Happy Thanksgiving: Learn ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ on Ukulele
Learn to play the classic Thanksgiving song "Alice's Restaurant" on ukulele.
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Preview the Summer Issue and Watch Cover Artist James Hill Perform ‘Voodoo Child’
Starring in the first-ever Ukulele magazine featuring fringe on the cover (why did we wait so long?), uke virtuoso James Hill was never one to take himself too seriously. This is a guy who can play ukulele using chopsticks and…
Watch George Formby Perform ‘When I’m Cleaning Windows’ in the 1936 Film ‘Keep Your Seats, Please’
This week’s Throwback Thursday goes way, way back to the 1936 film Keep Your Seats, Please, which stars English ukulele player and comedian George Formby. In this high-quality clip (which I searched YouTube to find), Formby serenades his leading lady…
Watching Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Play Ukulele Never Gets Old
Add "The Rock" (aka Dwayne Johnson) playing ukulele to your list of internet treasures. Here's a handful of The Rock playing ukulele on and off-screen.
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Meet the Ukuladies, a Female Uke Club in Milwaukee [Video]
Get ready to want to move to Milwaukee, Wisconsin just to hang out with the Ukuladies, a female uke club that welcomes all genders. Watch in the above video, produced by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, as the women discuss their…
Watch Rachel Manke and Garrison Keillor Perform ‘It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie’ on Prairie Home Companion
When Rachel Manke — a Lutheran pastor — sings “It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie,” you believe her. The uke star appeared on Prairie Home Companion last June and, in the above video, is joined by longtime host Garrison…
Ukulele Sessions: Sylvie Simmons Performs the Leonard Cohen Classic ‘Suzanne’
“First law of music journalism: Do not make an album. And on top of it, I play a ukulele,” Leonard Cohen biographer and esteemed rock journalist Sylvie Simmons joked in an interview with Ukulele following the release of her exquisite…
Introducing Napkin, the ‘Ukulele Hedgehog,’ Plus Hairless Guinea Pigs, a Cockatoo, and More Unusual Ukulele Fans
What do hairless guinea pigs, a hedgehog, a cockatoo, a bunny, and a squirrel have in common? Their passion for ukulele, of course! When we put the call out for photo submissions of ukuleles and pets — which ran in…
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Neil Armstrong Played Ukulele in Quarantine After Returning from the Moon
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but oh, how we wish we had a video of this moment!
Congrats to Ennio Morricone on His Oscar Win: Watch Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Perform ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’
One of last night’s Oscar highlights was famed Italian composer Ennio Morricone winning best original score for The Hateful Eight. At 87, Morricone is the oldest Oscar winner ever—a fact confirmed today by the Academy—and, surprisingly, this is his first…