The CBC has made the following concert with ukulele player James Hill available as a concert on demand:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20100323james
The following text is from the CBC concert on demand page:
According to James Hill we’re in the midst of a revolution, albeit a small one. The ukulele, embraced by mainstream media from Oprah to American Idol, has returned from pop culture exile to become a tonic for modern malaise the world over. It’s a beautiful thing. And since the release of ‘Playing Like It Isn’t’ in 2002, he’s made it his mission to convince skeptics of the beauty, versatility and appeal of this chronically underestimated instrument. And has it worked? The Honolulu Star-Bulletin calls James a “rare peer” of Hawaii’s premier ukulele players. Stuart MacLean (Vinyl Café) calls him “the Wayne Gretzky of the ukulele.”
Wanting to find out what all the fuss was about we invited James Hill into our rooftop Studio H in Halifax for concert featuring his small but mighty collection of hand built ukuleles. We weren’t disappointed.
The following three videos have just been uploaded to youtube, James Hill plays together with Anne Davison on the violoncello. The first two songs were also included in the CBC concert:
Cairns Ukulele Festival July 3 2010 “Oh! Susanna” James Hill, Anne Davison cello
Cairns Ukulele Festival July 2010 James Hill, cello Anne Davison – One More Lie to Love
Cairns Ukulele Festival 2010 James Hill + Anne Davison cello – Smash the Window & St Anne’s Reel
Links about James Hill
A previous post about James Hill in this blog (only in German at the moment): James Hill – One Note Samba
Homepage: http://www.ukulelejames.com/
many more videos with James Hill in the youtube channel of: http://www.youtube.com/user/yogajenny