2010 December Calendar

Dec 3, Friday - Carol Sussal, Robert Buscari, Geoff Stoner - starts 7:00 pm

Dec 4, Saturday - Ken Bari Murray - starts 700 pm

Dec 10, Friday - T.A.B.U. Kholi Calhoun - starts 7:30 pm

Dec 11, Saturday - NYC Ukulele Meetup Xmas Showcase - starts 7:00 pm

Linda Susswain, The Uke Men, Ben Mealer, T.A.B.U. Geoff Stoner...more...

Dec 17, Friday - The Jack Lords Orchestra, Technical Difficulties

November Calendar (click on photo for video)

Nov 27, Saturday - NYC Ukulele Meetup Basic Beginners Impromptu Jam

Nov 26, Friday - Ken Bari Murray

Nov 19, Friday - Geoff Stoner, T.A.B.U. - 7:30 pm

Nov 20, Saturday - Sean Harvey Comedy Group, Educated Fleas - 7:00 pm

Nov 12, Friday - NYC Ukulele Meeup group - 7:30 pm

Nov 13, Saturday - Tom Gambino, The Uke Men - 7:30 pm

Lil Rev

Come see Lil Rev Nov 5, 2010 @ the Uke Hut!!!

Ukulele Workshop 5:30 - 7:00 pm

Essential Strums and Strokes

$25.00 (Includes concert)

Concert Only: $12.00

7:30 pm Abalos & Geyer

8;00 pm Harry La Costa

8:30 Lil Rev

NYC Ukulele Meetup Showcase at the Uke Hut

Select NYC Ukulele Meetup members performed last night. Oct 22, 2010 at the Uke Hut. The Uke Hut was packed with friends and family.

Performing that night were:

Carol Sussal

Thomas Gambino

Ben Mealer

Adrienne

Harry LaCosta

Geoff Stoner

Educated Fleas @ Uke Hut

Oct 16th we had the pleasure of the performance of the Educated Fleas at the Uke Hut.

Nostalgia music from the 20'a thru the 40's. They will be back again in Nov.

Uke Hut-Sept 24-

We had our most rewarding night last night at the Uke Hut. An amazing array of ukulele talent! Everyone there foelt very fortunate to have been at the right place at the right time! The night started with a visit from John Anderson, who is transiting New York on a world-wide trip from Australia. He just arrived from Kansas, is in New York for two days, then he is off to Dublin and India! John regaled us with stories of Australia, his travels and great songs. He is always welcome at Uke Hut!
Next Kohli Calhoun returned to Uke Hut for the third time. Each time, her set display her unique and personal style, which supports her compelling song lyrics. It was announced that CMJ has selected Kohli for their annual NY event, so their exclusivity clause caused us to cancel Kohli's October appearance at Uke Hut. She promises to return in November.
We had something of a California party last night, since I just got off a plane from LA at 3:30 yesterday afternoon and Megan MeGeary recently moved to SanFrancisco. Megan was back in New York to record with Jim, her partner-in-crime, seen in the photo below. They have been working on many projects together, such as the Dagmar show, and we got to see and hear this as well as the Amity Rose character that Megan presents, who materializes as as street busker with a repetoire of songs from the Great Depression. We thank Jim and Megan for taking time during their studio session work to share their work with us.
Finally, we had Sweet Soubrette at Uke Hut for the first time. She is an old friend of the Uke Fest, so we know her work well, but the Hut is a much more intimate venue, so you get a different look at this kind of performance. Ellia is about to release a new album (on vinyl, by the way!), so she had several new tunes, which she previewed last night. She brought along a friend, Kirsten, who supplied vocal harmonies, and they brought the house down with insightful lyrics and catchy rhythms.
Lots of fun at the Hut last night.

Three Women And Their Ukes!

Three female giants of the NY local scene are coming to the Uke Hut on the same night, Friday Sept. 24. You can still attend these great shows for free. (donations encouraged!) Kohli Calhoun returns for her third visit and will open this show. Meghan McGeary will appear in several of her stage personae, not least of which will be, Amity Rose! Ellia Bisker, as Sweet Soubrette, is well-known internationally, but maintains her local loyalty and her following is likely to be in evidence. We look forward to a great show. We are also playing host to John Anderson, transiting New York on his way home to Australia. He will do a short set (with an accent!) about 7 PM. Hope you can make it.

Busy Weekend At the Hut

People are back in the city on weekends and they want ukulele! We are trying to help! On Friday, we are raffling off a great Kala tenor uke, with proceeds going to one of the good friends of the Uke Hut to help him and his family settle in Austin Texas, a gift to express our gratitude for all the good performances they gave at the Hut. We will have a performance by....

