Monday Music Digest

Canned music at hockey games? What would Dan Hicks say?

http://winnipegsun.com/Sports/Hockey/2008/05/12/5537656-sun.html

New and improved Songbird music player

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/songbird-music.html

Philadelphia's heavy metal professor

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/?inc=article&id=275&x=phillys-heavy-metal-professor&_c=music

Gospel music great Dottie Rambo, whose songs have been covered by many country artists, has died in a bus crash:

http://www.inentertainment.co.uk/20080512/dolly-parton-pays-tribute-to-dottie-rambo-who-died-in-bus-crash/

Just what the doctor ordered-a remake of "Kung Fu Fighting". As Flo and Eddie said of the original-"I didn't buy it, and you didn't buy it-so who the f*ck bought it?"

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2008/05/12/green_black_to_re-do_kung_fu_fighting/3083/

And the National Folk Festival (which is responsible for starting the whole Lowell MA Folk Festival over 20 years ago) moves to Montana this summer for a 3 year run.

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2008/may/12/taste-america/