Friday Music Digest

The return of Asleep at the Wheel...I never knew they had left!

http://www.times-news.com/entertainment/local_story_211194728.html

More stupid music-Cain's Ballroom

http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=101113

A preview of the Newport Folk Festival

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hyN7ZK3U411SsPn-193JGJCFUOfgD99P1F184

Speaking of which, NPR will be there

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015946443?NPR%20Music%20To%20Broadcast%20From%20August%20Folk%20&%20Jazz%20Festivals

And legends remember that Fest's earlier days

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111379923

Thursday Music Digest

Too many jazz tribute shows?

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1351685.html

Off to Namibia

http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4521&Itemid=104

Lahaina Plantation Days

http://www.haleakalatimes.com/2009/07/29/news/News/lahaina_plantation_days_then_and_now_a_cultural_celebration/

Trio del Rio's new website

http://www.triodelrio.com/

And The Fiery Furnace!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5inP5r24RaM6Ew9URbjGqqLK6hHrgD99NJK901

Stupid Music Heaven

Click on the post title for The Lucky Stars at LowellFest 2009!

You will even see your genial host sitting awestruck in the aisle of row 3! He's that decrepit guy with the blue cap and the red beans and rice shirt.

Wednesday Music Digest

Sorry for the belated posting...my video card died last night so I have been offline all day.

Dead Weather

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/51872512.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUHK:uUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU

Gabbin' with Uncle Tom

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

Careful with the Buffett

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2009/07/for_your_safety_careful_with_t.html

Ramsey plays Ramsey

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=40021

And a benefit in Hawai'i

http://www.hawaii247.org/2009/07/28/enchanted-fantasy-show-to-benefit-hawaii-island-hivaids-foundation-august-1st/

Tuesday Music Digest

R.I.P. to jazz composer George Russell

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5is950YjPNw5EHDyHaUaheT7hejuQD99N96P82

Job openings?

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=39916

Kupaoa

http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/19539/173/

Kris sighting

http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSTRE56Q5TX20090727

And paying tribute to Frankie Beverly and Maze!

http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3080&Itemid=199

Monday Music Digest

Guitar vendors are singing the blues

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_12916728

R.I.P. to Marmaduke Dawson, co-founder of NRPS

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-john-dawson26-2009jul26,0,3544803.story

The Stones pay tribute to Stupid Music

http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/pop-music-news/cd-reviews/2009/07/26/rolling-stones-the-biggest-bang-66331-24232884/

A review of the Jazz Port Townsend Festival in Washington State

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009542634_webporttownsend26.html

And Willie's long trip on the Lost Highway

http://www.examiner.com/x-16590-Manhattan-Local-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d25-Willie-Nelsons-long-trip-on-the-Lost-Highway

Stupid Music Heaven, Part 2

The Lucky Stars, Lowell MA, July 25 2009

Check out my Facebook page for a photo album of this terrific band!

Sunday Music Digest

The sad saga of Jackie Paris

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20090726_Sad__violent__obscure_saga_of_jazz_singer_Jackie_Paris.html

Bix!

http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_23fd5c82-7979-11de-b915-001cc4c002e0.html

West Coast Hip

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/arts/music/26play.html

Tribute to Chris Gaffney

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/1344740.html

And controversy over a new Disney film

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/07/animated_character_in_new_disn.html

Shameless Plug

A reminder to visit my Facebook page for more great music.

Saturday Music Digest

Terence Blanchard Sighting

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/arts/music/25terence.html

Jazz in the Rut

http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090724/NEWS01/907240354/1002/NEWS01

Hybrid jazz from Jacqui Naylor

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009527399_naylor24.html

George Thorogood sighting

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7015891479?Blues%20Rocker%20George%20Thorogood%20To%20Perform%20And%20Speak%20At%20Guitar%20Center%20Sessions

And 2 fiddles are always better than 1!

http://www.nhbroadcaster.com/ci_12897398?source=most_viewed

Friday Music Digest

The Langley Ookelele Ensemble goes to Hawaii

http://www.khon2.com/content/manolo/story/Langley-Ukulele-Ensemble/uk7MPzgDx02WDpwO-fmaOw.cspx

A new Stupid Music group-The Toasted Western Swing Band! Great name!

