The coolest bit of live music that I've seen today.

Remember when ukuleles were widely thought to be kewl?

Well, neither do I.

Truthfully, they haven't been since Tin Pan Alley days. The uke has for my entire life been a kind of running joke, usually portrayed as being strummed badly by an overweight man.

But the truth is, a real musician can make that most portable of stringed instruments do some pretty amazing things. Put seven gifted musicians on a stage, mic up their bitty guitars, and watch what happens. Oh, and you have to grant that the musicians are, as ukulele players, not afraid of looking silly. Finally, have one of 'em (a buck says he's Welsh) have perfect pitch as a whistler.

I give you the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

(Stay with it-- it starts off a little slow.)