The Year in Beatles, 2010
http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/2010-the-year-beatles-was-anything-but-dull-part-2
Playing the Dictaphone blues
http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=20811
Remembering 11 years ago, when George Harrison was stabbed
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1516134&SM=1
Talking Story with a New Orleans brass band leader
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2010/12/30/walter-whoadie-ramsey-leader-of-the-stooges-brass-band
The top 10 guitars that don't sound like guitars
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/thats-a-guitar-1228-2010/
A changing jazz scene in NYC
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/us/31bccoda.html?_r=1&src=twrhp
Utah music in review, 2010
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/50961345-53/local-utah-jazz-music.html.csp
A look at the mew Miso Music App for the iPhone
http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/January-2011/Miso-Media-Music-App-Teaches-Guitar-on-the-iPhone/
Another 2010 Top 10 CD list
http://www.post-trib.com/entertainment/2992118,pt_29_Top-10-CDs-of-2010.article
And a chat with Peter Bergman and David Ossman of Firesign Theatre!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSqIV1fAars
See you next year!
Friday, December 31, 2010
New Year's Eve Music Digest
Thursday, December 30, 2010
December 30th Music Digest
That didn't take long-Ringo finds a buyer for his Aspen house
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/starr-sells-aspen-home_1191884
December 1960: a wild time for The Beatles
http://blog.oup.com/2010/12/beatles-1960/
America's musical Ambassador
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/29/60minutes/main7195058.shtml
More on the 2009 Gibson Guitar raid
http://www.wsmv.com/news/26314181/detail.html
But Gibson does win one in court
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/dec/29/coffee-break-gibson-wins-round-in-halting-toy/
2010's Best Cover Songs
http://blogs.courant.com/eric_danton_sound_check/2010/12/best-cover-songs-of-2010.html
This day in Stupid Music History: Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys first appear at the Grand Ole Opry, in 1944!
http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=151995&catid=176
Jazz Universe's year in review
http://www.wirenh.com/music-mainmenu-5/51-alan-chases-jazz-universe/4635-jazz-universe-.html
R.I.P. to Dr, Billy Taylor
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122904667.html
And music to a city's ears Down Under
http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/news/local/news/general/jazz-music-to-citys-ears/2036360.aspx
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Deep in December Music Digest
Uncle Tom is gabbin' away
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Ringo's childhood home doomed?
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/campaigners-slam-ruling-on-starrs-home_1191735
Alice Cooper's game plan for the Grim Reaper
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/Alice-Cooper-Game-Plan-1228/
100 years of Robert Johnson
http://www.examiner.com/americana-music-in-national/big-head-blues-club-s-100-years-of-robert-johnson-review
Hag goes to 1600
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-merle-haggard-on-his-kennedy-center-honor-meeting-obama-and-oprah-and-more-20101228
Who Dat! 15 more New Orleans Saints fight songs coming to CD
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/12/28/prweb8037572.DTL
R.I.P. to a legendary New Mexico guitar maker
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122802924.html
No more jazz on the radio in Seattle?
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/233444.asp
Speaking of jazz, the music itself will get a new postage stamp in 2011
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Jazz-to-be-honored-with-postage-stamp-in-2011-112559709.html
And the 2010 Village Voice jazz critics' poll
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-12-29/music/the-2010-voice-jazz-poll/
Monday, December 27, 2010
Blizzard Music Digest!
We're under a blizzard warning until 3 PM this afternoon-finally am able to update the Snowfall Total on the sidebar!
Music box sets with bells and whistles
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-box-sets-20101227,0,7306776.story
R.I.P. to Teena Marie
http://www.pbpulse.com/music/2010/12/26/%E2%80%98lovergirl%E2%80%99-rb-singer-teena-marie-dies-at-54/
Another best pop albums of 2010 list
http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/12/popular_musics_best_albums_for.html
Crescent City Crawl
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/travel/stories/2010/12/26/crescent-city-crawl.html?sid=101
Talking Story with Alfred Brendel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/8221582/Alfred-Brendel-old-master-in-search-of-new-horizons.html
New Big Band music from Roy Gaines
http://tunes.broadwayworld.com/article/Roy_Gaines_His_Orchestra_Release_First_CD_TUXEDO_BLUES_20101226
A different drummer
http://www.cdispatch.com/lifestyles/article.asp?aid=9347
Best music quotes of 2010
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2010/12/26/16675391.html
Vince Robinson and the Jazz Poets jam into the night
http://www.cleveland.com/sunstarcourier/index.ssf/2010/12/vince_robinson_and_the_jazz_po.html
And slack key guitar meets Hawaiian plantation
http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/20101226_artifacts_images_recall_plantation_life.html
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Boxing Day Music Digest
2010 a banner year for musicians
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/dec/24/2010-a-banner-year-for-musicians/
Highlights of the past year in Roots Music
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/arts-and-entertainment/Top-2010-American-Roots-Music-Highlights-112436074.html
Talking Story with Johnny Winter
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/12/25/johnny-winter-talks-gibson-guitars-crossroads-and-life-on-the-road/
The resurgence of guitar instrumental music
http://www.prlog.org/11175654-the-resurgence-of-guitar-instrmental-music.html
A changing Stupid Music Scene in Amarillo
http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2010-12-26/changing-music-scene
KC's jazz scene keeps renewing itself
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/25/2535791/jazz-scene-keeps-renewing-itself.html
That 90's Show
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_those-rock-stars-of-the-90s_1486230
Jazz salons keep the beat going in L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-jazz-salons-20101226,0,3134294.story
High notes in jazz, 2010
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/article_0249d4b2-4c14-5743-a2ab-30aa68a8baae.html
And some German hula dancers get into hot water!
http://www.eturbonews.com/20201/hawaiian-music-executives-not-pleased-german-hula-halau
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas Day Music Digest
Mele Kalikimaka!