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1669972

A history of the Fender Rhodes

http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2009/7/23/history-fender-rhodes

Another great band name-the California Honeydrops

http://www.mercurynews.com/eyeheadlines/ci_12883526

And a preview of the Surf Ohio Fest

http://www.whiotv.com/news/20155160/detail.html

Thursday Music Digest

Naked guitar player runs for Mayor of NYC

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20293030,00.html

George Strain Stupid Music sighted

http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5389:crickets-frog-blog-george-strait&catid=90:crickets-frog-blog&Itemid=184

Gaga for Gershwin

http://www.dnews.com/story/pulse/43528/

All that's left of Badfinger is Joey

http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1666300

And a legendary band director passes in New Orleans

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2009/07/edwin_hampton_band_director_at.html&ct=ga&cd=aDSKVgMo5S8&usg=AFQjCNEGvk_4DWRde9dUschYKCkRO_fYTg

Tuesday Music Digest

Louisville Music 101

http://www.examiner.com/x-6592-Louisville-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d21-Louisville-Bands-101-What-artists-from-Louisville-have-hit-it-big

Catching a 'Trane

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music-reviews/hc-jazzfestrev.art.artjul21,0,3499134.story

Brazil meets Chicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0721-jazzjul21,0,1893866.column

Sergio Mendes sighting

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=39623

And mile-high Pepper

http://www.examiner.com/x-2586-Pop-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d20-Pepper-at-the-Mile-High-Music-Festival

Stupid Music Heaven!

Some friends and I spent Sunday afternoon at a great garden party in Gorham Maine with Trio del Rio from Austin Texas! Left to right: Maryann Price, MariLisa, and Tanner Swain. Had a nice chat with Maryann before the show-we've been yakking occasionally via e-mail for almost 10 years and it was nice to finally touch bases. She even sang some great Stupid Music for us, including some tunes she did with Dan Hicks, "I'm An Old Cowhand", end even the Bob Wills standard "4 or 5 Times".

Click post title for Trio del Rio's Myspace page, and go to my Facebook page for a larger photo album of the show!

Monday Music Digest

Music Appreciation in Kansas

http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/thad-biz-vig-7-19-09

Harping to please

http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?pg=Scene&articleid=20090720_272_D2_JanJen949754

Growing jazz in San Diego

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/19/lz1a19carson181349-singer-promoter-busy-growing-ja/?uniontrib

Lester Young!

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=39566

And music at Snowbird

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/News/2009/7/19/Steve-Earle-Little-Feat-Alejandro-Escovedo-to-Rock-Snowbird/

R.I.P. Gordon Waller

(LoveInTheMusical image)

Gordon was one half of the British Invasion duo Peter and Gordon...

Sunday Music Digest

Bob Wills is still the King

http://www.examiner.com/x-15710-Sacramento-Country-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Country-101-Who-are-the-most-influential-country-artists-of-all-time

Galactic sighted

http://www.examiner.com/x-2586-Pop-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Galactic-at-Mile-High-Music-Festival

Some new releases

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/07/19/new_classical_cds_featuring_the_bso_and_other_boston_ensembles_and_artists

The world's biggest bar crawl

http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/the-worlds-biggest-bar-crawl/

And Hawaiian music 101

http://www.examiner.com/x-7007-Honolulu-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Music-101--What-are-the-Na-Hoku-Hanohano-Awards-in-Honolulu

Saturday Music Digest

Asleep at the Wheel to get an award

http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,3034,GAC_26063_5944687_,00.html

The Brubeck Institute keeps Dave's music alive:

http://www.examiner.com/x-12458-Oakland-Jazz-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Dave-Brubecks-music-and-legacy-thrives-at-Brubeck-Institute

Island Mele

http://www.starbulletin.com/hilife/20090717_island_mele.html

Taylor Guitars has a new service center

http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=843

And Elton John and Billy Joel play Wrigley Field!

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2009/07/concert-review-elton-john-and-billy-joel-at-wrigley-field.html

Approaching Sunset Thunderstorm

from my backyard...it sat just to my north for over an hour, and I never even got a raindrop.

Friday Music Digest

Los at the Zoo

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009484884_lobos17.html

Land of a thousand dances

http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/land_of_a_thousand_dances/7500

Vancouver Folk Fest preview

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2009484896_vancouver17.html

King Sunny does Philly

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20090716_King_Sunny_Ad_offers_juju_that_shines.html

And Lady Day, 50 years later.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33481

Thursday Music Digest

The uke is no fluke

http://www.gazette.net/stories/07152009/entemon105238_32521.shtml

The Perfect Gentlemen

http://pasadenanow.com/main/2009/07/15/a-delightful-blend-of-music-and-humor-with-the-perfect-gentlemen

