Ep. 35: Mr. Montgomery Plinkerty

Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown

Guests: Zoë Bestel

On the show today is singer-songwriter Zoë Bestel coming to us all the way from Scotland, plus we have co-host Doug Brown, President of Denver Ukulele Community. We get the scoop on the ukulele scene in Scotland, ukuleles as instruments of Peace, and friends and enemies of the ukulele.

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Zoë Bestel: http://zoebestel.co.uk/

Her debut Album: http://zoebestel.co.uk/product/slatm/

Doug Brown: www.den-uke.com/

Lightsaber Ukulele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHUdBb9sDUo 

James Hill – promoting ukuleles in the classroom: https://www.ukuleleintheclassroom.com/

Heidi Swedberg doing a kids coloring book to learn how to play ukulele at home or in the classroom: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999308189/color-along-ukulele-a-method-book-for-people-drawn/posts/1301725

The United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra co-opting “Ukuleles for Peace”: http://www.ukulele-orchestra.co.uk/ukuleles-for-peace/

Not sure what to think:

Taylor Swift playing ukulele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3lm4XseeU4

Felicia Day playing ukulele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBh4Yi4PEvo

Recorded October 18, 2015.

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