Featured BUG Jam Videos 21 November 2024 2024 - November BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on November 20, 2024, at Red Bird Live - a full house of enthusiastic ukers! We're in Ottawa Ontario Canada - join us to strum, sing, and be merry! It's FUN! And you don't need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 1 November 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 12/24 1 November 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! December 18, 2024 Don your gay apparel and festive hats and join us for an evening of seasonal songs and revelry! Yule enjoy yours-elves! Our motto - you don’t need to be any good.
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 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.
Songs 2 June 2019 Gang Of Rhythm In December 2012, Walk Off the Earth released an original single titled "Gang of Rhythm".
Songs 23 May 2019 Stompa "Stompa" is a song performed by Canadian singer/songwriter Serena Ryder. The song was written by Ryder and Jerrod Bettis for Ryder's sixth studio album, Harmony (2012).
Songs 23 May 2019 My Stompin' Grounds Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter from Saint John, New Brunswick.
Songs 9 September 2018 Needle and the Damage Done "The Needle and the Damage Done" is a song by Neil Young that describes the destruction caused by the heroin addiction of musicians he knew. Though not specifically about him, the song was inspired by the heroin addiction of his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten.
Songs 6 July 2018 Summer Summer Night Canada's own, Alan Doyle, of Great Big Sea fame, had this hit song in summer 2017.
Songs 8 June 2018 Poor, Poor Farmer From "Town Spirit", the Spirit River, Alberta blog: “You may know the songs Poor, Poor Farmer” and “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You”… and did you know that Pouce Coupe brothers Keray and Bob Regan were behind them?
Songs 5 June 2018 Archie, Marry Me Alvvays (pronounced "Always") is a Canadian indie pop band formed in 2011, originating from Toronto. It consists of Molly Rankin (vocals), Kerri MacLellan (keyboards), Alec O'Hanley (guitars), Brian Murphy (bass) and Sheridan Riley (drums).
Songs 26 May 2018 Sleep in Late From the 1991 debut album, “BIG SUGAR” by Canadian rock band Big Sugar, a band formed in Toronto in 1988.
