Monday Music Digest

A Ventures sighting http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/12473/ Dan Hicks interview http://www.jambands.com/Features/content_2009_04_26.06.phtml The guitar as prized art:: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/howard/bal-ho.neighbors26apr26,0,3241496.story Grady Tate plays Uptown http://www.jazz.com/jazz-blog/2009/4/26/grady-tate-in-harlem And Ragtime lives http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32673