about ukuleles for a living....
View ArticleUke Hunt is Seven: Round up of the Year
Hang out the cunting, Uke Hunt is seven years old. Here’s a round up of the last year of the blog. May 2013 - Free ukulele mixtape. - Ukulele crossword In tabs: Mega Man 2: Flashman Theme In chords:...
View ArticleJackson C Frank – Blues Run the Game (Tab)
Blues Run the Game (Tab) Blues Run the Game is the up there with World Turned Upside Down as the best modern folk song. Both those songs are widely covered and not best known for the original versions...
View ArticleManitoba Hal: Friday Links
Manitoba Hal has just released a new double album: Down in the Kitchen. He’s also touring the UK in the next few weeks with shows and workshops. Mostly hitting the north but his London workshop has...
View ArticleIrene Diaz, Kawehi: UkeTube
Full Playlist Irene Diaz – Crazy Love Tyrone and Lesley – Unaccompanied Diane Rubio – Galloping Comedians Pa’ahana – Kananaka Wilfried Welti – I Will Give My Love An Apple James Clem – San Francisco...
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WIUO – I Love You, Raylene (Chords)
Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra – I Love You, Raylene (Chords) This is different from the stuff we’ve come to expect from The Wellies. It’s not a cover of a big, famous pop song. But this...
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Blues Ukulele and Ukulele 2014: Spotify Playlists
For the last few years I’ve been making Spotify playlists of the year’s ukulele releases. You can find previous year’s lists here along with a few other ukulele playlists. 2014′s list is starting to...
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Acoustic Intros (Tab)
Since the last Acoustic Intros post I’ve been itching to do another one. And I realised that I’ve notched up five requests that (just about – I’m looking at you Bonnie Bear) fit that description. They...
View ArticleFriday Links
Ukes - Anatomy Custom Painted Ukulele - Mysterious Banjo-Uke Mister (c.1930) Kickstarting - Bosko & Honey’s New Album New Releases - Ninebarrow – While the Blackthorn Burns. - Do you remember that...
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Del Rey, Penguin Cafe: UkeTube
Full Playlist Just let me sneak this in here: Agathe (who you may remember as half of Agathe and Fine) is kickstarting an EP with her band Inglenook (pro-tip: click on the ‘Fr’ in the top right to...
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Summer Holiday
It’s that time of year again where I burrow dead into the ground an aestivate to avoid sunlight. I’ll be back in a month or so. If you can’t wait that long I’ll still be posting on UkeToob and Tumblr....
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Tom Waits – Come On Up to the House (Chords)
Tom Waits – Come On Up to the House (Chords) Scatter the nuns! I spent most of my aestivation watching the second series of Orange is the New Black. And I was inspired by O’Neill’s delightful...
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Bonus Tabs and Chords
It seems I just can’t stop myself tabbing. Despite being on a blog break the last few weeks, I put up a few time-sensitive tabs and chords in other places. Here’s a catch-up on them: O’Neill – Nun Song...
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Led Zeppelin – The Rain Song (Tab)
Led Zeppelin – Rain Song (Tab) I just love Zeppelin so this song has been on my to-do pile for a long time. It had stayed there because I was a bit intimidated by how much there is going on. But once...
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Friday Links
Learning - James Hill has a new membership site: The Ukulele Way. - The Glory of Love by Ukulelezaza. I haven’t worked through this yet but if you liked his last book you’ll like this one too. Videos -...
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Purple Ferdinand, Br’er Rabbit: UkeTube
Full Playlist The Ukelites feat. Big King Velour – Blowin’ Up My Mind Emmanuel Nsingani – African Ukulele Jazz Alexis & Sam – My Happy Ending, You Via Humble Baritonics Purple Ferdinand – Wasn’t...
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Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime (Chords)
Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime (Chords) I can relate to this song’s take on summer. Not so much the drinking, driving and leching. More the writing half a line of a song, running out of brain power...
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Intricate Strumming & Slash Notation
For simple strumming patterns the usual ‘du-’ strumming notation works just fine. But for more intricate rhythms you need a more comprehensive system. And that’s where slash notation comes in. Slash...
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Lana Del Rey – Shades of Cool (Instrumental Tab)
Lana Del Rey – Shades of Cool (Instrumental Tab) I love Lana Del Rey’s first couple of singles. But after Paradise and the baby seal beatings I’d given up on her. But I absolutely love her new album,...
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