Rock N' Roll England: 10 Top Landmarks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/8160150/Rock-n-roll-England-10-top-landmarks.html
Looking back at Christine McVie's first solo album
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-christine-mcvie-christine-mcvie/
Is tax killing the live music star?
http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_is-tax-killing-the-live-music-star_1485793
25 songs you might not have heard in 2010
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/deeper-cuts-ann-powers-picks-26-songs-you-might-not-have-heard-in-2010.html
The Wizard of Oz goes Jazz
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/.artsmain/article/3/1036/679267/Jazz/Silver.Shoes..and..Green.Spectacles.A.Jazz.Interpretation.of.The.Wizard.of.Oz
Rhythm and Roots kicks off year 14 of its Winter music series
http://www.examiner.com/concerts-in-tucson/rhythm-roots-kicks-off-14th-annual-winter-series-with-new-tucson-music-venue
Remember Hendrix' Christmas EP?
http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2010/12/24/cd-review-jimi-hendrix-%E2%80%9Cmerry-christmas-and-happy-new-year%E2%80%9D-ep/
"Swing Low"
http://newsok.com/ex-slaves-enduring-song-may-win-honor/article/3526683
How Miles Davis plugged in
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/dec/24/miles-davis-bitches-brew
And another 2010 Best-Of
http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/dec/24/2010-a-banner-year-for-musicians/
Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmas Eve Music Digest
Big Al Anderson sighted on his way to New England!
http://westhartford.patch.com/articles/ebeneeza-murder-mystery-at-playhouse-pantoliano-at-long-wharf-skynyrd-mclachlan-at-foxwoods
A Stupid Holiday at the Annual Red Dirt Christmas Show
http://top40-charts.com/news/Country/15th-Annual-Red-Dirt-Christmas-Show-Continues-Tulsa-Tradition;-Proceeds-Benefit-The-Right-Path-Riding-Academy/62189.html
The return of the Album
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703766704576009441846219986.html
Tiki music we missed
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/24/132288077/music-we-missed-waitiki-7
A Merry week in African music
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/timeout/2010/12/24/a-merry-week-all-round
In search of an Ookelele thief in Kailua
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13736297
Jake Shimabukuro meets Bela and the Flecktones
http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/Fleck-Harrison-&-Wooten-Adore-Jake-Shimabukuro/62204.html
Dueling Guitars with Slash and Jack Black
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/conan-recruits-slash-for-guitar-duel-with-jack-black-20101223
A San Antonio music mecca to close after 30 years
http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/southside/news/article/BJ-s-Southside-Music-closing-after-30-years-913277.php
And the best-sounding music of 2010
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20026426-47.html
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Festivus Music Digest
Christmas Wish!
http://gotriad.news-record.com/content/2010/12/22/article/25_rockin_holiday_albums_you_might_have_missed
The Beatles' "Zebra Crossing" is listed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5g4GAI-UkTsg8zYNb1WjNzI8ffgEQ?docId=B23567981293013755A00001
Remix a classic Dylan tune yourself!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20026416-47.html
Top 10 Blues albums of 2010
http://culturemob.com/blog/top-ten-blues-albums-of-2010
Rapper Magnolia Shorty killed in New Orleans
http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/music/article/rapper-magnolia-shorty-gunned-down-in-new-orleans-119423
Music at St. Louis Cathedral
http://www.offbeat.com/2010/12/22/music-at-the-cathedral/
The future of the Air Guitar
http://walyou.com/air-guitar-concept/
A lost era of music and harmony
http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=55468
Jule Andrews and Dolly Parton to get Lifetime Grammy Awards
http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100164210&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=music&nid=74463
And Happy Festivus!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7-jcsB_WQ
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Hump Day Music Digest
Aloha Kalikimaka, Uncle Tom!
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Previewing the 2011 Lionel Hampton Jazz Fest
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/12/21/1782333/music-tickets-on-sale-jan-4-for.html
Train are back on track
http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/21/train-the-band/
The Mounties are looking for a stolen guitar...
http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-59079-1-.htm
A museum hosts musical instruments from 200 countries
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132089395/museum-hosts-musical-instruments-of-200-countries
Trombone Shorty sighted
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bs-ae-music-story-1224-20101223,0,6145376.story
A review of the season 1 soundtrack of "Treme"
http://www.audaud.com/article?ArticleID=8308
Sir Paul gets back to Liverpool
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment/2010/12/21/jade-wright-podcast-what-it-was-like-to-see-paul-mccartney-s-liverpool-return-100252-27862947/
The Moody Blues get ready to hit the road again
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Rock-Icons-The-Moody-Blues-to-Embark-on-2011-US-National-Tour-1372302.htm
And Viva Elvis!