Falsetto Fest in California

http://www.presstelegram.com/lifestyle/ci_12841741

A 9 year old blues guitar wunderkind

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1946328/blues_guitar_prodigy_tallan_latz_9.html

And a preview of the Rib America Festival

http://www.examiner.com/x-6504-Des-Moines-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d14-The-Rib-America-Festival--Gorge-yourself-of-BBQ-and-music

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Follow me to my Facebook page-see link on the sidebar

Delayed 7/15 Music Digest

Garage band music from Cuba

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/garage-cuban-band-produces-an-exotically-trashy-din/Content?oid=1242463

A jazz pipeline from Tel Aviv to NYC

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c41_a16315/News/Short_Takes.html

Travels with Porgie

http://chromiumswitch.org/Travels%20With%20Porgie.pdf

Hand clappin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q46vxFsTf0w&feature=related

And Gabbin'

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

Tuesday Music Digest

Preview of Spoleto Fest

http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=59679

Sir Paul in Halifax

http://www.hellomagazine.ca/news/20090713774/Paul/McCartney/Halifax/1/

Another great band name-The Dead Weather

http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/ci_12827407

Guitar sculptures from old license plates?

http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/005036.html

And the Montreal Jazz Fest concludes

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Jazz+fest+wraps+with/1784573/story.html

Monday Music Digest

Rebuilding New Orleans with jazz

http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewStory.cfm?recID=33672

Ornette Coleman sighting

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Ornette+Coleman+delights+with+soaring+performance/1783758/story.html

African musicians at Berklee

http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20090712berklee_music_school_taps_african_musicians/srvc=home&position=recent

Hula in Vancouver

http://www.vanvoice.com/node/19820

And The Church rocks with guitars

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=819033&category=REGION

Sunday Music Digest

Sir Paul does Dave

http://www.examiner.com/x-2232-Fresno-TVMovieDVD-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Paul-McCartney-visits-David-Letterman-July-15

A new movie about The Runaways

http://ontheflix.com/2009/07/11/kristen-stewart-rocks-the-guitar-on-runaways-movie-set/

Preview of the 39th Target Ookelele Festival

http://www.examiner.com/x-7007-Honolulu-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Target-39th-Annual-Ukulele-Festival-brings-music-and-family-fun-to-Waikiki-on-July-19

Soul Power

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/10/PK7U18GI9N.DTL&type=movies

And Afro-Pop makes (another) comeback

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-africanmusic_0712gd.ART.State.Edition1.4ba9394.html

Sunday Music Digest

Sir Paul does Dave

http://www.examiner.com/x-2232-Fresno-TVMovieDVD-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Paul-McCartney-visits-David-Letterman-July-15

A new movie about The Runaways

http://ontheflix.com/2009/07/11/kristen-stewart-rocks-the-guitar-on-runaways-movie-set/

Preview of the 39th Target Ookelele Festival

http://www.examiner.com/x-7007-Honolulu-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d11-Target-39th-Annual-Ukulele-Festival-brings-music-and-family-fun-to-Waikiki-on-July-19

Soul Power

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/10/PK7U18GI9N.DTL&type=movies

And Afro-Pop makes (another) comeback

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-africanmusic_0712gd.ART.State.Edition1.4ba9394.html

7-11 Music Digest

All that jazz in NYC

http://www.examiner.com/x-4129-LAOC-Theatre-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Out-of-town-All-that-jazz-in-New-York-City-and-elsewhere

How well do you know the Beatles?

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2009/07/10/how-well-do-you-know-the-beatles-92534-24119599/

15 guitars in one

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106479558

Music in SF

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/10/DDHB18K7BF.DTL

And Hawaiian music at Ulupo Heiau in my old Kailua neighborhood!

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090710/GETPUBLISHED/90710049

Friday Music Digest

Pick your musical poison in Utah

http://www.sltrib.com/themix/ci_12798007

Mingus!

