Featured BUG Jams & Events 23 December 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 01/25 23 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! January 15, 2025 Happy New Year! Join us for an evening of ukulele songs and revelry! It's FUN! And you don’t need to be any good.
Featured BUG Jams & Events 23 December 2024 BUG Jam Live @ Red Bird! February 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 Videos 20 December 2024 2024 - December BUG Jam VIDEO & SONGBOOK Here's our Bytown Ukulele Group (BUG) Jam recorded on December 18, 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.
Songs 4 May 2023 California Stars "California Stars" is from the 1998 album "Mermaid Avenue" of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco.
Songs 1 April 2023 Leave Me Longing “Leave Me Longing” is from Canadian singer-songwriter Ben Caplan’s debut studio album released in 2011, In The Time Of The Great Remembering.
Songs 29 March 2023 Garden Song, The (Inch By Inch) "Garden Song" is a popular children's song and American folk song written by David Mallett in 1975.
Songs 2 February 2023 February Singer-songwriter Dar Williams was a fixture on the contemporary folk scene in the 1990s. In her 1996 song “February” from her acclaimed second album, Mortal City, Williams sings about how the last month of winter can symbolize the end of a relationship.
Songs 2 December 2022 Merry Christmas From The Family '"Merry Christmas from the Family" is a holiday song written by alternative country artist Robert Earl Keen.
Songs 28 November 2022 Christians And The Pagans, The "The Christians And The Pagans" was written in 1996 by American pop folk singer-songwriter, Dar Williams.
Songs 27 November 2022 Til It All Comes 'Round Again (Solstice Song) This beautiful song, 'Til It All Comes 'Round Again (Solstice Song), was written and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter, Kate Ferris, in 2019 to honour the Winter Solstice, and the coming of Light.
Songs 26 November 2022 Longest Night Of The Year, The "The Longest Night Of The Year" was written and recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 2008 album "Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas".
Songs 26 November 2022 Solstice Carole "Solstice Carole" was written by Kim Baryluk, and released on The Wyrd Sisters now discontinued cassette "Leave A Little Light" in 1993.
Songs 4 April 2022 Annie's Song "Annie's Song" (also known as "Annie's Song (You Fill Up My Senses)") is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver as an ode to Denver's wife at the time, Annie Martell Denver.
Songs 23 March 2022 Cecilia "Cecilia" is a song written by US musician Paul Simon. It was first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
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 26 November 2021 River "River" is a song by Canadian singer songwriter Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue.
Songs 31 October 2021 Try A Little Kindness "Try a Little Kindness" is a song written by Curt Sapaugh and Bobby Austin, first recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell in 1969.
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 Down At The Twist And Shout "Down at the Twist and Shout" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1991.
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 26 February 2021 Budapest "Budapest" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, first released on his EP, Did You Hear The Rain? (2013).
Songs 5 August 2020 Patricia The Stripper "Patricia the Stripper" is from Chris de Burgh's 2nd. album, "Spanish Train and Other Stories", released by A&M Records in 1975.
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 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 21 April 2020 Don't Let Us Get Sick American singer-songwriter, Warren Zevon, included “Don’t Let Us Get Sick” on his 2000 album, Life’ll Kill Ya.
