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.
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 01/25 1 November 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.
Songs 26 November 2024 23 Décembre The song 23 Décembre was written by band members Pierre Huet (lyrics) and Michel Rivard (music) and recorded on their first, self-titled album, Beau Dommage, in 1974.
Songs 8 September 2024 C'est l'Halloween "C'est l'Halloween" was written in 1981 by a young teacher named Matt Maxwell, and it was the song that inspired him to leave his teaching job and begin a 15-year career as a children's performer.
Songs 29 June 2024 I Lost My Baby "I Lost My Baby" is from Québécois singer-songwriter Jean Leloup's album, Le dôme, released in 1996.
Songs 29 March 2024 Ça fait rire les oiseaux "Ça fait rire les oiseaux" was released by La Compagnie Créole in 1986 and is one of their most popular songs. Words by Daniel Vangarde and music by Jean Kluger.
Songs 28 January 2024 Si jamais j'oublie "Si jamais j’oublie" is a beautiful and captivating song with lyrics by YCare (Assane Attyé) and music by Jean Etienne Maillard, and released as a single by the talented French singer, Zaz in 2015. In 2016, it was included as a bonus track on her album, Sur La Route.
Songs 7 February 2023 Love Is Blue (L'amour est bleu) "L'amour est bleu" ("Love Is Blue") is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967.
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 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 1 December 2019 Petit Papa Noël "Petit Papa Noël" (literally little Father Christmas) is a 1944 song written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet. The song was performed by French singer/actor Tino Rossi in director Richard Pottier's film, Destins, in 1946.
Songs 7 June 2019 Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser! DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETAh! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser! (WORD) Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser! (PDF) YOU CAN PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS THE
Songs 1 August 2018 Frère Jacques "Frère Jacques" (/ˌfrɛərə ˈʒɑːkə/; French: [fʁɛʁ ʒak], in the nursery rhyme and in song more generally [fʁɛʁə ʒɑkə]), also known in English as "Brother John", is a nursery rhyme of French origin. The rhyme is traditionally sung in a round.
Songs 26 May 2016 French Song, The Lucille Starr (born May 13, 1938) is a Franco-Manitoban / British Columbian singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" ("The French Song").
Songs 2 May 2016 Auprès de ma blonde Traditional song, often attributed to Andre Joiubert du Collet, who was imprisoned during the Holland War (1672 - 1679)
Songs 26 November 2014 Noël est arrivé Traditional French Christmas song as covered by Charles de Lint
Songs 22 August 2014 Besoin Pour Vivre Claude André Dubois (born 24 April 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Songs 25 June 2014 Au bord de Lac Bijou "Au bord de Lac Bijou" was written by American singer-songwriter Zachary Richard in 1996. Richard is Louisiana’s first French Language Poet Laureate
Songs 14 February 2014 Aline "Aline" is a single by French singer Christophe. The song became one of the a big hit in France during the summer of 1965, selling one million records.
Songs 9 February 2014 La Vie En Rose "La Vie en rose" (French for "Life in pink") is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947.
Songs 3 February 2014 Au chant de l'alouette Au Chant de l’alouette is a bouncing call and response song that describes a young girl’s encounter with an talking Lark while out picking berries. After accidentally stepping on the lark, the young girl is chastised by the bird.
Songs 9 July 2012 Aux Champs-Elysées "Aux Champs-Elysées" was originally written in English under the title "Waterloo Road" (lyrics by Michael Anthony Deighan, music by Michael Wilshaw) and released by the British rock band Jason Crest.
