Saturday Music Digest

2008 Monterey Jazz Fest sampler

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=31422

Best classical tunes from the past year

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/26/PKKL14MP58.DTL

And the best 2008 Jazz releases, including one from NRBQ's Terry Adams

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/26/PKPK14OEJC.DTL

Putting a Hirt on...

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=27493

And Watermelon Slim sighted

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/features/local_story_360221742.html