http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/21/viva-elvis-cirque-de-soleil/
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Winter Solstice Music Digest
Los have to cancel a gig in Jamaica
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/los-lobos-1221/
A drummer comes home for Christmas
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576024023937358258.html
What a wonderful house
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703886904576031774275445108.html
Ben Towle's history of the ookelele
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/12/ben-towles-history-of-the-ukulele/
D'Adarrio is buying a drumstick maker
http://www.newsday.com/business/inside-long-island-business-1.811933/d-addario-buying-drumstick-maker-1.2554891
Best Louisiana music of the past year
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/news.php?viewStory=3667
REM has a new album in the oven
http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2010/12/20/750943.aspx
"Let Me Mourn"
http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/12/20/crowbars-let-me-mourn-song-premiere/
A Beatles fanatic hits the motherlode
http://www.lenconnect.com/opinions/columnists/x1682024897/David-Frownfelder-Beatles-fanatic-hits-the-motherlode
And ten essential Captain Beefheart songs
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ten-essential-captain-beefheart-songs-20101220
Monday, December 20, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Will be delayed-the link list is lost in cyberspace someplace!
UPDATE: The links I e-mailed to myself this morning at 9:37 AM just arrived-4 and a half hours later! Sorry for the delay...
Rock N' Roll reviews in brief
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/2675049-421/chicago-dylan-music-pages-blues.html
10 great last minute music shopping ideas
http://blog.masslive.com/playback/2010/12/10_great_last_minute_music_sho.html
2010's top World Music CDs
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/12/19/mitter/?rss_id=Top+Stories
Pick-Punch: Your DIY guitar pick solution!
http://walyou.com/diy-guitar-pick/
The Top 10 guitar articles for the year
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/12/19/top-10-guitar-articles-for-2010/
Top 10 Jazz CDs for 2010
Kwanzaa music
http://www.lohud.com/article/20101220/NEWS03/12200339/-1/newsfront/Kwanzaa-Extravaganza-to-feature-African-drums--dance--music--culture
Big 9 Second Line
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2010/12/big_nine_second_line.html
50 great things about Hawai'i? Gotta include the Brothers Caz
http://www.ocregister.com/travel/hawaii-280931-kauai-maui.html
And "Hi and Lois" meet NRBQ in the Sunday Funnies!
http://cincinnati.com/comics/page/index.html?feature_id=Hi_and_Lois
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Another great music photographer leaves the building...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/arts/design/19pickow.html?_r=1
Professor Al Kooper's view of the best songs of the year
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/2010121930-10_vision_one_mans_view_of_the_best_songs_of_the_year/srvc=home&position=also
And some you may have missed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/19/overlooked-cds-2010-pop-world
Music as an action painting
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/12/captain-beefheart-dead-at-69-music-as-an-action-painting.html
Google invests in a musical IOS app maker
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/item/19728-google-ventures-invests-in/
A remake of Hari's Gretsch guitar
http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/george-harrison-s-black-gretsch-guitar-being-brought-back
Talking Story with Arlo
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/12/18/interview-with-folk-icon-arlo-guthrie/
The Top 5 Christmas Crooners
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/lgrin/2010/12/18/top-5-christmas-crooners/
Starkey wants to sell his house in Aspen
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20101218/VALLEYNEWS/101219887/1083&ParentProfile=1074
And R.I.P. to blues diva Robin Rogers
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/12/18/1920038/robin-rogers-short-and-happy-love.html
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
Aloha to a true American music original, Don Van Vliet, AKA Captain Beefheart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQs8dka52H4
Who will play Miles Davis in an upcoming biopic?
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/don-cheadle-talks-about-miles-davis/24062
The government of Canada invests in the Medicine Hat Jazz Festival
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-the-Medicine-Hat-Jazz-Festival-1371221.htm
Holidaze in Hicksville
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20101217/LIFESTYLE14/101219561?Title=Dan-Hicks-brings-Hot-Licks-to-Yoshi-s
A new site on Learning Guitars for Dummies
http://bignews.biz/?id=952660
New guitar-smashing record set-1,914 of them!
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/12/17/1914-guitars-smashed-simultaneously/UPI-10871292578200/
A James Booker Bash in N'Orleans
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/12/ricky_skaggs_a_james_booker_ba.html
The Dark Horses of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/12/critics-notebook-rocks-halls-dark-horses.html
Playing a Les Paul guitar with George Harrison
http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/Steve-Lukather-played-Les-Paul-with-George-Harrison/31X/2010-12-17
And music made in Nepal
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article958996.ece
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday Music Digest
Half-Pint goes Hawaiian
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/Catch-Di-Riddim_8239125
12 Daves of Christmas
http://www.musicradar.com/guitarist/12-daves-of-christmas-10-david-hidalgo-of-los-lobos-332277?cpn=RSS&source=MRGUITARIST
Prince sighted
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/12/prince_plays_ambitious_--_but.html
A new Jimi Hendrix Collectors' Pack
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimi_hendrix_collectors_pack_hits_the_streets.html
The 7 sexiest guitar ladies
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-the-7-sexiest-guitar-ladies/
Guitar 101: the money chord
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/12/guitar-101-the-money-chord/
A new touchscreen guitar
http://technabob.com/blog/2010/12/15/kitara-touchscreen-guitar/
A Blues Trail marker for Pops Staples
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=12413658
Aretha Franklin medical update
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40705936/ns/today-entertainment/
And various takes on "Little Drummer Boy"
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/12/todays-pop-five-gerald-cs-favorite-takes-on-little-drummer-boy/1
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
Los help kick off LA Arts Month
http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/124399-david-hidalgo-and-louie-perez-of-los-lobos-help-kick-off-la-arts-month.html
Remembering "Americathon"
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101216/ARTICLES/312169999/1004?Title=It-s-not-just-a-telethon-it-s-an-8216-Americathon-
A Jazz Piano Christmas 2010
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132054036/a-jazz-piano-christmas-2010
Time for a Miles Davis biopic?
