Thursday Music Digest

Singing the Blues: SF Blues Fest cancelled after 30 years.

http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/music/2009/02/singing_the_blues_sf_blues_fes.html

A critic names his 5 favorite desert island albums:

http://www.timesnews.net/blogger.php?id=7856&postid=7264

Jazz mandolins in Maine

http://calendar.mainetoday.com/event.html?event_id=78466

Ann Hampton Calloway sighted

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/arts/music/19call.html

And opening night at the PDX Jazz Festival in Frasier-land!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2008756334_zmus18portland.html