ABRSM have put together a new series of ukulele music medals categorised in ascending difficulty from Copper to Platinum. It was really...

I can't express how delighted and somewhat stunned I am after learning that Giovanni Albini played and presented my WASPS composition at...

I am very pleased that a new publisher has taken on my 'Arthropoda' book. I originally self-published it on amazon but several misprints...

I am very pleased that Giovanni Albini, a top professional musician liked my rather crazy ukulele piece that I dedicated to him. The...

I was very pleased to read the following review of my book in UK's ukulele magazine: The pdf book and the free mp3 downloads are...

'The Ukulele Bookshop' has relaunched my book of seven new ukulele pieces first published on amazon. The idea of writing music that...

I edited out the talking and put up my ukulele recital that I did for the Strathmore festival. The link is below. I greatly appreciate...

After the bad news that the Isle of Wight festival was cancelled for next year, where Paul Mansell and I were going to play, I was...

I have put a link below to an interview with Jim Beloff talking to Paul Mansell. Here, Jim discusses his publishing, composing and...

I was very pleased to read the review of 2ukulele that Sam Muir gave us. I have copied it here. Sam Muir is a truly brilliant musician,...

I'm writing this at the end of March 2020 when the world is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. The school I normally teach at is...

Even if this is more diary than blog, I would like to put on record a concert that Paul Mansell and I played at ‘The Uke Room’ in...

In the latest ABRSM book for Grade 1 guitar, there is simple Spanish piece called Spanish Knights. The music has a key signature with one...

I have heard something like the following many times in the twenty or so years I have been teaching guitar and ukulele: “He/she just...

Now that there's not much left of 2019, I feel like writing about a few good things that have happened this year. I met up with ukulele...