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- Star of the County Down for high G ukulele – with slurs and strums February 3, 2026
- We Shall Overcome on high G ukulele January 19, 2026
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- FAQ: how to get started on the ukulele December 28, 2025
- Snow White Waltz for high G ukulele December 15, 2025
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- About Pick Pluck Play! December 7, 2025
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- Annual Holiday Party – ukulele clubs in Boston and London December 2, 2025
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March 2026 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Recent Posts: Concert Blog
Fingerstyle Ukulele for Beginners: Reviews and Insights
My first ukulele book in a new series on Amazon will be released in mid-October. Read the advance reviews from published and established ukulele composers.
REVIEW: My Fair Lady in Galveston
What’s the next best thing to seeing the musical “My Fair Lady” ? Get invited backstage, meet the band and production staff, and attend the dress rehearsal.
REVIEW: Loveless, Texas
Anne Ku reviews “Loveless, Texas” a concert presentation in Galveston, Texas of the musical first debut in New York
Writing music every day
What happens when you start writing music every single day?
REVIEW: Discovering Fingerstyle Ukulele Songbook by Colin Tribe
Colin Tribe’s new book offers new possibilities for ukulele players who aspire to fingerpick their way through thirty of the most popular songs of all time. These chord melody arrangements show a variety of ways the high G ukulele can be used for instrumental solo or duet (such as chord accompaniment and melodic fingerpicking) . […]
Tag Archives: travel
3 Chord Thursday Across America
The public holiday 4th of July falls on a Thursday, so we will celebrate the theme of “Across America” on the second Thursday of the month on 11th July 2024 at the usual time of 3 PM EDT. We welcome … Continue reading
3 Chord Thursday Destinations & How to Get There
On Thursday 21st July 2022, we invite you to share songs from this picture and ignite your curiosity and creativity to suggest other related songs about getting to a particular place. To this, we should add destination: HOME. How to … Continue reading
Simple Gifts for Thanksgiving
On the eve before my travel, I arranged Simple Gifts for ukulele and piano. Continue reading
3 Chord Thurs: Travel
Join us on Thursday 22nd July 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs about travel or traveling. Some of these may overlap with other themes such as vacation, to the beach, or on the water. The theme of … Continue reading
Three Chord Thursday: locations
Songs about location for a virtual song session in Zoom on Thursday July 2, 2020 free for anyone anywhere in the world to participate as performer or muted participant Continue reading
Songs in the Time of Corona: one-hour on Fridays
We share songs inspired by the coronavirus pandemic, from existing songs about staying at home to new songs about the lock down, from parodies to 20-second handwash song. These are FREE one-hour song sessions in ZOOM. Be sure to register … Continue reading
Visiting Vis, Croatia – the Mamma Mia effect
Barely two weeks after watching “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” – the sequel to “Mamma Mia!” I am now on the island where it was filmed, not quite a year ago in September 2017, not Greece but Croatia. The … Continue reading
All things Dutch and wonderful
When I first visited a local supermarket in the Netherlands, I complained that the only soy sauce was the wrong kind. The bottle was too small, and the soya sauce was Indonesian. I honestly thought I would starve.
Moving out, moving over, and moving on
During the pressure-cooker months of May and June, I often wanted to wave a magic wand and make everything disappear. My tendency to collect, accept what others give me, organize, make good, and keep meant that I didn’t like throwing … Continue reading
A rolling stone gathers no moss but eventually will meet others
I can count the number of friends who visited me during my five-and-a-half years on Maui. The first to visit was a couple who flew from California and stayed for a long weekend in my first apartment while attending a … Continue reading