Uke Ireland & Ukuhooley Blog » ukulele http://ukeireland.com ukulele players in ireland Sun, 20 May 2012 17:10:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Bandito Tyler (Aldrine Guerero) by Adrien (Ukulele Cover) http://ukeireland.com/2012/05/bandito-tyler-aldrine-guerero-by-adrien-ukulele-cover/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/05/bandito-tyler-aldrine-guerero-by-adrien-ukulele-cover/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 08:16:23 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1480 Very tasty playing!

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/05/bandito-tyler-aldrine-guerero-by-adrien-ukulele-cover/feed/ 1 Ireland’s Ukulele Festival, “Ukulele Hooley” 2012 August 18/19 Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin http://ukeireland.com/2012/05/irelands-ukulele-festival-ukulele-hooley-2012-august-1819-dun-laoghaire-co-dublin/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/05/irelands-ukulele-festival-ukulele-hooley-2012-august-1819-dun-laoghaire-co-dublin/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:49:11 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1443 Ukulele Hooley, Ireland’s ukulele festival is gearing up for its 3rd year and is happening on the weekend of August 18/19th in Dun Laoghaire (with the support of Dun Laoghaire & Rathdown County Council).

Its shaping up to be a great weekend of ukulele workshops, jams, open mics, and a fantastic line up of artists from both sides of the Atlantic. There is a lot more exciting stuff to be announced yet (including more artists tba) so mark the dates in your diary now!

The website is now live but there is a lot more information to be announced, so keep checking ukulelehooley.com for updates.

 

 

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/05/irelands-ukulele-festival-ukulele-hooley-2012-august-1819-dun-laoghaire-co-dublin/feed/ 0 Levon Helm, Legendary Singer & Drummer with The Band sings “Ophelia” http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/levon-helmlegendary-singer-drummer-with-the-band-sings-ophelia/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/levon-helmlegendary-singer-drummer-with-the-band-sings-ophelia/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:05:25 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1378 Levon Helm’s wonderful voice and drumming provided many of the great musical moments to the soundtrack of many of our lives. Levon died on Thursday April 19th and he will be be sadly missed.
He sang so many great songs but the one that has a special significance for ukulele players in Ireland is “Ophelia”.
Its in our songbook and is one of the featured numbers by the Ukeristic Congress.

Sing on Levon…

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/levon-helmlegendary-singer-drummer-with-the-band-sings-ophelia/feed/ 0 Howlin’ Hobbit – Dr. Hokum & Mr. Jive http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/howlin-hobbit-dr-hokum-mr-jive/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/howlin-hobbit-dr-hokum-mr-jive/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:25:57 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1372 The wonderful Howlin’ Hobbit performing one of his own songs “Dr. Hokum & Mr. Jive” – Blistering!

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/howlin-hobbit-dr-hokum-mr-jive/feed/ 2 Fingerstyle Ukulele – “Maydes Are Simple Some Men Say”- played by Phil Doleman http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/fingerstyle-ukulele-maydes-are-simple-some-men-say-played-by-phil-doleman/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/fingerstyle-ukulele-maydes-are-simple-some-men-say-played-by-phil-doleman/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:54:56 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1356 Phil Doleman is a fine ukulele player and also gives lessons in person and by Skype (so distance is not a problem!)
Check out his website : http://www.phildolman.co.uk

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/fingerstyle-ukulele-maydes-are-simple-some-men-say-played-by-phil-doleman/feed/ 0 O’Carolan’s “Eleanor Plunkett” played by Wilfred Welti http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/eleanor-plunkett-played-by-wilfred-welti/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/eleanor-plunkett-played-by-wilfred-welti/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:39:19 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1352

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/04/eleanor-plunkett-played-by-wilfred-welti/feed/ 1 Original Rude Boys – “Travelling Man” http://ukeireland.com/2012/03/original-rude-boys-travelling-man/ http://ukeireland.com/2012/03/original-rude-boys-travelling-man/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:11:21 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1310 The Original Rude Boys are three young guys from Dublin who’ve been going their own way with their songs and in just one year have begun to make a name for themselves.
Yep, they have a ukulele player in there (from the beginning) check out their other YouTube videos.

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2012/03/original-rude-boys-travelling-man/feed/ 0 Lisa Hannigan ~ KNOTS ~ http://ukeireland.com/2011/09/lisa-hannigan-knots/ http://ukeireland.com/2011/09/lisa-hannigan-knots/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:34:54 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1039 The wonderful Lisa Hannigan………..

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2011/09/lisa-hannigan-knots/feed/ 0 Ukulele Hooley By The Sea (Video by Tom Allard of Cigar Box Ukulele) http://ukeireland.com/2011/08/ukulele-hooley-by-the-sea-video-by-tom-allard-of-cigar-box-ukulele/ http://ukeireland.com/2011/08/ukulele-hooley-by-the-sea-video-by-tom-allard-of-cigar-box-ukulele/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:45:01 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=1029 One of the great delights of ukulele festivals is meeting up with ukulele friends and it was wonderful to see so many at the Ukulele Hooley By The Sea. Tom Allard, an old ukulele friend from Michigan travelled all the way to Dun Laoghaire and was the life and soul of the festival!
He also made this wonderful compilation video of the festival, just enjoy!

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]]> http://ukeireland.com/2011/08/ukulele-hooley-by-the-sea-video-by-tom-allard-of-cigar-box-ukulele/feed/ 0 Ukeristic Congress News! http://ukeireland.com/2011/07/ukeristic-congress-news/ http://ukeireland.com/2011/07/ukeristic-congress-news/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:20:20 +0000 Tony B http://ukeireland.com/?p=956 Our good friends The Ukeristic Congress go from strength to strength, give yourself a treat, get along to one of their gigs!

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