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home | buy ukulelia stuff | gary | email gary | suggestions | email craig | rss feed Thursday, March 11, 2010Der Humpink Might this spell doom for the vaunted 3rd Wave of the ukulele? I shudder to think. You may never look at your ukulele the same way again.posted by Gary at 7:01 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010Letter of the Week Who? Linkposted by Gary at 8:02 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment! Beatles Complete on Ukulele: A Benefit for EMI during SXSW Roger and Dave are at it again. This time at SXSW to benefit EMI. Who says You Can't Do That? Linkposted by Gary at 7:57 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Monday, March 08, 2010The Days of Wine and RosesOr as my high school band director called it, "The Days of Runny Noses." Anyway, it's been running through my head for some reason. Here's a great solo jazz arrangement. Enjoy. posted by Gary at 2:11 PM permalink 1 comments :: click here to comment!
Friday, March 05, 2010Amanda and Macbeth Killer songwriting by one half of the group "The Barnkickers", Amanda Boisen.posted by Craig at 6:28 AM permalink 1 comments :: click here to comment!
Tuesday, March 02, 2010Mighty Uke Screening This Saturday Attention all Bay Area ukers. Mike DaSilva sez:"Please join us on Saturday March 6, 2010 for an intimate screening of Mighty Uke. Director, Tony Coleman and producer, Margaret Meagher will be in attendance to answer questions and strum along with a little jam session after the movie. So, bring your ukes, your friends that get it, and your friends that don't so they will." Film at 7:30. $10 at the door. Link posted by Gary at 10:59 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Monday, February 15, 2010Nellie Does DorisI like McKay (but does McKay like me?). Her latest CD is a tribute to Doris Day. Link posted by Gary at 8:09 AM permalink 5 comments :: click here to comment! Train Ukulele Track (Craig beat me to this one. My kids liked this song until they realized that it's a uke on the track and that I could and would play it when their friends were around. Here is a link to some arrangements. --Gary) posted by Craig at 6:57 AM permalink 4 comments :: click here to comment!
Sunday, February 14, 2010Bill Tapia Performs on Film With Uke Stars Tappy is still recovering from surgery after a broken hip, and so wasn't able to make the recent Ukulele Masters event at Aloha Tower in Honolulu. So he appeared by film.How's Tappy doing? Well, if one can judge from his sense of humor, pretty darn well: "He said he was asked to walk 100 feet with a walker after shorter walks in the hospital. He did. Then he was told because he could walk 100 feet he would have to pay a higher rate of $190-a-day rate or go home. 'If I knew that I would have walked only 50 feet,' Bill said. 'A doctor told me I was the first 102-year-old man they ever operated on. I told him the hell with the history, make me well.'" Link posted by Gary at 12:46 PM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment! Ukulele Hottie Valentine  Happy Valentine's Day from all of us here at Ukulelia. Here's a cutie by Chelsey Barnes. Linkposted by Gary at 10:01 AM permalink 0 comments :: click here to comment!
Thursday, February 11, 2010"...don't let them cashew smuggling almonds..." The wonderful FolkUke, Cathy Guthrie and Amy Nelson, return from their Australian tour. Read all about it. (Nice to see Amy playing a uke too!) The Story Their Site posted by Craig at 5:25 AM permalink 2 comments :: click here to comment!
Sunday, February 07, 2010A Portrait of HarryA Portrait of Harry from Thomas Trail on Vimeo. "A visual portrait of Harry Feinberg, an 88 year old ukulele player. I shot this one summer afternoon in Los Angeles. Featured on the DVD 'The Best of Resfest Vol. 01'" Thomas Trail thanks,Thomas! Update: Harry's playing the DeSylva, Brown & Henderson song, It All Depends on You. Music and chords. posted by Craig at 4:41 PM permalink 2 comments :: click here to comment!
Tuesday, February 02, 2010The Cosmic Luthiers Phil Doleman, at the Ukulele Cosmos blog, has accumulated a rather nice collection of British luthiers' ukuleles. Here's what he has to say: "Whilst sorting out my uke cupboard, it struck me that I have a large number of ukes made by members of this very forum. It also struck me that many of them are very new to building, and are 'amateur' (in the literal sense that they build in their spare time), often finding their way by talking to other builders right here on the Cosmos. So here we have, ladies and gentlemen, the Cosmos builders line-up....  Left to right... Triangle soprano uke in walnut by Rob C Concert uke in cherry by urbansheepdog Soprano in meranti by ecosteel Martin style soprano in mahogany by Timbuck Soprano in English ash by urbansheepdog Peardrop concert in walnut & spruce by Rob C All of these ukes are great players and sound wonderful. They are also all very different, in sound, in design and in the timbers used, and show a heck of a lot of imagination and skill. Amazing work, fellas! " Amazing, indeed. You can find out more about any of these luthiers by heading on over to the Ukulele Cosmos and checking out their "Uke Luthiers" section. posted by Craig at 6:29 AM permalink 1 comments :: click here to comment!
Thursday, January 28, 2010Fratila+Romania=Ukulelia Stefana Fratila has a wonderful take on being a singer/songwriter:"...if one day I get paid for being me, I'll buy myself a harpsichord! retire to the hills! read kipling & eat my grandpa's fallen plums all afternoon!"Stefana Fratila- Vista Voyager from small fists! on Vimeo. link posted by Craig at 7:28 AM permalink 2 comments :: click here to comment!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010trois voix et trois tempéraments The nice thing, of course, about this "ukulele renaissance" is that the ukulele is finding its way into good musical groups as just another instrument with its own unique sound to add to the sonic mix.A perfect example of this is the French trio "Les Poupees Gonflees". Valerie Charlot handles the ukulele in the group, but you can also hear them with guitars, accordion, concertina and, natch, three lovely vocals. Valerie, Bebop and Titi. The songs are bouncy, melodic and...uh...why don't you just listen for yourself: link posted by Craig at 6:31 PM permalink 5 comments :: click here to comment!
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UKE MUSIC BOOKS Ian Whitcomb Songbook Arranged for Ukulele and Easy Keyboard
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