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Ukulele Is The New Black

Nov 22, 2020

Phil Doleman is a UK-based professional musician who plays a heap of instruments including guitar, banjo, and of course ukulele.  I had a chat to him a few weeks ago about his love of old-time jug band, blues and folk music, and he tells me about his journey from playing in a band as a teenager to a career...


Nov 8, 2020

Sam Brown is a professional musician best known as a singer, having sung backing vocals for bands such as Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and Spandau Ballet, as well as having a successful solo career including the international hit single “Stop!”, which is still one of my favourite songs.  When Sam lost her singing voice...


Oct 25, 2020

Samantha Muir is a classically trained musician who had a passion for guitar from an early age.  In 2012 she discovered the ukulele and fell in love with it.  Since then she has arranged and composed a huge body of instrumental pieces for ukulele, with a focus on classical and folk music.  She talks to me in today’s...


Oct 11, 2020

Stuart Fuchs is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist who can do amazing things with a ukulele, but he is also passionate about helping people to use music for healing and happiness.  He loves to teach and has a heap of resources on his YouTube channel, Ukulele Zen.  In today’s episode we talk about his early days...


Sep 27, 2020

In today’s episode I chat to Kevin Chennell from COVID-free Perth, Western Australia.  He talks about how much fun it is to busk with a large group of ukulele players, about travelling the world to hang out with top musicians, and convinces his wife Lyn to join him for one of his songs. Please enjoy!

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