Shop
Download Albums
The Night Owls - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
The Night Owls debut CD featuring the original band lineup of Jim 'Django' Gritt, Pat Goodall, Tom French and Nipper. The band use ukulele to re-imagine the classic pop songs of the 1920s and 1930s. The download comes with a free song book so you can play along with The Night Owls. Nine of the songs are specially arranged for ukulele and voice.
Ukulele Nipper & Friends - Ukulele Jump
These songs were recorded between 2006 and 2012 with the help of Brother Jon, members of The Night Owls and Ukulele Players from around the world. The album features an eclectic mix of ukulele songs from vintage jazz to pop and reggae. The first three songs are very much in line with The Night Owls vintage style and feature the last recordings from Jim 'Django' Gritt. The other five songs are more pop and reggae oriented.
Songs are downloadable from bandcamp.
(Click on the buy link to download)
Tutor Books
The ideal books for supporting teaching of ukulele in schools. The teachers book includes links to the National Curriculum, lesson plans, songs and a CD of backing tracks and examples. The Pupils's book is written to support learning at Key Stage 1/2; it contains songs, information on tuning, how to hold the ukulele, history of the ukulele and all the songs from the teachers scheme.
A book to support children aged 6 - 10 learning ukulele comes complete with CD backing tracks and examples. This book is cleverly written and illustrated to suit younger children learning the ukulele and covers all aspects of the instrument.
A complete guide to the basics of learning ukulele. The book contains all the basics information you will need to learn the instrument and comes with a CD of backing tracks and examples. For the more adventurous there are more advanced strumming techniques and syncopated Formby style strums to learn.