UKE Magazine Awards with Got A Ukulele

For some time now I have talked on Got A Ukulele of my praise for the UK's first and only 'in print' ukulele magazine called UKE Magazine.

The reason for that is simple - I think it's a damn fine read put together by a chap who really knows and understands the ukulele world.

I'm delighted therefore that Got A Ukulele is associated with the Uke Magazine Awards that have been launched in the current issue. Working with editor Matt Warnes, we came up with a range of categories for the awards, namely:

Best UK Ukulele Artist

Best International Ukulele Artist

Breakthrough Ukulele Artist

Best Ukulele Live Act

Best Ukulele Album or EP

Best Ukulele Festival

Best Ukulele Club or Jam

Best Mainstream Ukulele Brand

Best Professional Ukulele Brand

Best UK Ukulele Luthier

Best Ukulele Accessory

Best Ukulele Strings

The details are announced in the current (Issue 7) of Uke Magazine, and the results are ALL down to the readers. Following the instructions in Issue 7, readers are invited to make their nominations in the categories from anything they choose. We will then whittle down the entries and in Issue 8 a shortlist for each will be announced and readers given one vote for each category. Issue 9 will announce the lucky winners!

Credit - Matt Warnes / World Of Ukes

And aside from that, Issue 7 has some great content in any case, including features on James Hill, Manitoba Hal Brolund, Hester Goodman and much more!

You can grab a copy direct from the World Of Ukes site or, handily via Amazon on the links below.

http://worldofukes.co.uk

© Barry Maz

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UKE - The UK's Ukulele Magazine - REVIEW

If you play the ukulele and didn't know about this publication (called UKE) where have you been hiding? In case you missed it though, UKE is a brand new print magazine, to the best of my knowledge the first of it's kind for the UK ukulele scene. I've got a copy of Issue 1 in my paws, so time to let you know about it.

It seems a strange thing to me that we haven't (until now) had a print magazine for the ukulele community over here in the UK. Sure, there are international print versions, but nothing that speaks to this community. Matt Warnes of Omega Music music decided to create this side project and has pulled together and edited this brand new journal on all things uke for the UK. Note - this is not a 'dealer brochure' or 'shop magazine'. Whilst Matt works at Omega, this is not an Omega music publication.

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A Ukulele Magazine For The UK - and About Time Too!

No disrespect to my readers elsewhere around the globe, but I have found that the ukulele print magazines that are out there are (whilst lovely things) a little USA centric. Can I say that? Well, I just did.  So for a while now I was wondering when somebody would fill the gap in the UK market.

Step forward Matt Warnes, who you may know from Omega Music, with a personal side project of his own - UKE magazine! A mag for the UK at last!

So, in view of the fact I think that's an exciting and welcome development for the UK, and the fact he is one of the 'good guys', I thought it warranted a mention on Got A Ukulele.  I'll be having a closer look when issue 1 is in print, but for now you can pre-order it for the very reasonable cost of £4.90 with free postage.

(And sorry USA,  I still love you, but if only there were more of the glorious ukes you feature in your periodicals available over on these shores!)

You can pre-order your first copy of UKE magazine here - http://omegamusic.co.uk/buy/uke-magazine-issue-1-the-uks-dedicated-ukulele-magazine .

Quite frankly - why WOULDN'T you? I mean, it's got Phil Doleman beaming at you from the front cover!!

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