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BF0RC20101216
Christmas with Big Al Anderson and the Spamp Brothers
http://farmington.patch.com/articles/patch-picks-top-10-holiday-events
Jake Shimabukuro gets a new gig
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13680959
A new digital stringless guitar
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/12/misa-kitara-digital-stringless-guitar/
A visit with Ronnie Spector
http://www.spin.com/articles/ronnie-spector-rates-best-coast-she-him-more
Roundup of the 32nd Annual Blues Award nominees
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/buddy-guy-and-charlie-musselwhite-lead/
And a big Who Dat! to Dr. John, named to the Class of 2011 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/12/dr_john_a_deserving_rock_and_r.html
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Midweek Music Digest
Mele Kalikimaka to Uncle Tom in Kaneohe
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Los hits the road with Clapton
http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-los-lobos-support-eric-clapton-us-and-canada-2011
Solos, Ghosts, Blues, Jazz
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322404576018270039613958.html
MusicNow composers in step with the pulse of the times
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-1215-musicnow-review-20101214,0,1122101.column
The Best and Worst of 2010 in African Music
http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/the-best-and-the-worst-of-2010-1.1001551
Fireside songs for the soul
http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/article/Review-Fireside-Songs-for-the-Soul-Carolyn-884738.php
George Benson auctions one of his guitars
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Jazz-Legend-George-Bensons-Autographed-Guitar-Auction-Ends-This-Wednesday-December-15th-1368351.htm
John Lennon's "Abbey Road" suit is for sale
http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/article816454.ece/Lennons-Abbey-Road-suit-for-sale
An astronaut's son sings the blues
http://www.ultimateclearlake.com/stories/224003-el-lago-resident-donn-h-eisele-is-all-about-music
And a swan song for the Black Crowes?
http://www.noozhawk.com/local_news/article/121310_paul_mann_swan_song_for_the_black_crowes/
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
Visiting the Dakar Jazz Festival
http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2010/12/14/devin-phillips-and-the-dakar-jazz-festival-listen-to-the-music-portlanders-made-in-africa/
Air Guitar Hero!
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/13/5642866-kinect-hacker-creates-air-guitar-hero
A guitar smash world record
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/12/prweb4892184.htm
An almost acoustic Christmas
http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/kroq-almost-acoustic-christmas-the-smashing-pumpkins-my-chemical-romance-social-distortion/8196147
Drumming up business
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/drumming-up-business/Content?oid=1458774
"Spamalot" invades the Big Easy
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2010/12/13/spamalot-comes-to-the-mahalia
Yet another great new band name-the Folka Dots!
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50844466-76/music-folka-blues-dots.html.csp
Preview of the Barbados Music Festival
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1338267/Barbados-Music-Festival-A-quality-al-fresco-fandango-totally-tropical-taste--Simon-Cowell.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Monkee business and more...
http://www.macon.com/2010/12/13/1376561/monkee-business-and-more-in-america.html
And the Blind Boys testify
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/12/14/blind_boys_testify_to_the_gospel_of_the_season/
Monday, December 13, 2010
Stormy Monday Music Digest
More memories of Krash
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13661044
Bossa Nova time
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-various-artists-bossa-and-the-rise-of-brazilian-music-soul-jazz-2158476.html
A new race horse named Star Guitar!
http://www.nola.com/horseracing/index.ssf/2010/12/star_guitar_wins_louisiana_cha.html
Return of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet to the Midwest
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/article_31e5da58-062d-11e0-9731-00127992bc8b.html
Ian Hunter sighted
http://www.enterprisenews.com/entertainment/x1921998157/MUSIC-REVIEW-Ageless-Ian-Hunter-rocks-The-Narrows-in-Fall-River
A roundup of new pop albums
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/111662149.html
Deep fried blues
http://worldmusiccentral.org/2010/12/12/deep-fried-blues/
Beatles goodies found in England
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8733062.The_Beatles_treasure_trove_unearthed_in_Bournemouth_house/
A Tatum Salute
http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/12/857887/jazz-drama-mesh-in-tatum-salute.html
And will Kenny G ever go away?
http://www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x457321845/Kenny-G-The-best-that-I-can-be
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Let's all learn the Hawaiian Alphabet Song!
http://technorati.com/entertainment/music/article/kidtunes-lets-go-to-hawaii-with1/
Red-Hot Kona Peppers
http://honoluluweekly.com/hotpicks/2010/12/red-hot-kona-peppers/
Big Mama Thornton sings the blues
http://www.legacy.com/ns/news-story.aspx?t=big-mama-thornton-sings-the-blues&id=187
Healing beams to blues singer Robin Rogers
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/11/131938583/battling-terminal-cancer-robin-rogers-gives-thanks
Who Dat! Tailgating in the Big Easy with music
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ycn-7344280
Still playing Tejano music at age 83
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7335067.html
A Nice Uke
http://www.tecca.com/product/cordoba-4-string-concert-ukulele-natural/
A Latin jazz lovefest in the Bronx
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/bronx/2010/12/12/2010-12-12_orchestrating_a_latin_jazz_lovefest.html
Bullshot Crummond and the Invisible Bride of Death
http://culturemob.com/blog/bullshot-crummond-and-the-invisible-bride-of-death-must-see-comedy
And more Blues on the airwaves in New Jersey
http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2010/12/wnti_radio_of_hackettstown_deb.html
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
50 Great Voices
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010/12/09/131933884/culturetopia-over-the-rainbow-again-edition
Gibson's Top 50 Most Revolutionary Artists-#10-#1
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/top-50-revolutionaries-1210/
X sighting
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/dec/10/punk-x-tasy/
The Blues Foundation to vote on a new home...
