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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 30 December 2016 Circle of Steel "Circle of Steel" is from Gordon Lightfoot's album, Sundown (1974).
Songs 6 November 2016 Red Poppy, The "The Red Poppy" was written by our own BUG member, Charles de Lint in 2004.
Songs 1 November 2016 Streets Of London "Streets of London" is a song written by Ralph McTell. It was first recorded for McTell's 1969 album Spiral Staircase but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974.
Songs 28 October 2016 House Of Gold "House of Gold" is a song written and recorded by American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, from their third studio album Vessel. The song initially appeared as a bonus track on their second self-released album Regional at Best, albeit with a different vocal track.
Songs 10 September 2016 John Henry Traditional Song circa late 1800s covered by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly...
Songs 30 August 2016 This Train Is Bound For Glory "This Train", also known as "This Train Is Bound for Glory", is a traditional American gospel song first recorded in 1922.
Songs 3 July 2016 Dink's Song "Dink's Song" (sometimes known as "Fare Thee Well") is an American folk song played by many folk revival musicians such as Pete Seeger, Fred Neil, Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk, as well as more recent musicians like Jeff Buckley.
Songs 3 July 2016 Lonesome Death of Ukulele Ike, The From Tom Russell's 2011 album, Mesabi, here is a great tribute song to "Ukulele Ike" Cliff Edwards.
Songs 3 July 2016 Rambling Rover, The The musical traditions of Ireland and Scotland have been extended through the singing and tenor banjo playing of Andy M. Stewart.
Songs 3 July 2016 Shady Grove "Shady Grove" is a traditional Appalachian folk song, common in the repertoire of bluegrass and old-time musicians of the Cumberlands.
Songs 22 June 2016 Covington Girl "Covington Girl" was written by David Olney, John Hadley, and Sergio Webb, and released on David Olney's album, Dutchman's Curve in 2010.
Songs 3 June 2016 Another Time and Place This song is from "From...Another Time & Place", an album by folk singer and guitarist Dave Van Ronk, released in 1995.
Songs 1 June 2016 Mummers’ Dance, The "The Mummers' Dance" is a single from the album The Book of Secrets in 1997. The song was a surprise hit in the United States, reaching #3 in the Adult Top 40, #17 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and #18 on The Billboard Hot 100.
Songs 29 May 2016 Both Sides Now "Both Sides, Now" is a song by Joni Mitchell, and one of her best-known songs. First recorded by Judy Collins in 1967, it subsequently appeared on Mitchell's 1969 album Clouds. She re-recorded the song in a lusher, orchestrated version for her 2000 album Both Sides Now.
Songs 26 May 2016 Home For A Rest "Home for a Rest" is a song by Canadian folk rock band Spirit of the West from their fourth studio album Save This House, released in 1990.
Songs 9 May 2016 Nobody "Nobody" is a popular song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers, published in 1905.
Songs 12 April 2016 Your Mama Don't Dance "Your Mama Don't Dance" is a 1972 hit song by the rock duo Loggins and Messina.
Songs 2 April 2016 Working Man Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.
Songs 24 March 2016 Gentle On My Mind "Gentle on My Mind" is a song written by John Hartford, which won four 1968 Grammy Awards. Hartford himself won the award for Best Folk Performance and Best Country & Western Song (Songwriter).
Songs 20 March 2016 San Francisco Bay Blues "San Francisco Bay Blues" is an American folk song and is generally considered to be the most famous composition by Jesse Fuller.
Songs 8 March 2016 Big Yellow Taxi “Big Yellow Taxi” is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Joni Mitchell in 1970, and originally released on her album Ladies of the Canyon.
Songs 4 March 2016 When I Am King Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, Scottish, and Cornish heritage.
Songs 3 March 2016 Paradise "Paradise" is a song written by John Prine for his father, and recorded for his 1971 debut album, John Prine.
Songs 29 February 2016 Mary Mack Mary Mack is a Scottish folk song, a patter song, often sung with a rapid to very rapid tempo, increasing toward the end.