OokTown - The Ukulele Podcast

A special Podcasters summit to talk about Ukulele in the time of the Pandemic. Ray Ortega of the Podcasters' Studio, Abe Deshotel of the Ukulele Podcast, my co-host Doug Brown share their thoughts, plus we totally geek out on Podcasting equipment.

We've got a content-rich podcast with Cynthia Kinnunen, Amber Rozel, and JHUI founder James Hill, PLUS first time guest and Music Teacher, Jimmy Brink. So join us on this Ukulele Education journey as we talk about the why's and how's of teaching mus

We welcome back our friends Phil Doleman, Heidi Swedberg, and Daniel Ward for a holiday-Christmas themed exploration of mentors and mentoring, ukulele in the UK, the way cool and hopeful London Ukulele Project, and the annual Whamageddon game.

It's a fun-filled episode with Matt Stead of the Uke Room and Andy Andrews of PUKA. We talk about creating an ukulele experience, looking at ways of inspiring us, creativity traps, ways of using the ukulele to connect people and end loneliness, and more.

We explore the world of Zen workshops, harnessing the healing power of ukulele music, discuss some unexpected ways of teaching ukulele, and D minor, the saddest key of all.

Sam Muir and Terry Carter go over their recent ukulele festival experiences, delve into finger style and classical ukulele, compare notes on music education, and get me hankering for Tim Tam, vegemite and visiting the folks down under at Valla Beach.

We take a deep dive into songs with Jodie Lee and my co-host Doug Brown as we dig into the top ukulele songs playlist, try to guess who's playlist we're looking at, talk about John Atkins and Grace Vanderwaal, and deconstructing and reconstructing son

Moon landings! Zero-G ukulele! Plus, lots of discussions on festivals, Master Classes, and much more!

As the heat and allergies of summer roll in, we welcome back two great singer-songwriters to the show: Victoria Vox and Hope Dunbar! We talk about ukulele travels, tackling writers block, ideas on expanding listernship, collaborating on songwriting.

We're at the Denver UkeFest with first time guest Stu Fuchs, plus Aldrine Guerreo, Aaron Nakamura, and Casey Cormier to talk about song arranging using fish bowls, ukulele festival cruises and sea sickness, Scandinavian bluegrass heavy metal, and more!

We have new guests Steve Espaniola, Clark Holmes of the Naked Waiters, returning guests Cynthia Kinnunen of the Royal City Uke Fest, Ben Hassenger of the Mighty Uke Day festival. So of course we talk UkeFests, plus the JHUI program, NAMM 2019, and mo

We have first time visitors to the Podcast George Bartle and Mandi Harkett (aka Opera-lele) for some laugh snortin' good fun as we meander through talking about performing, finding your style, Huffle Puff, new stuff we've seen or gotten, and

Heidi  Swedberg and Daniel Ward, along with Mary Agnes Krell of GNUF join us to discuss ukuleles and public libraries, upcoming events and guests at GNUF, the Denver Ukulele Fest, finding the "Why" for your ukulele groups, and much more

It's a mini-summit on Ukulele Podcasting with guest and ukulele paddler, Jodie Lee, as we talk about the shared experience of Wonderstruck, a guest appearance by Doug Brown. PLUS, I reveal the name of the 15 year old ukulele prodigy.

We talk about our top five ukulele gadgets and songs; send shoutouts our guests, patrons, and listeners, our families; and celebrate our time together just laughing and talking about the ukulele with regular guest Gerald Ross and co-host Doug Brown.

Lucy Laforge and Victoria Vox talk about what it's like being a female ukulele artist, explore the ins and outs of getting onto the Ukulele Festival Circuit, and much more.

You'll get a sneak peak at what it was like at Wonderstruck, get some tips on performing, building a better ukulele club, and so much more.

Our theme for this episode is appropriately about traveling. And who better to bring on the show than Ben from "Ukulele Roadtrips," and our regular guest Gerald Ross.

It's all kinds of talk about wrassling, Wonderstruck, UkeFest 2.0, busking, and lots, lots more!

Bridging the partisan divide with ukulele playing, revisit the ukulele bass, talk about gear to record ukulele videos, and much more!

The dog days of summer are upon us, and to be the heat we've got some cool guests on the show like Zoe Bestel and Ukulele Abe, along with my co-host Doug Brown. We talk about physicality when performing, Kala ukulele basses, and much more.

Broadcasting from Daniel's Hall at Swallow Hill Music, we bring you the OokTown Podcast recorded in front of a live audience during the 11th Annual Denver Ukulele Festival.

It's our 7th anniversary Podcast! Watch us stumble through our first LIVE Podcast with returning guests Victoria Vox and Ben Hassenger, and my co-host Doug Brown, as we reflect back on our seven years of Podcasting.

We're here with returning guests Aaron Keim, Phil Doleman, and Mary Agnes Krell to talk about ukulele strings for busking, beginner workshops, Guh-nuf 2018, and so much more!

Returning guests Andy Andrews and Gerald Ross talk about Burt Bacharach songs, Andy Andrews first Ukulele Festival, the evolving Ukulele Workshop instructor, ukulele amps, Warren Buffett, and much more!