The Pop-Up Ukestra is a series of workshops facilitated by Anu Grace. It’s designed to help players and groups develop skills and confidence in both singing and playing. They are hitting the road to travel Australia soon and will be coming to a town near you! If you want to know more about Anu Grace and how to organise a Pop-Up Ukestra for your community, then listen on!
Ep6 – Sci-Fi Hamster (M.U.F. 2019)
Look, up in the sky! Is it a sci-fi hamster? Is it a space flea? No, it’s Melbourne Ukulele Festival! Join Dean Denham festival director and Rose as they dissect the festival and inspect its innards. Everything you need to know about the Festival. Have your program at the ready so you can plan the weekend!
EP5 – Songwriting – adding music to the map
This month on Ukulele Highway our conversation about songwriting continues with singer/songwriter/ukulele player Chrissy.
In this episode, you’ll discover a simple way to group chords that work together, get more ideas about approaches to songwriting and consider how to take inspiration from performers we admire.
EP4 – Songwriting – Heading Down a New Road
If you’ve ever wondered how to write a song this episode is for you! We hear from the multi-talented David Megarrity. In the ukulele world you know him as a member of Tyrone & Lesley. David shares useful tips and insights on the songwriting process. His wisdom will inspire you to start writing!
https://ukulelehighway.com/podcasts/deni-uke-muster-festival/
The Deni Uke Muster. An epic weekend calls for an epic podcast!
I talk with some of the organisers of the Festival to get some inside info on organsing a Ukulele festival.
There is music from Thin White Ukes, AJ Leonard and Jenny Rowland, Bob Haanstra, Leanne Murphy, The Shimmer Twins, and The Wild Women of Anywhere Beach.
Hear what is was like to be in some of the workshops that were on offer.
How did the Deni uke muster get started? How can you be a wiggle? What is the Custard strum? Get the answers to these burning questions and so much more in this episode of Ukulele Highway!
Rose and Christine take a trip on the Ukulele Highway. They listen to music, share facts and trivia and have a good laugh about all things ukulele.
Christine Parrott
Next up on this episode, an interview with Rose Turtle Ertler. Hear a poem written by Mohammad Ali Maleki and the song Rose Turtle Ertler wrote, inspired by Mohammad’s poem. Most importantly hear the stories behind them.
Rose Turtle Ertler
Ukulele Moonset – Tyrone & Lesley
St Kilda Ukulele Lovers League
Facebook
MeetUp
Aaron Keim – The Quiet American
Roxy’s Waltz – Fingerstyle Ukulele
Tonight You Belong to Me – Eddie Vedder & Cat Power, Ukulele Songs 2011
Warren Buffett – http://hearnebraska.org/feature/the-billionaire-and-the-ukulele-warren-buffetts-lifetime-investment-feature-story/
Andrew in Drag – The Magnetic Fields, Love at the Bottom of The Sea 2012
Angelina Stanton, Poet
Facebook
Freedom Flotilla – Lake Eyre to West Papua
Black Orchid Stringband
Facebook
Federal Republic of West Papua
The Strong Sunflower – Illustrated book of Mohammad Ali Maleki’s poem
R.I.S.E. – Refugees, Survivors & Ex-Detainees
Letter Blitz (Combined Refugee Action Group)
Rose Turtle Ertler
Rebel Elders
Light at the End
Complimentary Caravan
In Mijn Caravan – Rose Turtle Ertler, Tryhard Trailer Trash 2004
Credits
Ukulele Highway is licensed to play music with an APRA mini-podcast license.
I wanted to learn an instrument and sing. Once upon a time I bought myself a guitar. I hid out practising and learnt lots of bad playing habits. Discouraged and riddled with self-doubt, it went under under the bed.
But I never lost the desire to play an instrument and to sing, even as the years passed. Just wasn’t sure I could.