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2010/12/10/blues-foundation-to-vote-on-new-home.html
Preview of this weekend's Treme Gumbo Festival in New Orleans.
http://www.wwl.com/The-Treme-Creole-Gumbo-Festival-this-weekend/8751542
New jazz fusion
http://bignews.biz/?id=950492
Liz Phair does Firesign Theatre?
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/12/liz_phair_vents_and_has_some_f.html
Guitar Hero series: Eric Clapton
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/12/10/guitar-hero-series-eric-clapton/
R.I.P. to Canadian musician Catherine Potter
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Musician+Catherine+Potter+fused+East+West/3961613/story.html
And an ookelele workshop with The Nukes
http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/show/SID/16408/N/Ukulele-Workshop-With-The-Nukes.utr
Friday, December 10, 2010
Friday Music Digest
A candlelight vigil for John Lennon in Liverpool
http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-in-national/liverpool-honors-favorite-son-john-lennon-on-the-30th-anniversary-of-his-death
A "lifetime award" for Mama Africa
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/InsidePage.php?id=2000024336&cid=521
A visit to the former Chess Records studio in Chicago
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/chess-records-former-recording-studio-buddy-guy-muddy-waters-rolling-stones-marie-dixon-20101122
Aaron Neville gets in the holiday spirit
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bs-ae-music-story-1210-20101209,0,2934111.story
Eric Clapton to sell off guitars
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/09/eric-clapton-sell-off-guitars
Donn Adams sighted!
http://www.kentucky.com/2010/12/09/1559755/bill-bill-morganfield-headlines.html
R.I.P. to jazz sax legend James Moody
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/arts/music/11moody.html?_r=1&src=twrhp
Holiday jazz CDs in review
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-holiday-jazz-cds-20101210,0,3419454.story
Remembering the "Brown Bomber"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gcUyg_CK-vH31W_tU7sX57fBbu-w?docId=B39201941291949152A00
And Happy 45th to Max' Kansas City
http://www.maxskansascity.com/
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Thursday Music Digest!
Dan Hicks does Christmas
http://www.nctimes.com/entertainment/music/article_b136f0e3-9c95-5c57-bf31-ff95adc8d892.html
10 solo albums that shook the world
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/dec/08George_Harrison_and_Ozzy_Classics_Among_The_Top_Ten_Solo_Albums_That_Shook_the_World.shtml
An Apple a Day
http://www.beatlesnews.com/news/the-beatles/201012071857/an-apple-a-day-billy-preston-thats-the-way-god-planned-it.html
The Harrison Street Ookelele Players!
http://triblocal.com/oak-park-river-forest/calendar/2010/12/09/oak-park-ukulele-meetup-group-aka-the-harrison-street-ukulele-players/
Kermit Ruffins on becoming "Mr. Salad"
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/08/trombonist-kermit-ruffins-on-becoming-mr-salad-getting-snubbed-by-disney/
A Caz Christmas returns
http://honoluluweekly.com/hotpicks/2010/12/caz-x-mas-returns/
The 10 most valuable guitars
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vintage-guitar-magazine-lists-10-most-valuable-guitars-111519949.html
What the Cluck?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/manchester/mysource/entertainment/x1757250199/What-the-cluck-Psycho-Chicken-tells-The-Fools-tale
Hot Club of Cowtown prepare a Stupid Music tribute to Bob Wills!
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/dec/re08Hot_Club_of_Cowtown_Tribute_Bob_Wills.shtml
And speaking of Stupid Music, it's almost Cowboy Christmas Ball time
http://tinyurl.com/24flcrq
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Hump Day Music Digest
Midweek with Uncle Tom
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Voom Voom lineup
http://mediaupdate.co.za/default.aspx?IDStory=32857
The decline of music on Public Radio
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/12/07/classical-jazz-and-world-music-on-public-radio-declined-by-up-to-30-over-last-decade/
All that jazz
http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/015921.html
Stupid Music in the Grammy Hall of Fame!
