S1E14 A.J. Leonard

11/18/18 • 45 min

Multi instrumentalist, arranger and recording artist A.J. Leonard is one of Australia's pioneer ukulele players and is regarded to be among the best in the world.

Songs played by A.J. in the podcast (and with Jenny Rowlands in the Christmas medley) are:

Meet Me In Hawaii (A.J. Leonard)
Barefoot With My Baby (A.J. Leonard)
Paradise Island (Moraine / Rainger / Robin)
Christmas in Kauai (A.J. Leonard / David Billings)
My Christmas Won’t be Merry This Year (Randy Starr)
Let’s Have A Christmas Party (Randy Starr)

A.J. has a website where you can find all his music and see where he will be performing.

A.J. talks about Kamaka ukuleles.

A.J. mentions another ukulele and cello duo, James Hill and Anne Janelle

The music played in this episode is licenced under a Podcasts (Featured Music) agreement with APRA AMCOS.

Multi instrumentalist, arranger and recording artist A.J. Leonard is one of Australia's pioneer ukulele players and is regarded to be among the best in the world.

Songs played by A.J. in the podcast (and with Jenny Rowlands in the Christmas medley) are:

Meet Me In Hawaii (A.J. Leonard)
Barefoot With My Baby (A.J. Leonard)
Paradise Island (Moraine / Rainger / Robin)
Christmas in Kauai (A.J. Leonard / David Billings)
My Christmas Won’t be Merry This Year (Randy Starr)
Let’s Have A Christmas Party (Randy Starr)

A.J. has a website where you can find all his music and see where he will be performing.

A.J. talks about Kamaka ukuleles.

A.J. mentions another ukulele and cello duo, James Hill and Anne Janelle

The music played in this episode is licenced under a Podcasts (Featured Music) agreement with APRA AMCOS.

Previous Episode

S1E13 Miriam Miley-Read

Miriam Miley-Read plays and sings with trad-Dixieland jazz band Zackerbilks. I had a great chat to her at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra.

Miriam and I both LOVE our Cordoba ukuleles – and if you’re interested, here is mine.

Miriam mentioned an appearance at Artsound FM, a Canberra community radio station.

And she also mentioned the National Folk Festival, which happens annually in Canberra at Easter. There is always a lot of ukulele going on there!

Miriam played a couple of tunes:

“Ice Cream” by Howard Johnson, Billy Moll, and Robert King (1927)

“In A Persian Market” by Albert Ketèlbey (1920)

The music played in this episode is licenced under a Podcasts (Featured Music) agreement with APRA AMCOS.

Next Episode

S1E15 Ukenjamit

Trish, Jack, Rosalie, John and Gayle are Ukenjamit, a fantastic ukulele group from Newcastle, NSW. I had a chat to them at the Newkulele Festival in October 2018.

They played a few songs:

Mr Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker, 1968)
Stray Cat Strut (Brian Setzer, 1981)
Walk of Shame (Eight to the Bar, 2007)

There was a lot of discussion about the talented Mark Jackson and Jane Jelbart. If you want to learn more about them and their Ukestras, they featured in episode 11, and they have a website: The Sum of the Parts.

I will be in Seattle and Vancouver for a few days in early March 2019. If you know someone who lives in either of those places who should be a guest on the show, please get in touch via the website www.ukuleleisthenewblack.com, or [email protected].

The music played in this episode is licenced under a Podcasts (Featured Music) agreement with APRA AMCOS.