John Ryan’s Polka on Tenor Ukulele

I’ve recently been enjoying working out Irish tunes on my tenor ukulele.  It’s tuned GCEA, like a concert ukulele.  But, the G string is an octave lower. For a guitarist, this sounds like the four thinnest strings on the guitar (standard tuned), with the...

Money Money Money – acoustic jazzy Abba cover

Money Money Money was originally released on the on the first of November 1976.  Abba were huge at the time and, as I remember, it was unusual to have a Top of the Pops without them featuring.  Along with the likes of Dana, Showaddywaddy, the Manhattans and Bonnie...
Purple Haze – Acoustic cover video

Purple Haze – Acoustic cover video

Here’s a version of an old favourite of mine by Jimi Hendrix, arranged for acoustic guitar(s). A great regret of mine is that I was born too late to witness the force of nature that was Jimi Hendrix.  By the time I started school he was gone.  It wasn’t...
Ingonish – Irish Jig video

Ingonish – Irish Jig video

My version of the jig, Ingonish on fiddle.  For years I’ve been wrongly calling this tune Up Sligo and have only just discovered my mistake.  In fact, I came to the realisation between making the video and writing this article, which explains why it says Up...