Tuesday Music Digest

More on the King of Strings, Rickenbacker Guitars

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Style/236898/

Sighted: 1960s group The Swingin' Medallions

http://www.indexjournal.com/articles/2008/09/08/news/news15.txt

A musical tragedy in New Orleans:

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1220938846232350.xml&coll=1

Ganyau, a new jazz group from Africa, releases its debut:

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=224&cat=3

The US Postal Service issues a new Latin Jazz stamp-

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/us-postal-service-celebrates-latin/story.aspx?guid=%7B4EACF118-7822-4907-BA3A-70EE5804CC09%7D&dist=hppr

And the Blind Boys of Alabama go "Down By The Riverside"

http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/7893/117/