Sunday Music Digest

The new sounds of Mardi Gras:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=20767

The 38th ukulele festival in Hawaii

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/GETPUBLISHED/80718049/-1/SPORTSFRONT

NY school teacher sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" at Yankee Stadium:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/new-york-school-teacher-wins/story.aspx?guid=%7BCF98A5FF-274A-4CC8-AA28-AFCDAD834D4E%7D&dist=hppr

Race and the birth of jazz in New Orleans

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30047

And there is a guitar shortage in Kalamazoo!

http://blog.mlive.com/kalamazoo_gazette_extra/2008/07/three_guitar_businesses_quit_k.html