Thursday Music Digest

The hazards of guitar picking

http://www.mndaily.com/2009/03/26/hazards-guitar-picking

A preview of this year's French Quarter Festival in N'Orleans

http://offbeat.com/artman/publish/article_3590.shtml

And some tasty N.O. music is coming to New Hampshire tonight

http://www.newhampshire.com/calendar/details.aspx?eventDate=3/26/2009&eventID=15664

A look ahead to the annual Festival Internationale de Jazz de Montreal

http://top40-charts.com/news/Jazz/Festival-International-De-Jazz-De-Montreal-Celebrates-30-Years/47192.html

And the first winners of the new Baker Artist Awards

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-baker-awards-0325,0,1156911.story