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October 5, 2011

Leaving for Berlin
Thursday evening!

October 1, 2011

Off to Berlin in 5 days!

September 22, 2011

Off to Berlin, Germany in two weeks!  Woohoo!

September 10, 2011

Did a cover song of this French Halloween-like song (1933)
Le vieux château

August 29, 2011

Every day I pass the Oscar Peterson sculpture on my way to work
 through Ottawa (Canada)
 and I wondered:

If Oscar Could Play Uke

August 18, 2011

My Gujarati song featured on the Ukulele & Languages site

August 14, 2011

I just received an advance copy
of James Hill's latest CD!  8-)

August 13, 2011

50 years ago today, the Berlin Wall was erected.   50 years later, I wrote this song about Berlin:
Sparrow on a Tank

August 6, 2011

Here is my arrangement of a Gujarati children's song called "Aav Re Varsad"

July 24, 2011

Here is my first song about Berlin from my upcoming collection of
ukulele songs called,
"Berlin Ukulele Notebook."

July 1, 2011

Here's my certificate in German for the farthest journey to Winterswijk!

Certificate for the farthest journey

June 30, 2011

I'm going to Montreal on July 2nd to pick up two ukuleles from Italmelodie.  I bought my first guitar amp there in Montreal back in 1986.

June 19, 2011

I've just written my first ukulele song about my trip to Berlin.  Expect a video in about two weeks.  I will be going back to Berlin in October 2011.

June 10, 2011

Back from my European jaunt which included ukuleles, beer, and wine!

May 28, 2011

One more day and I'm off to Berlin, Winterswijk, and then Calais.

May 23, 2011

Here's a Québécois song I wrote
for la Fete de la Saint-Jean.

La bière d'épinette (Spruce Beer).

I mixed the idea with
St-Joseph's Oratory in Montreal.


May 18, 2011

I'm leaving for Berlin at the end of the month and I'll also be attending the Ukulele Hotspot in
Winterswijk, Holland
.

It's a uke get-together of Dutch and German uke players with
a Canadian to boot. 

Small Instrument Society

This smiling guy is an enthusiastic Dutch uke player from the Small Instrument Society!  hehe


May 1, 2011

Es ritten 3 Reiter -
Three Cavaliers Bid Farewell
My latest video of a German folk song from 1777 recorded in Ottawa.

 

March 27, 2011

Ukulele Boudoir Festival April 15-16 (Paris France)

March 5, 2011

My Finnish tango ukulele song on YouTube

February 6, 2011

Mein Hut der hat drei Ecken (my latest video of a German folk song
about a hat with 3 corners)

February 1, 2011

James Hill needs help to
put out his next CD.

Pre-order a CD now.

January 24, 2011

Sitar Lights (my latest ukulele song and video on YouTube)

I will be attending the Dutch/German ukulele weekend in Winterswijk Holland in June 2011!

January 8, 2011

I hope I will be able to buy soon a Sitar-ulele!!

Here is my musical contribution for the German Advent Calendar

November 28, 2010

German Ukulele
Advent Calendar


- one song a day by members of the 1st German Ukulele Club starting November 28, 2010
http://www.ebt-edv.de/advent/

October 11, 2010

A French newspaper in Northern France wrote about me and my Roubaix video.

September 25, 2010

I was selected as one of the six for the open stage at CBC Culture Days on Sparks Street (Ottawa) today.  I played "Ukulele on the Ferry" and got to meet some nice people.

July 27, 2010

The Radio Canada show "Divines Tentations" interviewed me in French about the ukulele.  It was called "La réinsertion sociale du ukulélé." Une discussion avec les musiciens Peter Forrest, Pépé et Matt Laurent. (24 juillet 2010)