http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/12/07/willie-nelson-hank-williams-bob-wills-titles-enter-grammy-hall-of-fame/
Checking out Christmas albums old and new
http://www.independent.com/news/2010/dec/08/holiday-concerts-and-christmas-albums/
And Ziggy played...ookelele
http://www.starobserver.com.au/play/entertainment-play/2010/12/07/and-ziggy-played-ukulele/38591
Roundup of the 2010 Boston Music Awards
http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/localspotlight-news-diversity-rules-at-2010-boston-music-awards/
Holiday stocking stuffers for guitarists
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/12/07/holiday-stocking-stuffers-for-guitarists/
And The Hag gets honored at the Kennedy Center
http://www.the9513.com/merle-haggard-praised-at-kennedy-center-honors-songs-from-hank-willie-bob-wills-added-to-grammy-hall-of-fame/
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
The Voice of Hawai'i
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131812500/israel-kamakawiwo-ole-the-voice-of-hawaii
The great album The Beatles never made
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/beatles-1206/
100 years of Robert Johnson
http://www.gratefulweb.com/newswire/blues/legendary-blues-collaboration-to-celebrate-100-years-of-robert-johnson.html
Director David Lynch has 2 new songs on iTunes
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/director-david-lynch-drops-two-singles-on-itunes-2152908.html
Checking out the Treme Creole Gumbo Fest
http://www.louisianaweekly.com/news.php?viewStory=3617
Incoming-new music from Lucinda Williams
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/50817954-53/williams-blessed-kiss-album.html.csp
Guitar Mansion to be a home again
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/12/06/unexpected-owner-guitar-mansion-keep-home/
Photo essay: John McLaughlin at Boulder Theatre
http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/12/06/photo-essay-john-mclaughlin-the-boulder-theater/
Remembering Pearl Harbor Day with Jake Shimabukuro
http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/Jake-Shimabukuros-Go-For-Broke-Pays-Tribute-To-WWII-Vets-Legacy/61692.html
And breathing new life into Jazz Aspen Snowmass
http://www.realaspen.com/article/351/AEG-aims-to-breathe-new-life-into-Jazz-Aspen-Snowmass
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Preview of the 2010 Boston Music Awards
www.bostonmusicawards2010.com
How to invest in The Beatles
http://www.benzinga.com/10/12/668382/how-to-invest-in-the-beatles
Celluloid Heroes: Frank Zappa and 200 Motels
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/12/05/celluloid-heroes-frank-zappa-and-200-motels/
Brian Jones gets his just desserts
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/spotlight-1205-2010/
Clint Eastwood salutes Dave Brubeck on Turner Classic Movies
http://www.ctnow.com/entertainment/music/hc-brubeck-tcm-1205-20101205,0,1693470.story
Previewing the "Treme" DVD release
http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2010/12/treme_dvds_set_for_march_relea.html
The Woodcutter's Song
http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/steckel-47730-guitar-one.html
IZ strikes gold in Germany
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/dec/05/somewhere-over-rainbow-israel-kamakawiwoole
Songs of Migration
http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=285&extmode=view&extid=114540
And the night New Orleans came to Brooklyn
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/arts/music/06red.html?_r=1
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
California Kalikimaka
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hawaii/detail?entry_id=78316
Remember Cilla Black?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/cilla-black-surprise-surprise-2149372.html
Canuck Blues
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/TV/downchild-still-flying-after-four-decades-111312369.html
Happy 30th to THE New Orleans Music Station, WWOZ!
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/12/wwoz_radio_marks_30_years_on_t.html
Celebrating Hendrix on "The Tonight Show"
http://www.examiner.com/rock-music-in-national/jimi-hendrix-s-music-to-be-celebrated-on-the-tonight-show
A look at some Stupid Music Dance Halls
http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Dance-halls-Texas-originals-854447.php
Jools Holland heads to Dubai
http://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/films-music/macy-gray-jools-holland-for-dubai-jazz-fest-2010-12-05-1.324978
Talking Story with tabla player Talvin Singh
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/New-Beats/720638
DJ Misa sighted
http://www.newsonline.co.za/article_detail.asp?Article_ID=2371
And Chef John DeLucie unwinds-with his guitar
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/fashion/05POSSESSED.html?_r=1
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
New music from original NRBQ drummer Tom "The Time Bomb" Staley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF1TNiQGER8&feature=player_embedded
Jeff Beck nominated for 5 Grammys
http://top40-charts.com/news/Charts-Awards/Jeff-Beck-Nominated-For-Five-Grammys/61648.html
25 Unforgettable Concerts (I was at one of them!)
http://blog.masslive.com/playback/2010/12/25_memorable_concerts_rock_cri.html
Mozart's cradle to Indian raga
http://sify.com/movies/mozart-s-cradle-to-indian-raga-long-journey-for-austrian-jazz-band-news-national-kmeoufccicg.html
Turtle Island Quartet goes Hendrix
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F12%2F03%2FPK7C1GHRN5.DTL
Nellie McKay on piano jazz
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/03/131785493/nellie-mckay-on-piano-jazz
Talking Story with Pat Monahan of Train
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F12%2F03%2FPKKP1GFMTU.DTL
Guitar lessons come to the iPhone
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jamplaycom-brings-guitar-lessons-to-the-iphone-with-jamplay-guitar-pack-111257869.html
R.I.P. to bluegrass icon "Kenney" Haddock
http://www2.nelsoncountytimes.com/lifestyles/2010/dec/03/khob03-ar-691665/
And tunes to play after you've been fired
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/04/arts/music/04walkmen.html?_r=1
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday Music Digest
Stupid Music at Rooster's Wife
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2010/dec/03/roosters-wife-hosts-hot-club-of-cowtown/
The Beatles to "reunite" on stage?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Beatles-to-reunite-on-stage/articleshow/7028155.cms
Hawaiian Grammy nods go to...
