Monday 9th March 6pm UK TIME Monday 9th March 2026 6pm UK TIME   Kanikapila Mondays returns, continuing with our new refreshed format — and a swimming theme.   Join me live on Monday 9th March at 6pm UK time  for:   The Swimming Song  – Louden Wainwright II Fresher Than The Sweetness In Water  – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci   PLUS:   Technique Spotlight: Clawhammer Live “Ask Matt” Q&A at the end A relaxed, friendly jam with our brilliant uke community   This new format means slightl

Moon River – Ukulele Chord Melody Lesson (Step-by-Step Live Workshop) In this live lesson, we explore how to turn Moon River  into a beautiful chord melody arrangement on ukulele. Instead of just learning the notes, I’ll show you the exact process I use to build chord melody from scratch.   Whether you're an intermediate player looking to move beyond strumming, or a confident beginner wanting to understand how melody and harmony fit together, this workshop will give you pract

Monday 2nd March 6pm UK TIME Monday 23rd February 2026 6pm UK TIME   Hi folks! We’re back! I’ve missed you all ✈️🌍   After a few weeks away teaching on the cruise, Kanikapila Mondays return with a brand new refreshed format — and a very fitting theme: Homeward Bound.   Join me live on Monday 2nd March at 6pm UK time  for:   🎵  Homeward Bound  – Simon & Garfunkel
🎵  Slight Return  – The Bluetones   PLUS:   ✨ Technique Spotlight: Fingerpicking & Major Scales 
💬 Live “Ask Ma

Monday 23rd February 6pm UK TIME Monday 23rd February 2026 6pm UK TIME   While I’m away teaching on a ukulele cruise this month, I’ve scheduled some favourite Kanikapila jam sessions as special watch-along replays. Join us at the usual Monday time, grab your uke, and play along together in the chat. This week’s Kanikapila Classic Ding dong ding dong! This replay features a Liberty & Bells  themed jam with songs by: The Byrds Super Furry Animals Bob Dylan Plus our People’s Cho

Learn 7 Essential Ukulele Patterns (Live Lesson) If you’ve ever wanted to make your ukulele sound richer, more musical and more “piano-like”, this session is for you. I’ll be teaching a set of simple, reusable fingerpicking patterns  that you can use with almost any song — from gentle ballads to folk, blues and Beatles tunes.  You don’t need to be an expert — just bring your uke and we’ll play together. Perfect for: Beginners who feel overwhelmed
 Intermediate players stuck i

Monday 16th February 6pm UK TIME Monday 16th February 2026 6pm UK TIME   While I’m away teaching on a ukulele cruise this month, I’ve scheduled some favourite Kanikapila jam sessions as special watch-along replays. Join us at the usual Monday time, grab your uke, and play along together in the chat. This week’s Kanikapila Classic This replay features a “walking” themed jam , with songs by: Dionne Warwick The Left Banke Vashti Bunyan Plus our People’s Choice  from the Kanikapi

With one simple formula and a small pattern to remember, you can build any major scale and turn it into chords on your own. This is one of my favourite “practice without practising” ideas because you can even do it away from your ukulele.

Monday 9th February 6pm UK TIME Monday 9th February 2026 6pm UK TIME   While I’m away teaching on a ukulele cruise this month, I’ve scheduled some of my favourite Kanikapila jam sessions for us to enjoy together. These are special watch-along replays  — so grab your uke, join the chat, and play along just like a normal Monday night jam! This week’s Kanikapila Classic This replay features a Forrest Gump Soundtrack jam with songs by: • Creedence Clearwater Revival • Scott McKen

Monday 2nd February 6pm UK TIME Monday 2nd February 2026 6pm UK TIME   We’re back with another weekly live jam on 2nd February and we’re ‘going places’. The theme is travel, directions and places. We’ll have songs by Fleetwood Mac, Teenage Fanclub and R.E.M. - plus our ‘people’s choice’ from the Kanikapila archives: Annie’s Song by John Denver Free Resources for Participants For your live link, free sheets, tip jar, and more, please visit the link below: https://bio.learnukul

