Aaah the canny sound of the ukulele!

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)!

The Sound of Things

a new weekly show on Culture Lab radio investigating the sound of materials, items, objects and stuff. each week we are treated to a sampling (both live and recorded) of wood, zipper, wind, water, tape, soil, snow, skin, sand, rubber, rice, plastic, paper, money, metal, ice, hair, gold, glass, cotton, concrete, chain, brick... trace a sonic path through the world of things with your host, Jamie Allen:

http://thesoundofthings.tumblr.com/

International Women's Day with Lizzie and John Spencer

Another culture lab radio first - father and daughter presenting together to celebrate International Women's Day.
Find the links here for the campaigns that Lizzie has presented:
www.vso.org.uk
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/manukyanfamily/
http://www.ihollaback.org/
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/
http://www.womenforwomen.org/
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/
www.myspace.com/thefreemantle

Join first Oxfam group on March 22nd at the Bridge Hotel at 7.30pm
Oxfam fundraiser for International Womens Day Friday 11th March from 8pm at Cumberland Arms