As part of her series of radioshows "Speakerbox" (currently on a break), Lalya Gaye dedicated a session to the cheerful bundle of joy that is the ukulele. Beautiful!
Find below the show's playlist and links to some Newcastle-based (or not) ukulele resources:
Playlist!
The Bobby McGee's - "Sussex Uni Solipsits Society"
The Bobby McGee's - "Coalmine Kampf 1984"
George Formby - "Why Don't Women Like Me"
Lila Burns - "Zombie Song, and Apology"
Abd Al Malik - "Ma Jolie"
Lykke Li - "Little Bit"
Beirut - "Postcards from Italy"
Florence + The Machine - "Postcards from Italy (Beirut Cover)"
Florence + The Machine - "Dog Days"
Beirut - "Elephant Gun"
Beirut - "Transatlantique"
Jens Lekman - "Your Arms Around Me"
The Bobby McGee's - "When Father Died, Ferrets Licked Away the Tears"
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps (not ukulele but should be!)
Ben Westbeech - "So Good Today" (same!)
Orla Garland - "Heya (Outkast cover)"
Lila Burns - "Young Hearts Young Minds"
Bella Hemming - "You're Just My Cup of Tea"
uke3453 - "I'm yours (ukulele cover)"
Links!
Where to play the ukulele in Newcastle? Ukes4Fun! Cumberland Arms, Thursdays 6pm-8pm, and Biscuit Factory, Sundays 2pm-4pm.
Where to buy a decent ukulele for a good price? Hound Dog Music in Whitley Bay! (Monkseaton metro station, yellow line)
How to learn online? Besides yootoob (yootewb?): Ukehunt and PlayUkuleleByEar! (They also have very good ebooks and DVDs) and of course Ukulele University!
And if you're ever down south, go join the The Ukulele Research and Development Society (T.U.R.D.S)!
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