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Ukulele Is The New Black

Dec 15, 2019

If you listened to the episode earlier this year where I talked to Dave Parker of The Nukes, you may have been wondering about this guy called Snapper we kept talking about.  Well wonder no more, because here he is!  I had another brief visit to Auckland a few months ago and jumped at the opportunity to chat to him. ...


Dec 1, 2019

Jenny Parenteau plays ukulele with The Loveys, a brilliant four-piece band from Mullumbimby in northern NSW.  I first heard them play at the Newkulele festival in 2018, and was thrilled to hear that they would be at SPRUKE this year.

I had a chat with Jenny in The Loveys’ dressing room backstage before their sound...


Nov 17, 2019

This is the second episode recorded at the Brisbane SPRUKE ukulele festival in September.  If you listened to my previous episode with Ruth Allen, you would have heard her talk about Ian Porter.  Well, here he is in today’s episode!

Ian is an accomplished player and teacher of ukulele and I really enjoyed my chat with...


Nov 3, 2019

I recently went to the SPRUKE ukulele festival in Brisbane, where I caught up with Ruth Allen, leader of the Port Macquarie Ukestra.  If you don’t know what a Ukestra is, go back and listen to the episode I recorded last year with Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart.

Not only does Ruth lead the ukestra, she is also a James...


Oct 20, 2019

Back in February, I recorded a live episode at the Gang Gang Twang festival in Canberra featuring David Megarrity and Samuel Vincent, otherwise known as Tyrone and Lesley.    Unfortunately I wasn’t able to release that episode due to issues with the sound quality, but I recently caught up with David at his home in...