Sunday Music News You Can Use

Summer music festivals in Boston

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2013/05/18/boston-comes-alive-with-summer-fests/moihxzhldhR5Z9CTrQzuEI/story.html

Hawaiian Music Alert today in the Bay Area

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/05/18/kanaka%CA%BBole-to-share-his-unique-voice-in-s-f-sunday/

City Park Jazz returns to Denver

http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_23261258/city-park-jazz-returns-denver-cyrus-chestnut-plays

Yet another viral Ookelele Video on youtube

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/18/181574121/spaniards-song-brings-youtube-fame-and-maybe-a-job

Jeff Bauman gets an amp to go with his new guitar

http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_23273647/baumans-gifted-guitar-now-has-an-amp

Dr. John meets the Dalai Lama

http://www.nola.com/religion/index.ssf/2013/05/dalai_lama_preaches_compassion.html

The last word on that rare Beatles VOX guitar-it sold for $400,000

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/beatles-guitar-sells-for-us400000/story-fni0xqll-1226646070351

A preview of next weekend's Simi Valley Cajun and Blues Music Fest

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_23268504/simi-valley-festival-combines-cajun-zydeco-and-blues

A country barn Jazz Bash in Canada

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/canadian_jazz_greats_gather_for_country_barn_bash.html

And a visit to this year's Bob James Jazz Festival

http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1970401.html

Saturday Music News You Can Use

A preview of this summer's music festivals

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/arts/music/pop-and-jazz-music.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Swing Kids

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/05/jazz_house_big_band_ellington.html

Ookelele Fever descending on Port Washington

http://portwashington.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/ukulele-fever-descending-on-port-washington

Kaki King's new path

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1507050/music-guitar-gods-new-path/?cs=35

Uncle Hugh heads to Trinidad & Tobago

http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,177801.html

Mitch Ryder hits the road

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130517/ENT04/305170016/Now-his-60s-Mitch-Ryder-has-30-U-S-dates-booked-writing-musical?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Entertainment

Previewing this year's Kern Music Festival

http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Tommy-Middaugh-Travel-To-Go-Sponsors-2013-Kern-4524482.php

A new tune from Master P

http://stupiddope.com/2013/05/17/master-p-woke-up-a-millionaire-new-music/

A Guitar Summit at Duke

http://www.heraldsun.com/news/x1592159846/-Stirring-up-your-gift-Guitar-Summit-held-at-Duke

And the latest news from the M.I.T. Jazz Ensemble

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/dylan-sherry-jazz-music.html

T.G.I.F. Music News You Can Use

Happy Friday!

Phil Woods sighting

http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2013/05/1603.html

The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society announces their Calliope Series lineup

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/concert-series-announced-for-calliope-the-pittsburgh-folk-music-society-687907/

A new LEGO electric guitar

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-57584756-235/electric-guitar-dinosaur-top-new-lego-mindstorms-ev3-models/

Follow your NOLA

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/05/15/follow-your-nola/

Still With You

http://www.examiner.com/article/interview-singer-s-george-harrison-tribute-almost-sounds-like-unreleased-song

Meet the new voice of Thomas

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2013-05-16/new-thomas-narrator-revealed/

A new release from Robert Cazimero

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/May-2013/Media-Review-Robert-Cazimero-CD-and-Mai-Lepera-book/

Long, Expensive, Tedious

http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,177706.html

Remembering Illinois blues man "Maestro" Sanders

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1039442651/Blues-guitarist-Emmett-Maestro-Sanders-spent-life-playing-music-he-loved

And a Happy 20th to the Walla Walla Blues Society

http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/may/16/walla-walla-blues-society-20-years-and-beat-goes/

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Don Was sighting

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20130516_Don_Was__making__authentic__music_at_Blue_Note_jazz_label.html

The Women in Jazz Festival starts its final segregated season

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/mary-lou-williams-women-in-jazz-festival-begins-final-year-as-women-only-showcase/2013/05/15/6a6579ae-b672-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html

Shawn Clarke Talks Story

http://www.examiner.com/article/shawn-clarke-a-conversation-on-nxne-52-ukulele-songs-and-just-having-fun

Latest news from Noisey.com

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/noiseycom_launches_guitar_moves.html

A lone artisan and the $30,000 Guitar

http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/05/15/a-lone-artisan-and-the-30000-guitar/

R.I.P. to New Orleans Jazz man Harry Morel Sr.

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2013/05/harry_morel_sr_94_devoted_his.html

The Blind Willie McTell Blues Festival turns 20

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-15/blind-willie-mctell-blues-festival-marks-20-years

Motivating women with music

http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Motivating-Women-with-Music-CoreFitnessByJana-4517464.php

Liam Gallagher needs some tickets

http://www.nme.com/news/beady-eye/70305

And coming to PBS...

http://blogs.suntimes.com/arts_entertainment/2013/05/ralphs_world_time_machine_guitar_to_land_this_weekend.html

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt recalls this week in 1965, when the Kailua Drive-In opened. I remember it well.

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-14/

An update on the New Orleans Second Line shooting

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/belief/new-orleans-second-line-tradition-marred-violence

Latest on the travels of the rare Beatles guitar

http://www.france24.com/en/20130514-rare-beatles-guitar-goes-new-york-auction

A review of last week's Latin Fest at Pechanga

http://www.statesman.com/news/entertainment/music/music-source-bats-star-in-acl-music-fest-video-plu/nXp4H/

No Blues by the Bay this year?

http://www.times-standard.com/news/ci_23239854/no-blues-by-bay-this-year

Previewing this year's Atlanta Jazz Festival

http://www.atlantadailyworld.com/201305145971/Featured/alexandra-jackson-to-perform-at-atlanta-jazz-festival

Guitarist Jeff Parker leaves his Comfort Zone

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jeff-parker-20130515,0,5110756.story

A new guitar maker

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/10415516.Bromley_woman_hopes_to_strike_a_chord_with_Orpington_guitar_making_business/

The new Atlantis

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/may/14/book-review-new-atlantis/

And a preview of this year's Concerts at Three Caves

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/concerts_at_three_caves_jazz_j.html