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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...

Hello, it's me - The Ukulele Teacher - but you can call me John!This is my brand new podcast adventure where I'll be in conversation with some of your very favourite ukulele players talking about anything and everything in the world of the ukulele.Over this series I'll be interviewing everyone from Bernadette Teaches Music to Baghiti Khumalo, and from James Hill to Jake Shimabukuru.Each episode I'll start off by asking when, where and why someone started playing, and then watching the conversation spin off in whatever weird and wonderful directions it may.I've been working on this now for ...

We listen to three songs each episode! We discuss the emotional meaning of the music along with in depth analysis from a musicians perspective as to why the songs moved us in the first place.