Different countries,
Different cultures
one common language... the ukulele.
This World Tour Post will make you travel to Eastern and Southern Europe as well as Asia and should delight your ears with a wide variety of languages.
Many thanks to Al from the best ukulele blog Uke Hunt for sending me links to many of the videos featured in this post.
British singer and songwriter Katy Carr performs O Moj Rozmarynie
This week’s Ukulele World Tour has a certain summer feel and adds a new dialect to listen to with the German Viennese dialect from Austria.
Herman Vandecauter, Paulien and Alex invite us to Spain with their version of La Cucaracha. Meanwhile, David Owens from the US tells us about Paul Simon‘s fifty ways to leave your lover…
Charles Song from Brazil will let you revise some classics while Amanda from Taiwan and Sparkly Rhythm will conclude this post with ukulele covers in Chinese and Thai.
Gofel and Ronaldo perform Glaabst i bin bleed (meaning ‘Do you think I am stupid’) from the Viennese band Worried Men Skiffle Group.
They do not seem unduly worried…
For those of you who have missed the Ukulele World Tour posts, I have finally found a bit of time to scan for the latest world videos. Today’s selection include ukulele videos from Finland, Brazil, Thailand, Germany, Denmark and Italy.
6 Countries, 4 languages… I hope you enjoy!
1. Country: Finland / Language: English
Jussi and Michael cover Have You Ever Seen The Rain by the band Creedence Clearwater Revival
Thanks to Marcelo from the blog Ukulele Brasil, here is Brazilian ukulele player Ivo Mozart in Mocinho do cinema.
By the time you read this, I’ll be somewhere between Lyon and Beijing, on my way for a very short 5-day-trip to China for work. It is quite amusing to think that I am taking my Kala Pocket Mahogany Ukulele back to China where it was produced, safely stored in my hand-luggage.
Besides my Kala Pocket, I have synchronised the 2nd Uke Hunt Podcast to my iPod, and I’ve had to refrain from listening to it for a few days to save it for my ten-hour-flight.
Now, time for the latest World Tour findings.
The band Ado with Andrei Gorokhov on vocals and ukulele.
Time for another World Uke Tube !
This should brighten your day in case the weather is as dull where you are as it is here today. If it isn’t, please send some sunshine !
We’ll start with Portugal with the return of the Portuguese Ukulele Orchestra, Voodoo Marmalade, who will not fail to brighten the mood.
Voodoo Marmalade in a medley Clandestino (by multilinguistic Manu Chao) / Chiclete
And since they’ve been silent for quite a while
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