Welcome to The Ukulele Podcast.
Whether you want to hear how James Hill put together his famous arrangement of Billie Jean, or how Jake Shimabukuro played the ukulele for the Queen, it's all in this podcast.
Join me, John Atkins, for long-form uke-centric chats with everyone from Cynthia Lin, Bernadette Teaches Music and Victoria Vox, to Nick Cope, Bakithi Kumalo and Will Grove-White.
There's also stories recorded on-the-go such as my behind-the-scenes account of a local ukulele festival in England, and audio diary of my trip to the NaMM music convention in Los Angeles.
Plus listener contributions about your favourite ukuleles and what they mean to you.
The Ukulele Podcast is sponsored by Kala Brand Music.
Sign up to my Patreon page for bonus content, early access and behind the scenes gossip!
Want to be on the show? Have a suggestion for someone you'd like to hear me chat with? Drop me an email to uketeacher1@gmail.com and let's chat!
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Welcome to The Ukulele Podcast.
Whether you want to hear how James Hill put together his famous arrangement of Billie Jean, or how Jake Shimabukuro played the ukulele for the Queen, it's all in this podcast.
Join me, John Atkins, for long-form uke-centric chats with everyone from Cynthia Lin, Bernadette Teaches Music and Victoria Vox, to Nick Cope, Bakithi Kumalo and Will Grove-White.
There's also stories recorded on-the-go such as my behind-the-scenes account of a local ukulele festival in England, and audio diary of my trip to the NaMM music convention in Los Angeles.
Plus listener contributions about your favourite ukuleles and what they mean to you.
The Ukulele Podcast is sponsored by Kala Brand Music.
Sign up to my Patreon page for bonus content, early access and behind the scenes gossip!
Want to be on the show? Have a suggestion for someone you'd like to hear me chat with? Drop me an email to uketeacher1@gmail.com and let's chat!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week I'm speaking to teacher, performer, and all-round ukulele great, Peter Luongo!
You may have seen Peter in the 2006 documentary The Mighty Uke, or you may have seen him performing as part of the Legacy Ukulele Ensemble. Or perhaps you know him best as James Hill's ukulele teacher.
Either way, the man is an absolute dynamo, and I was privileged to manage to get him to sit still(ish!) for about half an hour at the end of NaMM and have an in-depth conversation about everything from his thoughts on why it's important to teach the ukulele properly, to how he got started playing music, to his relationship with James Hill.
Peter is headed to the U.K. next week where he will be attending the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival, and also hosting a day-long retreat for ukulele teachers! Sadly I can't make it, but if you guys can please go and tell him I said hello!
If you have any thoughts, comments or guest suggestions for the show please send me a message to UkeTeacher@GrabYourUke.com
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