January 31st, 2012

The Descendants – the slack-key soundtrack featuring Gabby Pahinui

The Descendants, a film set in Hawaii, has just had its UK release.  I’ve always been a big fan of Alexander Payne’s films and this has the added bonus of a slack-key soundtrack featuring lots of Gabby Pahinui.  I know Pahinui’s music a little through Ry Cooder and it really is great.  Hawaii has such a strong musical heritage and there’s a wealth of great music there so it’s great to see it featured in a film this way.

A great soundtrack, which I’ll be listening to spotify, and a great director, this has to be worth a trip to the cinema.

Gabby Pahinui – Lei Aloha Lei Makamae

January 15th, 2012

Ukuleles & a charango watching TV

A charango, a Mele soprano ukulele, a banjolele, a SpongeBob ukulele, and a Lehua ukulele all together,  just hanging out.

January 11th, 2012

The Ian Whitcomb show on Luxuriamusic radio

Ahoy fellow ukulele lovers.  If you’ve not heard of Luxuriamusic.com, it’s a great eclectic Internet radio station.  Rockabilly, jazz, easy listening and also the home of Howie Pyro’s brilliant show Intoxica, surely one of the best things on the radio.  Anyway, New Years Eve, the Internet radio was on Luxuria as I was getting ready to go out and I kept hearing lots of ukulele songs.  Turned out it was The Ian Whitcomb show.  Ian Whitcomb had a US hit in the sixties, he’s an author and also, amongst other things, a ukulele connoisseur.

I’ve only listened to a couple of the shows but there’s a feast of ukuleles on there and I intend to make my way through the archives as soon as I get some free time.  You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, listen online every Saturday evening, or download them at the podcast archive page.

 

 

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