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In this episode, I catch up with Charlotte Pelgen to learn about her new album, her ukulele origin story, the many-faceted logistical challenges of life as a freelance musician, and how to find out if you’re on the right life path.

Find Charlotte online

Buy Charlotte’s new album, My Rain: https://www.charlottepelgen.com/category/all-products

Charlotte’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/charlottepelgen

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Episode 6: Charlotte Pelgen

16 October 2026

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Today guest lives on the coast of the Netherlands with a menagerie of creatures and ukuleles. We chat about performance anxiety, nerves, and what it means to take the spotlight. Should we just pick a style and stick with it already? Also discussed: imposter syndrome, why we even want to watch performances, and why she is obsessed with the ukulele. Also appearing in this episode: more love for Monopolele and the sleep deprivation we all endured.

Find UKULELE MJ online:

• new single! https://youtu.be/ql41PnN1yxU?si=Mx-v7SSxEnN4IXhs
• instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ukulele_mj
• Best of Ukulele playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7m8GMZ4O638ARJSa76WFdv

Daniel Ward’s rumba tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVzUm-GNJ2w

Ukulele Radio Hour with Sage Harrington

Episode 5: Ukulele MJ

14 October 2026

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Julia Traser and I talk about the culture shock that comes with living internationally as a musician and music teacher, the many reasons an artist might decide to live abroad, the joys of the ukulele community, our ukulele festival highlights, and her debut album “Perfect Timing.“

This episode contains the bubbly effervescent joy of Julia Traser!

Find Julia Traser on:

instagram https://www.instagram.com/julia_traser/

bandcamp https://juliatraser.bandcamp.com

youtube https://www.youtube.com/@Giuly2111/videos

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Episode 4: Julia Traser

2 October 2026

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This week, Elisabeth Pfeiffer, ukulele solo artist and academic, joins me to talk about her ukulele research in Hawaii and across Europe, ukulele techniques: known and unknown, explored and under-explored — at least by academia: so far! — traversing thresholds of learning and islands of difficulty, and answering the most pressing question of all: do Canadian ukulele players live up to their country’s friendly stereotype?

Find Elisabeth Pfeiffer on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/elisabethpfeiffer

Elisabeth’s links: https://linktr.ee/ElisabethPfeiffer

January 2027: Bracklesham Ukulele Retreat: https://theukuleleescape.com/

May 2027: Stagepeck Schnupperkurs: https://www.stagepack-buehnentraining.de/schnupperwochenende/

Ukulele Technique Compendium: https://ukuleletechnique.online/

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Episode 3: Elisabeth Pfeiffer

25 September 2026

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Chances are if you’re listening to this, you’re a ukulele player, and you might already subscribed to Tyler Austenfeld’s YouTube channel, where he’s been sharing ukulele tutorials as "TenThumbs" for well-known pop songs since 2013.

In this conversation, Tyler and I explore some of the different cultures and countries we have lived in, discover how teaching the ukulele has shaped our musical lives, and discuss how much of a joy it is to teach adult learners the ukulele.

We also talk about a few really common songwriting blocks and Sage gives her best advice for writing your way through them.

find TenThumbs online:

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@TenThumbsProductions

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TenThumbsPro

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Episode 2: TenThumbs

18 September 2026

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Mentioned in the episode:

Find all Sage’s albums: http://sageharrington.com/albums

Sage’s whole dang FREE songwriting workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8xO9cHCbww&t=120s

Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way”: https://archive.org/details/julia-cameron-collection-3-books-set-the-artists-way-morning-pages-journal-t/Julia%20Cameron%20Collection%203%20Books%20Set%20%28The%20Artists%20Way%2C%20Morning%20Pages%20Journal%2C%20The%20Artists%20Way%20Workbook%20%29%20-%20Julia%20Cameron/

Songwriting Mentorship with Sage: https://www.ukuleleswingschool.com/mentorship/

Swing Ukulele Academy - GROUP JAZZ UKE LESSONS: https://www.ukuleleswingschool.com/waitlist/

learn swing ukulele with Sage https://www.ukuleleswingschool.com

listen to Sage’s music https://www.sageharrington.com

JAZZ UKULELE STRUMMING FREEBIE - 3 ways to get a jazz sound on your ukulele https://www.ukuleleswingschool.com/free/

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In the first — revived! — episode of Ukulele Radio Hour, learn what role the ukulele plays in Scott and Lila’s lives and music, what they learned in Korea, and whether or not accidentally moving to Sri Lanka for a year can help you decide if you really want to do music as a career.

find Scott and Lila:

@scottandlila on all social platforms

Instagram http://www.instagram.com/scottandlila

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@scottandlila

Lay Low EP https://scottandlilamusic.com/album/4069394/lay-low

Bandcamp https://scottandlila.bandcamp.com/

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Episode 1: Scott and Lila

11 September 2026

JAZZ UKULELE FREEBIE - 3 ways to get a jazz sound on your ukulele https://www.ukuleleswingschool.com/free/

learn swing ukulele with Sage https://www.ukuleleswingschool.com

listen to Sage’s music https://www.sageharrington.com