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Archiving vintage ukulele music

09 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Music and ukuleles, Collingwood life, Social values
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In the two decades between the end of World War One and the start of World War Two, the ukulele was arguably the most popular musical instrument in the Western world. It was small, relatively inexpensive, and with only four strings it was relatively easy to...

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Tags: vintage music, song book, archive, song sheet, ukulele, ukelele, music score 1 Comments


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Remembering George

26 September 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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I picked up two CD sets of George Formby Jr.'s music this past month. Easily the most comprehensive collection of Formby music ever compiled,...

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Tags: music, personal reminiscences, ukulele, ukelele, music review, george formby 5 Comments


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