Saturday Music Digest

A hall of mirrors, oom-pah, and electropop

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/arts/music/13play.html?_r=1

Singing jazz without hearing a sound

http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=128743&catid=509

A centennial Benny Goodman concert

http://www.kcjc.com/200912118931/news/concert-tribute-to-benny-goodman-centennial.html

Another Stupid Music band with a great name-Two Tons of Steel

http://www.newstreamz.com/2009/12/11/the-weekend-music-benefits-the-soul-and-charities/

And 5 Days of Gitmas, Stupid Music style

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/12/five_days_of_giftmas_music_lov.php

Another cool new band name-a duet called The Maybe Sometimes

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091211/TEMPO/912110302/-1/NEWSMAP

Introducing the Keytar

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/11/DD8H1B17U2.DTL

Another Who-Dat song

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2009/12/another_new_orleans_saints_son.html

How Roy Orbison wrote "Pretty Woman"

http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/Roy-Orbison-wrote-Pretty-Woman-on-Epiphone-acoustic-guitar/N7/2009-12-10

And a sneak preview of the 2010 All Starr Band!

http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2009m12d11-Exclusive-Next-years-Ringo-Starr-All-Starr-Band-tour-could-have-some-new-faces