THE CAIRNS UKULELE FESTIVAL 2014 – TONY HILLIER’S WORLD OF MUSIC

Cairns is the centre of the ukulele universe this weekend – with the 5th Cairns Ukulele Festival well underway. Players of the four-stringed instrument have come to far north Queensland from around Australia and from faraway shores to celebrate an instrument that evokes the tropics more eloquently than any other. Tony Hillier takes a forward and backward look at the Cairns Ukefest.

PLAYLIST

Seisia by Cairns band Kamerunga, as featured on the Putumayo album Australian Playground

Living In Paradise by Hawaiian star Daniel Ho, as recorded at a previous Cairns Ukefest

Take The A Train by Paul Hemmings from the album Introducing Paul Hemmings Uketet

My Girl From The South Sea Isles by the Sweet Hollywaiians, as recorded at a previous Cairns Ukefest

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