Mr. Badger

We will also have hula presented our resident halau, who will be doing regular appearances at the Hut.....

Halau Hula O Na Mele 'Aina 'O Hawaii

Please bring your friends to a great night of music and dance.


On Saturday, September 18, we have the return of ...

Sean Harvey's Improv Group

Please join us.

Tonight's the Night!

Brittni has arrived!

Brittni had a day to tour the city and she loves it here. She will share some of her reflections tonight.
We have Kohli Calhoun to open for Brittni.
Ticket sales are now suspended online, but you can buy at the door for the same price of $10.
Doors open at 7 PM, music starts around 8 PM.
See you later.

Ken

Uke Hut is opened this weekend!

Friday and Saturday evenings with regular hours-6PM until 11PM.
We will be talking uke, setting up for Tuesday nights concert with Britni Paiva and there will be tunes from Ken Bari Murray, Makalina and others who enter the premises with their ukes! See you there!

Monday, August 2, 2010

Britni Paiva at the Uke Hut

We are very fortunate to have the opportunity to see the premier female ukulele star at the Uke Hut next Tuesday! Britni is an old friend of the New York Uke Fest and loves the city. She has just begun an East coast tour and we found a gap in her schedule, so we could fit an appearance at the Uke Hut. Here is an except from a press release...

At 21 years of age, Brittni Paiva (pie –VAH) is already the preeminent female ukulele player from Hawaii. She's an award-winning multi-instrumentalist whose sound and concept are influenced by jazz, rock, flamenco, and classical music as well as world music from Brazil, Japan, and elsewhere.
Brittni’s new CD, Four Strings: The Fire Within (Talmidim Productions), was co-produced by Charles Michael Brotman, Hawaii’s first Grammy Award recipient. Some of the highlights include guitarist Johannes Linstead’s feature on “Hour of the Lamps”; the timeless and universally popular “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” (lately identified with the late great Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, but the sound is unmistakably Brittni’s); and Carlos Santana’s classic “Europa”. The rest of the album consists of cover tunes and originals that display Brittni’s technique and passion.



Usually, Britni performs in large concert halls. In this case, ticket sales will be limited to 100, so it will be a very cozy and intimate show. Opening for Britni, will be Kohli Calhoun, who wowed the Uke Hut audience last month. Doors will open at 7PM. See you there.

Musical Improv with Ukuleles!

Our friend Sean Harvey has two of the most fun hobbies imaginable: improv comedy and ukuleles. Two great tastes that taste great together, right?

This Friday, he's pulling together awesome musical improv talent here at the Uke Hut Friday night at 8pm! Featuring the musical stylings of pianist Joel Esher and local ukulele mainstays Rush Kress and Rick Bruner.

Watch us pull a musical parody out of our butts! It's magic!

RSVP on Facebook.

Hi All you NY Ukers,

The Uke Hut is opened! After the Uke Fest hiatus, we are back in business at our Subterranean Lanai! Last Saturday we had a sound check and we are ready to jam. On Friday, July 16, Mr Badger will highlight and on Saturday, TABU. For the rest of July, there will be appearances by Kohli Calhoun, Marci Gordon, more from Mr Badger, TABU and yours truly. More information will follow about the future schedule.

We are also auctioning a great Kala tenor uke at the Hut-proceeds to go to Sean Bolivar, who is headed to Austin, Texas. Sean was the backbone of Nalu Noa, one of our original groups at the Uke Hut and we will seriously miss them in our next season. Come by and take a chance!

Looking forward to seeing old friends and welcoming new uke lovers to the Hut. Bring all your friends for good food, cheap drinks and great music.

Ken

This Friday, April 30, Whistling Wolves

This Friday night, a great NYC act, The Whistling Wolves, featuring the two-time World Whistling Champion Emily Eagen and ace harmonica player Trip Henderson, both of whom also sing and play uke. The full Whistling Wolves include a larger band, but they'll be debuting with a set at the hut from 7:30 on Friday as a duet.

Welcome to Uke Hut!

Come check out the coolest new night club in NYC, the Uke Hut. Think of it as one of the hidden bars, in the downstairs of Maui Taco, 330 5th Ave (between 32nd & 33rd), next door to the Empire State Building, where unpretentious musicians from NY's vibrant ukulele scene perform without a cover charge every Friday and Saturday night (though tipping the band members is encouraged).

Stay tuned for regular listings of performers here every week.

And if you haven't signed up yet, be sure to attend this year's NY Uke Fest, a top stop on the red-hot worldwide ukulele circuit, May 12-16.