Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Now Adding: Reviews!

I've had a lot of correspondence from various kind folks in the music biz asking me if I would be kind enough to review their wares. I am going to start a once-a-week album review with 1-2 paragraph reviews of 3-5 new releases each week.

If you have a new release you'd like me to review, give me a shout! I'll have the first one up in a couple of days.

Hump Day Music Digest

Midweek = Uncle Tom Moffatt

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

Los Lobos not running on all cylinders, no problem!

http://www.dfw.com/2010/03/23/253737/shorthanded-los-lobos-still-find.html

She and Him Volume 2 reviewed

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/03/she-him-volume-two/

Review: Rebecca Kilgore and PDXV

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=52157

Making music with a message

http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/features/3499548/Making-music-with-a-message

Jake Shimabukuro thanks youtube

http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2010/03/jake-shimabukuro-thanks-youtube

Sting auctions a guitar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8582358.stm

Ziggaboogaloo

http://www.neworleans.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=357585&catid=373&Itemid=2322

Preview of the Saratoga Jazz Fest

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=52211

And R.I.P. to New Orleans blues queen Marva Wright

http://www.neworleans.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=358560&catid=373&Itemid=2322

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Sat. Music Digest

A Jersey native brings Hawaiian music to NYC

http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/music/88713747_Bergenfield_guitarist_found_his_heart_and_soul_in_Hawaii.html

Us Five

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_14698498?nclick_check=1

Remembering Stupid Music songwriter Cindy Walker

http://www.carlisleindependent.com/articles/2010/03/19/entertainment/ent01.txt

She and Him play NRBQ music at SXSW

http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/19/she-and-him-sxsw/

A new Neil Young documentary

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10150124

Bach Around The Clock

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/03/a_little_night_music_bach_arou.html

Breaking on Thru

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100319/AE/100319781/1077&ParentProfile=1058

Blues Cruise 2010 pics

http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/03/19/photo-gallery-the-legendary-blues-cruise-february-2010/

Son of Paul speaks

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/03/19/james-mccartney-on-living-in-the-shadow-of-father-sir-paul-91466-26063534/

And what's up this weekend at Ram's Head

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/ent/2010/03/18-03/Music-Box-Kick-off-your-weekend-with-a-dose-of-rock-at-Rams-Head-Live.html

Facebook Plug!

Latest musical friends added: JON POUSETTE-DART, JEFFREY FOSKETT (BRIAN WILSON's bandleader) and Holy Modal Rounder founder PETER STAMPFEL. Click on my FB badge and come on over!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Facebook Plug

Be sure to visit my Facebook page for more musical mayhem. Latest musical friends added include singer and social activist JOSH WHITE JR. and one of the funniest people in rock, HOWARD KAYLAN, aka "FLO".

Thursday Music Digest

Broken Bells, Broken Bells

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/03/09/album-review-broken-bells-broken-bells/

The Coconuts

http://www.newbritainherald.com/articles/2010/03/10/entertainment/doc4b985f821c9a4197599822.txt

Rice terraces, jazz music

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/247221/rice-terraces-jazz-music

Patti Austin sighting

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-austin_0311gd.ART.State.Edition1.4b82b8a.html

The Wheel at 40

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/Even-after-40-years_-Asleep-at-the-Wheel-keeps-spinning-87162152.html

Another great new band name: The Burning Hell

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=141&csid2=844&fid1=44933

A one track mind about...8 tracks

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704754604575095310056590490.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTTopCarousel

Here comes the Son

http://paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=130120&newlang=&topic=34&catid=58

A new music fest in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2010/03/forburg_music_festival_offers.html

And Vicksburg needs a Juke Joint

http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2010/03/10/news/doc4b97ba31c1ed2562268500.txt

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Sunday Music Digest

An African jazz guitarist stays true to his roots

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030405774.html

Ray Smith and His Jazz Decades-forever young

http://www.tauntongazette.com/opinions/opinion_columnists/x1224399090/CHARLES-WINOKOOR-Ray-Smith-and-his-Jazz-Decades-are-forever-young

A fusion of African music and the world

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/03/07/a_fusion_of_african_music_and_the_world/

Classic art set to music

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/86426132.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

The Museum of Making Music turns 10

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/carlsbad/article_95a9d58a-4c97-5736-8759-327af40163a1.html

The New Wave of Old School mashups

http://durangoherald.com/events/event/?this=6326

Interview with Playboy Jazz Fest emcee Bill Cosby

http://www.sbsun.com/living/ci_14526116

Jazzed and jittery about JazzFest

http://www.statesman.com/life/travel/jazzed-and-a-little-jittery-about-new-orleans-324974.html

Slash sighted

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6250OI20100306?type=entertainmentNews

Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion

http://www.sfstation.com/zakir-hussain-s-masters-of-percussion-e776001

Blues on the Corner

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35624

Another great new band name-Thirsty Perch

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/03/no_bar_band_here_thirsty_perch.html

Sunday With The Stooges

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FasjaBm7hRw

A rare Pink Floyd torrent

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=293199&hit=1

And a Sunday Oldie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMwxucTJyo&feature=email

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Happy 105th!

