Letter R, Week 1“Wolves” by Josh Ritter I hate to admit this, as someone who has spent most of her adult life seeing live shows. But since the pandemic, my tolerance for going to concerts has dwindled into non-existence, with basically one exception: Josh Ritter.1 In fact, the show that brought me back to live... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Wolves by Josh Ritter appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Letter Q, Week 2“Question” by Old 97’s Dan and I got engaged in Mindowaskan Park in Westfield, New Jersey on August 29, 2004.1 Dan chose this spot because it’s where Ed Stevens proposed to Carol Vessey in Ed, the 2000s TV show that was one of the pop culture things that brought us together as... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Question by Old 97’s appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Watch a ukulele cover performance of "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen as part of the Ukulele Alphabet project.| Casey Barber
Letter P, Week 2“Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan Did I choose this song because: I think you know the answer. Listen to the original version of “Pink Pony Club”: What’s the Ukulele Alphabet? Read all about my 2025 ukulele performance project (and its rules) here. I want to A-B-SEEEE some more! Watch all the... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Letter P, Week 1“Rebecca” by Pat McGee Band This song might not be as familiar to you as some of my other choices for the Ukulele Alphabet — unless you went to college somewhere on the East Coast in the late ‘90s, in which case, the lyrics to this one might be like breathing. Pat... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Rebecca by Pat McGee Band appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Watch a ukulele cover version of "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by Peter, Paul & Mary recorded at the TWA Hotel in New York.| Casey Barber
Letter O, Week 2“Our House” by One Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Remember when I told you I couldn’t use The Hollies as my H band because of Graham Nash? This is why. It’s because I always wanted a two-cat household. I was raised on the 1974 CSNY compilation album So Far and out of... The post The Ukulele Alphabet: Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young appeared first on Casey Barber.| Casey Barber
Watch a ukulele cover performance of "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters" by Elton John as part of the Ukulele Alphabet project.| Casey Barber
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Watch a ukulele cover performance of "Free Man in Paris" by Joni Mitchell as part of the Ukulele Alphabet project.| Casey Barber
After completing its third successful Kickstarter, Band Industries started shipping the Roadie 3 – a kind of electronic multi-tool for string pickers – out to backers in November 2020. As with the previous generations, we got sent one to try.| New Atlas
The second of a series of posts in which I document my progress learning to play the ukulele. --- This post is long overdue. I started writing it several times but I have never been focused enough to do it. As with writing on my blog, also my exercising has slowed down. The previous diary entry ended with strumming rhythms and changing between the C, F and G chords. I was struggling with both. Not anymore. Despite the fact I learned just one new chord (G7), I feel much more confident playing....| Silvia Maggi's digital home
We have some exciting news… our newest ukulele book is at the printer, and we should have it in our hands sometime in early August 2022! It’s by our best-selling authors Ted Parrish & Wayne Erbsen and is called “Ukulele Tunes, Tips & Jamming“… sign up to be notified when it’s out by clicking HERE. In the meantime, we thought we’d give you a sneak peak at one of the songs in this book: “Bury Me Beneath the Willow,” one of our all-time favorites to pick on our log cabin’s fr...| Native Ground Books and Music
Ted & Catherine Parrish play through the classic song “Oh, Susanna,” which is the book “Ukulele for the Complete Ignoramus” by Ted Parrish & Wayne Erbsen on p. 30. … Read the rest The post “Oh, Susanna” on Ukulele appeared first on Native Ground Books and Music.| Native Ground Books and Music