Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee - Come Back Home Video

Well this is rather nice. During their recent tour of the UK and Europe, Craig Chee documented their time over this side of the atlantic with photographs. Add in to that some video from Jim Colvin and a delightful tune from their latest album and you have this treat.

And the extra treat is seeing so many friends faces in the photographs. Oh, that and the fact I have never been in a music video before! I'm honoured!



( DIRECT LINK )

And, if you like the music - the album is now available for download at the link below (and a review of it is coming on this site soon!!)

http://www.cheemaisel.com/digital-albums/scene-1-take-1-digital-download


© Barry Maz

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Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee at Grateful Freds, The Atkinson, Southport - REVIEW

Well I figured that I couldn't let ukulele greats Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee pass me by again before they leave the UK following their tour. Having seen them again at the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival, I was therefore delighted to learn that Grateful Fred (organiser of some top music nights in the Liverpool / Formby / Southport area) was putting them on as headliners at one of his revered Roots and Acoustic nights. Time for a road trip to Southport!

So picking up one half of Chonkinfeckle on the way up we arrive at a smashing Studio Theatre at the Atkinson in Southport - what a great venue! We take Sarah and Craig by surprise as I had kept it a secret that I was going up (hugs and hellos), then see that one half of the Mersey Belles had also come along for the show. Hang on half of the Mersey Belles and half of Chonkinfeckle? So that's Either a 'Merseyfeckle' or 'Chonkinbelles' then?. Great to see them and some other ukulele faces in the crowd too. Well I guess it's not every day you get two of the most in demand performers on the ukulele circuit in your backyard.

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Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee running workshops in UK!

I was delighted to hear about this recently - ukulele sensations Sarah Maisel and Craig Chee are heading to the UK and will be hosting a couple of ukulele workshops in Richmond this June!

I've been lucky enough to see Sarah perform (a total delight) and interviewed her on Got A Ukulele HERE. Craig I have yet to see, but have seen his videos online and they are superb. Both are appearing at the Ukulele Festival of Great Britain 2014, but this seems like an excellent chance to meet them and get some lessons from the pro's.

They are holding the event at Ritz Music, 88 Sheen Road, Richmond on 15 June. Call the store on 020 8332 1488 to make a booking!

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