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13602190
Previewing the Tanglewood 2011 season
http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Tanglewood-2011-season-Levine-operas-rock-and-850722.php
Blues Grammy nods:
http://communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/arts-entertainment-living/blue-notes/26403-blues-grammy-nominees-for-2011
A new statue to honor Louis Prima in his hometown
http://www.neworleans.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=546796&catid=373&Itemid=2782
30 years later, The End rocks again!
http://www.ctpost.com/music/article/30-years-later-band-rocking-again-854384.php
Classical and Jazz Grammy nods
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/12/monster-mash-grammy-nominations-for-jazz-classical-music-.html
A new box set from Dave Brubeck
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-the-dave-brubeck-quartet2/
And Island Mele time
http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/islandmele/20101203_Island_Mele_Vintage_photos_hallmark_of_Home_DVD.html
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
A semi-reunion of NRBQ later this month in the Pioneer Valley
http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-danton-soundcheck-1202-20101202,0,175773.column
Jazz and Blues ticket sales slump on Prince Edward Island
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2010/12/01/pei-jazz-blues-sales-584.html
Oxford American Magazine focuses on Alabama music
http://blog.al.com/mcolurso/2010/12/oxford_magazine_focuses_on_ala.html
An Apple a Day Part 2
http://www.beatlesnews.com/news/the-beatles/201011301518/an-apple-a-day-badfinger-ass.html
The National Wildlife Federation now has an online music store
http://www.newsjunkyjournal.com/online-music-store-for-national-wildlife-federation-revealed/256454/
SCOTUS declines to hear a downloading case
http://kgnb.am/radio/news/no-supreme-court-hearing-san-antonio-music-downloader-101
Roy Clark sighting
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/dec/re01Roy_Clark_Joins_Brad_Paisley_On_Stage.shtml
It's "Shaft"-can ya dig it?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/entertainment/4414400/Its-Shaft-can-ya-dig-it
'Ulupalakua sparkles
http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/502468/-Ulupalakua-Sparkles.html?nav=39
And Happy 50th Birthday to Utah public radio station KUER
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/50779969-81/kuer-station-party-williams.html.csp
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Hump Day Music Digest
Midweek with Uncle Tom
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Talking Story with Rickie Lee Jones
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20101129_Rickie_Lee_Jones_on_Bix__Billie_and_the_art_of_song.html
The Jetson Travel Guitar!
http://www.gizmag.com/dan-mapp-jetson-travel-guitar-with-split-aluminum-neck/17114/
Hum bucking pedal juice
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/11/hum-bucking-pedal-juice-powers-guitar-effects-pedals/
Gifts and gadgets replacing CDs as gifts?
http://www.mercurynews.com/holidays/ci_16737469?nclick_check=1
Get Back, Loretta
http://www.examiner.com/las-vegas-in-national/love-at-mirage-get-back-loretta
An Apple a Day
http://www.beatlesnews.com/news/the-beatles/201011291521/an-apple-a-day-badfinger-straight-up.html
BB King ain't dead
http://www.14wfie.com/story/13583596/false-rumors-spread-about-death-of-blues-legend
A new film about CBGB's
http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2010/11/30/cbgbs-talking-heads-ramones-more-in-film-about-the-sainted-club/
And Soulsville is back
http://www.list.co.uk/article/30989-soulsville-aim-to-rejuvenate-music-from-the-40s-and-50s/
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
A gift guide for classical music
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/homeentertainment/la-ca-classical-gift-guide-20101129,0,1269005.story
Talking Story with Richard Page
http://smashinginterviews.com/interviews/musicians/richard-page-interview-mr-mister-founder-on-his-latest-album-peculiar-life
Remembering the passing of Hari
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/nov/29Anniversary_of_George_Harrisons_Death.shtml
David Lynch gets the Blues
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/11/david-lynch-plotting-modern-blues-album-drops-digital-single.html
Sick of the same old holiday songs?
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101129/entlife/712039997/
A new record label: Swississippi!
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/arts-and-entertainment/New-Swississippi-Records-Label-Features-Rising-Blues-Stars-110973849.html
Slap that bass
http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/11/peter-hook-amy-rigby-wreckless-eric-black-cat-930-iota-ted-garber.php
Fess Fest
http://www.jambands.com/news/2010/11/29/fess-fest-the-music-of-professor-longhair
Latest court news on file-sharing
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/alito_dissents_from_cert_denial_in_music_downloading_case_again_texas_teen/
And for 40 years, they have been Asleep
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704635704575604851933312196.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Where musicians play for fun
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-ca-jazz-clubs-20101128,0,3550537.story?track=rss
Dave Brubeck's back at the Blue Note
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/arts/music/29brubeck.html?_r=1
Handbells in concert in Hawai'i
http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/dakine/20101128_Da_Kine.html
Limited-edition Lucilles
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101128/NEWS/11280341
Guitars from Sheep Ranch
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101128/A_BIZ/11280308/-1/a_news05
Jeff Beck honors Les Paul
http://technorati.com/entertainment/tv/article/jeff-beck-honors-les-paul-mdash/
Book review: "How Music Works"
http://technorati.com/entertainment/music/article/book-review-how-music-works-the/
Another roundup of box-set reviews
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_16711206
Deep in the soul of Texas
http://photographyblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/11/deep-in-the-soul-of-texas---se.html
And Poogie Bell sighted in London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8d3b7942-f987-11df-9e29-00144feab49a.html
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Remembering Krash
http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20101127_Krash_nurtured_local_music.html
Norwegian jazz comes to California
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/28/3210671/norwegian-jazz-reaches-the-mondavi.html
Checking out the new Keith Urban CD
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_16717406
From Haiti to Canada, tunes personal and political
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/arts/music/28playlist.html?_r=1
Another cool new band name: Great Big Sea
http://www.thespec.com/whatson/music/article/279265--great-big-music-from-great-big-sea
A Creole Christmas in Indiana
http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101126/NEWS0107/311269998/1002/NEWS01&nav_category=NEWS01
Looking back at D & B
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=25119
John Scofield in Paris
http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/430792_149099-blogcritics.org.html
Ride Captain Ride
http://wizbangpop.com/2010/11/27/cd-review-blues-image-ride-captain-ride-anthology-of-the-classics/
And a new video look at Arhoolie Records
http://elcerrito.patch.com/articles/video-arhoolie-records-and-a-man-who-enriched-the-treasury-of-recorded-music
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
A painful history retold thru jazz music
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/26/david-becker-batavia/
Gift ideas for the classical and jazz fans
http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_16694104?nclick_check=1
Dan Hicks heads to Wolf Trap
http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/out-and-about-dc/2010/nov/26/wolf-trap-dan-hicks-and-hot-licks-appear-saturday-/
Willie Nelson on piano jazz
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/24/131571288/willie-nelson-on-piano-jazz
A visit to the L. Ron Hubbard Golden Age Theatre
http://www.laweekly.com/events/the-l-ron-hubbard-golden-age-theatre-887912/
Patrick Wolf does Joni Mitchell
http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/1693543437/watch-patrick-wolf-covers-joni-mitchell
Island Mele
http://www.staradvertiser.com/columnists/20101126_Lavapalooza_takes_a_turn_on_tiki_sound.html
Honoring a blind guitarist
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-11-26-hall-of-fame_N.htm
Proof the NFL hates you?
