Friday, December 5, 2008

Friday Music Digest

Fun with LP covers

http://themoderatevoice.com/general/24803/lp-cover-parodies-and-the-fine-art-of-self-deprecation/

New Orleans JazzFest recordings get 3 Grammy nominations...

http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9463127

A look at two new movies about Chess Records

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120403552.html

Reviews of some more recent boxed set releases (including "Box of Danger")

http://www.courant.com/features/hc-webboxedsets.artdec05,0,2970102.story

And the strange story of a jazz singer in Botswana!

http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=7&aid=27&dir=2008/December/Thursday4