Click the post title for Bob at Work

Saturday Music Digest

Another bounty of info

Folk songs for jazzers

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35735

The unsure artists

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703807904575097390662423192.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

Duke Dorsey

http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/86694062.html

This week in Stupid Music History

http://www.kera.org/artandseek/content/2010/03/05/this-week-in-texas-music-history-bob-wills/

More stupid music from Red Molly

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/92/2010/march/05/americana-trio-red-molly-to-appear-at-concerts-at-the-crossing.html

Preview of today's huge ookelele festival in the 50th State

http://www.hawaii247.org/2010/03/05/great-waikoloa-ukulele-festival-march-6/

A Haitian singer and his guitar fight the urge to weep

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/world/americas/05haitimusic.html

Preview of next month's Long Island Guitar Festival

http://www.cwpost.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/pr/press/2010/025.html

Red Green sighting

http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2010/03/incoming_red_green_at_the_uptown.php

Timbuktu, the birthplace of...the blues?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0305/Timbuktu-the-birthplace-of-blues

The LA Times reviews the "new" Jimi Hendrix album

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/03/album-review-jimi-hendrixs-valleys-of-neptune.html

Off With Her Head!

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/03/05/off-with-her-head-sammy-davis-jr-is-a-caterpillar/

A Traveling Wilburys reunion

http://www.genesis-publications.com/News/Where-were-you-last-night-Traveling-Wilburys-in-LA/0503

And an interview with Nashville's Chris Scruggs, who didn't meet his Grandpa Earl until just recently!

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2010/03/chris_scruggs_the_cream_interv.php

Friday, March 5, 2010

Lagniappe Friday Music Digest

Time to Experience Hendrix

http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1206

An interview with Chris Scruggs

http://blogs.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/2010/03/chris_scruggs_the_cream_interv.php

Java Jazz in Indonesia

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/05/java-jazz-conquers-international-music-scene.html

Terence Blanchard-a flood of emotion

http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_14517630

Preview of this year's Sonoma Jazz Fest

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2010/03/05/sonoma-jazz-to-feature-elvis-costello-csn-ewf/

Previewing the Bob Wills Birthday Celebration

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0310/712839.html

Tripping Lily alert

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100304/ENTERTAIN/100309927/-1/NEWSMAP

Another great new band name-The Clientele

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-clientele5-2010mar05,0,3387329.story

"United Breaks Guitars"-the threequel

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/united-breaks-guitar-6534/

Art Garfunkel comes to New Hampshire

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100304/GJENTERTAINMENT_01/703049966/-1/FOSNEWS

The blues got the blues

http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2813:the-blues-got-the-blues&catid=30:cover-story&Itemid=375

A bill to aid needy blues musicians in Mississippi

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9E80V9G0.htm

Return of the Brothers Cazimero

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100304/GETPUBLISHED/3040382

Much ado about music

http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=6671

And Bethel Woods in New York is looking for customer number 500,000

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100304/ENT04/100304008/Bethel-Woods-looking-for-customer-number-500-000

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Lagniappe Thursday Music Digest

Had another backlog today...this might be the case for a couple of weeks while SXSW is going on.

Ernie Isley sighted

http://www.urbannetwork.com/cms/index.php?news=1980

Hawai'i goes to SXSW

http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/02/sxsw-2010-kona/

A review of the new Pres Hall album

http://www.advancetitan.com/titan-style/music-review-preservation-hall-jazz-band-preservation-an-album-to-benefit-preservation-hall-1.1221170

A review of Ars Nova-didn't know they were still around!

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/86311237.html

Irish Eyes

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/articleid/340647/newspaperid/2945/Rich_jazz_history_defines_city.aspx

Jazz in Greenwich Village

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_367/villageresident.html

Horns of Plenty in LAX

http://www.laweekly.com/2010-03-06/music/brick-s-picks-horns-of-plenty/

Stupid Music with the Wilcox Cowbelles

http://www.willcoxrangenews.com/articles/2010/03/03/news/news14.txt

Harp Therapy

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/March-2010/Harp-Therapy/

Mama Africa

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/ArtsandCulture/x2/Entertainment/5531901-146/story.csp

Euclid Records opens another store in N'Orleans

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/03/euclid_records_opening_store_new_orleans_louisiana_st_louis_record_store.php

Farewell to Buffalo's Lafayette Tap Room

http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/03/975206/for-iconic-blues-bar-the-song.html

Celebrating Luther Allison

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/luther-allison-0303/

Beethoven to interpret The Moody Blues

http://www.catholic.org/hf/family/story.php/story.php?id=35649

And a review of Tuesday night's WHO Tribute in NYC

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/03/the_who_tribute_everyone_from.html