http://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/music/NFL-Appoints-Black-Eyed-Peas-To-Play-Super-Bowl-Halftime-Because-They-Hate-You-110860759.html
And a chat with Syl Johnson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-1126-syl-johnson-20101126,0,3555052.column
Friday, November 26, 2010
Snowy Friday Music Digest
The Beatles have a not-too-shabby first week on iTunes
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/11/24/2010-11-24_the_beatles_conquer_itunes_in_just_a_week_selling_over_14m_songs_in_us_let_it_be.html
Something old, something new
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-11-26-something-old-new
More in Texas than just Stupid Music
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/1128glsunlede.27f6c3e.html
Remembering George in L.A.
http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201011241910/george-harrison-remembered-on-nov-29-at-his-walk-of-fame-star.html
N.O. Musicians keep busy post-Katrina
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12244581
Another new ookelele sensation
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/4393798/Ukulele-talent-plays-with-his-teeth
A hula tribute to Pele
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/hawaiialaska/iKona-Hula-Halaui-pays-tribute-to-the-goddesses-iPelei-and-iHiiakaikapoliopelei-109258869.html
Elvis was more pop star than you may think
http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/scene/article/702405--elvis-was-more-pop-star-than-you-may-think
Jazz for Haiti in New Jersey
http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2010/11/26/new_jersey/arts_and_entertainment/21.txt
And Aloha and R.I.P. to Hawaiian radio legend Krash Kealoha
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13569195
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Turkey Day Music Digest
Life through a lens
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/25/ernest-cole-david-goldblatt-apartheid-photography
December's schedule for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem
http://www.gratefulweb.com/newswire/jazz/national-jazz-museum-in-harlem-2010-december-schedule.html
The Four Freshmen team up with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra
http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/entertainment/2432853-421/jazz-chicago-orchestra-freshmen-calderon.html
A Florida ookelele shop makes beautiful music-and money!
http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/november/176420/Clearwater-ukulele-shop-makes-beautiful-music--and-money
Stupid Music with Cowboy Bob
http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/on_air/mark_allen/visiting-with-cowboy-bob
New Orleans Nights
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/on-new-orleans-nights-tour-allen-toussaint-legs-out-a-victory/article1812015/
Horn Tootin'
http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/Happy-Hour/November-2010/Horn-Tootin-rsquo/
Pete Best goes back to school
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/the-beatles/the-beatles-news/2010/11/24/former-beatles-drummer-pete-best-hits-right-note-with-pupils-of-west-derby-s-st-paul-s-juniors-100252-27703364/
Painting Blues/Jazz history in oils
http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=136275
And Happy....Thanksgiving....from....W....K....R....P
http://www.hulu.com/watch/322/wkrp-in-cincinnati-turkeys-away
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Over the River and Thru the Woods Music Digest
Uncle Tom is Gobblin'
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Godfathers of Rock: the top 10 rock and roll managers
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/godfathers_of_rock_the_top_10_rock_and_roll_managers.html
"All Things Must Pass" live onstage
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/48/24_harrisontribute_2010_11_26_bk.html
A new podcast features Kermit Ruffins
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/11/new-podcast-hear-kermit-ruffins-abigail-washburn-and-much-more/1
Walter Payton's jazz funeral in New Orleans
http://www.offbeat.com/2010/11/23/walter-payton-memorial-and-second-line-photo-slideshow/
Axl Rose sues Activision
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12229187
R.I.P. to bluesman Albert "Little Smokey" Smothers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-obit-smothers,0,4787752.story
Preview of the Adelaide Guitar Fest
http://australia.broadwayworld.com/article/Master_Guitarists_Participate_in_Adelaide_Guitar_Festival_112528_20101123
Roadhouse Clams
http://www.examiner.com/shore-in-baltimore/roadhouse-clams-q-a
And Junior Brown brings his Guit-Steel to Maine
http://www.sunjournal.com/encore/story/946859