Featured BUG Jams & Events 2 March 2024 IMPORTANT NEWS! You will now always have a seat at BUG! How? Beginning with our jam on March 20, 2024, all folks must have a ticket to be admitted to our BUG Jams at Red Bird. Please share this news with anyone you know who comes to BUG!
Featured BUG Jam 07/24 1 January 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! July 17, 2024 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 08/21 1 January 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! August 21, 2024 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jam 09/24 1 January 2024 We're On Vacation - No BUG Jam In September But Mark and I will be back before you know it!
Songs 24 January 2022 Goin' Up The 1995 single "Goin' Up", from Great Big Sea's second studio album, peaked at #70 on the Canadian Singles Chart. The Up album is certified 4x platinum in Canada.
Songs 7 December 2021 Little Skidoo "Little Skidoo" was written by Canadian Bert Collins in 1967, but not recorded until 1977.
Songs 26 November 2021 River "River" is a song by Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue.
Songs 20 July 2021 Nowhere With You The single "Nowhere with You, written and recorded by Joel Plaskett in 2006, has received the most mainstream radio airplay of any Plaskett release to date, and was featured in a Zellers television commercial.
Songs 6 June 2021 This Storm Written and recorded by award-winning Prince Edward Island, Canada singer-songwriters Tara MacLean and Catherine MacLellan in 2020 while in self-isolation - miles apart - and with friends Natalie Williams-Calhoun (cello) and Mark Westberg (mixing/mastering).
Songs 14 April 2021 Could I Have This Dance? "Could I Have This Dance?" is a song recorded by the Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was used in the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and appeared on both the Urban Cowboy soundtrack album for that film, as well as on the Anne Murray's Greatest Hits compilation album, issued in late 1980.
Songs 10 April 2021 Red-Winged Blackbird The song, Red-Winged Blackbird, is from Canadian singer-songwriter David Francey's 1999 debut album, "Torn Screen Door".
Songs 12 January 2021 Wellerman (Soon May The Wellerman Come) Traditional New Zealand folksong that dates back to the mid-19th century
Songs 22 June 2020 Paddle Wheeler "Paddle Wheeler" is a song written by Al Oster, about the paddlewheelers that used to travel the Yukon River during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Songs 21 June 2020 Ukuleles Across Canada Medley "Ukuleles Across Canada Medley" is a medley of songs written by a songwriter born in each province. To date, I haven't included songs by songwriters born in Yukon, Northwest Territories, or Nunavut, but they can always be added for another time. Happy Canada Day!
Songs 19 June 2020 Black Rum And Blueberry Pie DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHETBlack Rum And Blueberry Pie (WORD) Black Rum And Blueberry Pie (PDF) YOU CAN PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS THE VIDEO! Written
Songs 19 June 2020 Chante-la ta chanson The idea that “everyone has their own melody inside” had been bouncing around Marcel Lefebvre’s head for quite some time. It was while driving back from the family cottage that the famous chorus came to him spontaneously.
Songs 19 June 2020 Manitoba Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 - March 6, 2013) was one of Canada's most prolific and well-known folk singers, he was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. Connors' habit of stomping the heel of his left boot to keep rhythm earned him the nickname Stompin' Tom .
Songs 19 June 2020 Chu pas une femme à marier Les Hay Babies are an indie-folk music trio made up of three vibrant young women. Katrine Noël, Vivianne Roy and Julie Aubé, who come from three of the four cardinal points in New Brunswick, blend their accents to create a sense of peace and present their own kind of indie-folk.
Songs 15 May 2020 Under A Stormy Sky "Under A Stormy Sky" is by Daniel Lanois and appears on his debut album Acadie (1989) and on the live album Rockets (2004). Acadie was named the 20th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums.
Songs 7 March 2020 Chevaliers de la Table Ronde "Chevaliers de la table ronde" (also known as Goûtons voir si le vin est bon) is a traditional French song from the 18th century.
Songs 4 February 2020 La complainte du phoque en Alaska La Complaint du Phoque en Alaska was written by Michel Rivard (born September 27, 1951), a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec.
Songs 22 November 2019 It Snowed A 2011 song written and recorded by Meaghan Smith, a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist. She writes songs on her guitar and sometimes her ukulele and piano.
Songs 7 November 2019 I'll Marry Me A Curler DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETI’ll Marry Me A Curler (WORD) I’ll Marry Me A Curler (PDF) YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH BEN AND DAN'S VIDEO!
Songs 27 October 2019 Early Morning Rain "Early Morning Rain" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot in the summer of 1964.
Songs 17 October 2019 Coast To Coast Fever "Coast to Coast Fever" is a song by English/Canadian singer-songwriter David Wiffen. He is assisted on the 1973 "Coast to Coast Fever" album by fellow Canadian folkie Bruce Cockburn, who plays guitar, bass and celeste, and also produced the album.
Songs 13 September 2019 So Long Marianne "So Long Marianne" was featured on Leonard Cohen's 1967 debut album, Songs of Leonard Cohen.
Songs 5 July 2019 We'll Sing In The Sunshine "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached number two in Canada, and number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending 17 October 1964.