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/92653-charles-mingus-mingus-ah-um-50th-anniversary-legacy-edition/

Al Jarreau sighted

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090709/ENTERTAINMENT04/907090304

Top 5 iPhone guitar tools

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10283459-1.html

And another great band name...Dirty Projectors

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/07/live-review-dirty-projectors-at-the-troubadour.html

Thursday Music Digest

Stupid Music from The Mitguards

http://www.gazette.com/entertainment/songs-58188-mitguard-album.html

Speaking of Stupid Music

http://www.recordtimes.com/rhtn/Editorial/5338/

Charlie Haden plays country music in Montreal

http://www.montrealgazette.com/Charlie+Haden+country/1769017/story.html

Layoffs at Paul Reed Smith Guitars

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2009/07/06/daily37.html

And America's best guitar shops

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/americas-best-guitar-shops-708

07-08-09 Music Digest

Uncle Tom's Gabbin' again

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

The University of Maryland has a new guitar hero

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/technology/2009/07/the_university_of_marylands_gu.html

A young bluegrass musician heads to Nashville

http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-07-07-voa10.cfm

Latin jazz at a NYC Creole eatery

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=38852

And a review of the actual music at the Michael Jackson memorial service

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-jackson-memorial-music-link,0,1483691.storylink

Tuesday Music Digest

The little instrument that could

http://globespotters.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/06/the-little-instrument-that-could-gets-londons-attention/

Sir Paul gets invited to lunch in Liverpool

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1130870.html

Jimmie Rodgers' white man blues

http://www.avclub.com/articles/week-15-jimmie-rodgers-white-man-blues,30039/

New Music Tuesday

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/07/07/2009-07-07_maxwell_blacksummers_night.html

And a review of Freihoffer's Jazz Fest

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33395

Quiet Lake

Meredith Bay

7-6 Music Digest

Martin revives the no-frills guitar

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683752846098045.html

Play Frank Sinatra on your axe!

http://www.examiner.com/x-12788-Frank-Sinatra-Examiner~y2009m7d5-Frank-Sinatra-Songs-For-Guitar

Traveling to NYC on an ookelele string

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/bal-ho.humor05jul05,0,491270.story

A review of the Hoop City Jazz and Arts Fest in Springfield MA

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/hoop_city_jazz_arts_festival_i.html?category=Springfield

And R.I.P. to legendary drummer Jim Chapin

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-292360?ref=feeds%2Flatest

Sunday Music Digest

Jazz in Kathmandu

http://www.wavemag.com.np/issue/article3172.html

The Weather Channel changes their music format?

http://www.examiner.com/x-6025-Marin-County-Culture--Events-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Weather-Channel-changes-music-format-smooth-jazz-to-rock

Makana!

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/520532.html?nav=12

The Radiators play Rock and Bowl in N'Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2009/07/the_radiators_at_rock_n_bowl_m.html

And a special tour to India to celebrate George's b-day

http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/200907031810/special-tour-to-celebrate-george-harrisons-birthday-in-india.html

4th of July Music Digest

Prince heads to Montreux

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5622FK20090703

Ringo to get a Starr

http://www.examiner.com/x-14721-Boston-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Ringo-to-get-a-star-on-Hollywood-Boulevards-Walk-of-Fame

A video slide show of the "original" Linda LaFlamme

http://www.captainkazoo.com/

A hot guitar ring foiled by police in Pennsylvania

http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2009/07/03/news/doc4a4d706390c23211941313.txt

And a new program called "Guitars. Not Guns".

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6897081

Friday Music DIgest

A new radio show about Oklahoma rock music's history

http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2009/07/02/steve-ripley-to-narrate-oklahoma-rock-history-radio-show/

A jazz voice finds a mellower range

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/greathomesanddestinations/03Away.html?hpw

A preview of the Essence Fest, starting today in N'Orleans

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/07/02/ap6612070.html

A review of Levon Helm's "Electric Dirt"

http://www.livedaily.com/news/19564.html

And a preview of the St. Louis Blues Festival.

http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/07/02/entertainment/srv0000005736993.txt

(Better Late Than Never) Thursday Music DIgest

frican dance alert

http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5062787&fSectionId=3860&fSetId=251

Stupid Music for the 4th

http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/07/01/conroe_courier/news/4julylist0702.txt

Jazz fiddle from Denmark

http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_12734850

A Roots music fest in NY State

http://www.hamptons.com/Out-And-About/Within-The-Hedges/8054/Roots-Music-Festival-Offers-Up-Country-Jazz-and.html

And African jazz singing in NYC

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=38621

July 1st Music Digest

Stupid Music meets...Loudon Wainwright?

http://sacurrent.com/music/story.asp?id=70303

Normal, Illinois will have Concerts in the Quad this summer

http://www.dailyvidette.com/home/news/2009/07/01/News/Concerts.On.The.Quad.To.Entertain.This.Summer-3749801.shtml

The Jazz Border Patrol

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2009/06/the_jazz_border_patrol_and_the_1.html

The Montreal Jazz Festival is underway

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/06/30/jazz-montreal-festival-wonder.html

And Uncle Tom checks in

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/