How To Practise Ukulele Without Practising! Ever feel like you should  practise ukulele… but just don’t have the energy or motivation? This time of year I always find my energy waning a little so I thought I’d make a lesson to help in case that’s true for you too!   In this lesson, I’ll show you how to get better at ukulele without “proper” practice . These are simple, playful musical games you can do when you’ve only got 5 minutes, a tired brain, or just don’t feel like a fu

Monday 26th January 6pm UK TIME Monday 26th January 2026 6pm UK TIME   We’re back with another weekly live jam on 26th January. I’ve wanted to do Mrs Stately’s Garden by The Four Seasons for ages and then I realised how many songs there were that start with Mr or Mrs! We’ll have songs by The Beatles, The Four Seasons, and Simon and Garfunkel - plus our ‘people’s choice’ from the Kanikapila archives: Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry. Free Resources for Participants For your

Monday 19th January 6pm UK TIME Monday 19th January 2026 6pm UK TIME   We’re back with another weekly live jam on 19th January. Ding dong ding dong! This week we’re looking at songs with a theme of bells and liberty. We’ll have songs by The Byrds, Super Furry Animals and Bob Dylan - plus our ‘people’s choice’ from the Kanikapila archives: Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones. Free Resources for Participants For your live link, free sheets, tip jar, and more, please visit the

Learn Clawhammer Ukulele (2 Ways!) – Will The Circle Be Unbroken Clawhammer ukulele is one of those techniques that often looks mysterious, complicated, or even a bit intimidating. The good news? It really doesn’t need to be. In this live ukulele workshop, I’ll be showing you two clear, approachable ways to play clawhammer ukulele , using the Carter Family’s timeless old-time tune Will The Circle Be Unbroken  as our musical guide. Whether you’ve never tried clawhammer before

Monday 22nd December 6pm UK TIME Iiiiiiiiiittttt’s Chhhrrriiiiiiisstmaaaaass! This is the second of two of our Christmas specials this year. We’ll be playing songs from the Christmas Ukulele Retreat songbook. You can download it for free and I’ll take requests on the night for which songs you want to do from it. It’s going to be so much fun.  For the next Christmas special we’ll also be doing our usual Christmas Student’s Montage. It’s always so nice. All you need to do is se

The Magic of ii–V–I: Why Jazz Doesn’t Need to Be Hard (Live Ukulele Lesson) Jazz often has a reputation for being complicated, intimidating, or “only for advanced musicians”. But the truth is, much of jazz harmony is built on a few beautifully simple ideas — and once you understand them, everything starts to make sense. One of the most important of these ideas is the ii–V–I chord progression . If you’ve ever been told “ii–V–I sounds great”  but never really shown why , you’re

Monday 15th December 6pm UK TIME Iiiiiiiiiittttt’s Chhhrrriiiiiiisstmaaaaass! This is the first of two of our Christmas specials this year. We’ll be playing songs from the Christmas Ukulele Retreat songbook. You can download it for free and I’ll take requests on the night for which songs you want to do from it. It’s going to be so much fun.  For the next Christmas special we’ll also be doing our usual Christmas Student’s Montage. It’s always so nice. All you need to do is sen

Join me for a cosy festive fingerstyle chord melody workshop where we’ll learn Christmastime Is Here by Vince Guaraldi — the beautiful classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Monday 1st December 6pm UK TIME We’re back on the 1st December with another fun live ukulele jam. This week I’ve resurrected some songs from our classic Kanikapila ’Songs From Laurel Canyon’. I’ve updated them and written out the chord/lyrics sheets for you too. We’ll have fabulous songs from the late sixties LA scene by Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds and Carole King. For your free sheets, tip jar and more please visit here: https://bio.learnukulele.com/kan

🌤️ The Robin Waltz — Finding Inspiration in a Winter Garden A 2-Minute Ukulele Fingerstyle Piece You Can Learn Today This morning, I stepped outside into the chilly but sunny Winter air with my ukulele. Sometimes the best ideas come when you simply start playing — and this time, inspiration flew straight onto a nearby branch. A curious little robin began chirping along, almost as if he wanted to duet! So I decided to compose a short waltz in his honour — The Robin Waltz — an

Join me for a cosy festive fingerstyle chord melody workshop where we’ll learn Christmastime Is Here by Vince Guaraldi — the beautiful classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas.