Featured BUG Jam Videos 17 April 2025 2025 - April BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on April 16, 2025, at Red Bird Live with 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 January 2025 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 05/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! May 21, 2025 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 07/06/25 1 January 2025 BUGs Will Be Playing @ Unitarian House of Ottawa! We're kicking off Seniors Month with residents, friends, and staff at Unitarian House on June 7, 2025!
Featured BUG Jam 06/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! June 18, 2025 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 07/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! July 16, 2025 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 08/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! August 20, 2025 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 09/25 1 January 2025 We're On Vacation - No BUG Jam In September But Mark and I will be back before you know it!
Featured BUG Jam 10/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! October 15, 2025 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 11/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! November 19, 2025 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 12/25 1 January 2025 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! December 17, 2025 Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN and you don’t need to be any good.
Songs 3 April 2025 Moon Over Melbourne "Moon Over Melbourne" was written by Canadian singer-songwriter, David Francey, in 2011 for an Australian friend's birthday!
Songs 27 February 2025 A Place In The Choir American folk singer, Bill Staines, wrote A Place in the Choir (also known as The Animal Song, and All God’s Critters). He also made it into a children’s book. It is a popular song in Ireland and is often thought of as Irish.
Songs 30 December 2024 Lock-Keeper Canadian Singer-songwriter, Stan Rogers, wrote this song and recorded it on his 1984 album, From Fresh Water.
Songs 25 November 2024 Skating Rink "Skating Rink" was written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter, David Francey, in 2003.
Songs 5 November 2024 Little Ukulele "Little Ukulele" is a song written by Canadian Kevin Breit, and recorded by Canadian singer/songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, Harry Manx and Kevin, for their 2011 collaborative album, Strictly Whatever.
Songs 4 November 2024 When My Fingers Find Your Strings "When My Fingers Find Your Strings" was written and recorded by American actor, singer/songwriter, Jeff Daniels, on his 2010 album, Keep It Right Here.
Songs 30 October 2024 North Country "North Country" is a Canadian song written by Jimmy Rankin, and recorded by The Rankin Family for their album, North Country, released in 1993.
Songs 8 September 2024 Season Of The Witch DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETSeason Of The Witch (WORD) Season Of The Witch (PDF) Season Of The Witch (UBass) YOU CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORDING! "Season
Songs 8 September 2024 Cat's In The Cradle "Cat's in the Cradle" is a folk rock song by American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, from his fourth studio album, Verities & Balderdash (1974).
Songs 7 September 2024 Urge For Going “Urge for Going” was a pivotal composition for Joni Mitchell, yet her own studio version — originally recorded for Blue in 1971 — didn’t come out until 1972 (as the B side to the “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio” single), and remained unreleased on her albums until 1996, when it appeared on Hits.
Songs 30 June 2024 Constant Craving "Constant Craving" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang and Ben Mink, performed by lang and included on her second solo album, Ingénue (1992). The song won lang a Grammy Award in the category for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1993.
Songs 26 June 2024 Love Is A Rose "Love Is a Rose" is a song written and composed by Canadian singer-songwriter, Neil Young. It first became popular in 1975 when Linda Ronstadt had a country hit with her version.
Songs 31 May 2024 Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" is a song by the British singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt. Its recording was produced by Ray Singer, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios and released in 1969.
Songs 17 May 2024 Story, The "The Story" is a song released as a single by American folk rock singer Brandi Carlile, written by Phil Hanseroth, from her 2007 album, The Story.
Songs 3 April 2024 April Come She Will "April Come She Will" is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964, and recorded by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their second studio album, Sounds of Silence (1966).
Songs 1 April 2024 Moonshadow "Moonshadow" is a song written and performed by Cat Stevens (known since 1978 as Yusuf Islam), first released as a single in the UK in 1970 on the Island label and in the US in 1971 on the A&M label. It also appears on Stevens' 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat.
Songs 10 March 2024 Captain Wedderburn "Captain Wedderburn" was recorded by Great Big Sea with Sarah Harmer. It's based on "Captain Wedderburn's Courtship" an old Scottish ballad dating from 1785 or earlier - Child Ballad #46, Roud 36.
Songs 6 March 2024 Night Pat Murphy Died, The "The Night Pat Murphy Died" is a popular Newfoundland folk song regarding the death of a man and the antics of his friends as they engage in a traditional Irish wake. It is often attributed to Johnny Burke (1851–1930), a popular St. John's balladeer.
Songs 30 January 2024 Sing Me A Song In 2022, Canadian singer-songwriters William Prince and Serena Ryder released the standalone singles "Sing Me a Song" and "River of Tears".
Songs 29 January 2024 All That Heaven Will Allow “All That Heaven Will Allow” is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and released on his 1987 album Tunnel Of Love.
Songs 27 January 2024 Listen To The Man "Listen to the Man" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2014 through Columbia Records as the fifth single from his debut studio album Wanted on Voyage (2014).
Songs 23 November 2023 Santa Will Find You "Santa Will Find You" was written by Mindy Smith and Chely Wright and included on Mindy Smith's 3rd album, My Holiday, released in 2007.
Songs 23 October 2023 Land Of Dreams "Land of Dreams" was written by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in 2012.
Songs 15 July 2023 When I Go Away "When I Go Away" was written by Larry Campbell in 2003, loosely based on a traditional folk dirge. The songs was covered by Levon Helm on his 2009 album "Electric Dirt" which was produced by Campbell.
