Paying tribute also to those still serving!
She & Him meet Big Al from NRBQ!
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/concert-review-she-him-at-the/
An outlaw retracing his journey
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2010/0531/1224271502854.html
Wake up with Stupid Music
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/95151239.html
Preview of today's Jazz Reggae Festival
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-picks31-20100531,0,3542388.story
Arthur Brown and his Crazy World
http://www2.seattlepi.com/articles/420865.html
Going to the Symphony in Dallas with Elvis Costello
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-costello31_0531gd.State.Edition1.a2623b.html
A visit to Guitar Bob's
http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2010/05/at_guitar_bobs_its_kind_of_mes.html
Day 1 of the Sasquatch Fest in Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2010/05/sasquatch_day_one.html
Recap of Bayou Country Superfest
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/05/notes_on_keith_urban_and_the_f.html
And another roundup of new CDs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/arts/music/31choice.html
Monday, May 31, 2010
Memorial Day Music Digest
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
A new album and tour by Elvin Bishop...he'll be here in NH in August
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/may/re28Blues_Legend_Elvin_Bishop_Announces_New_Album_and_Tour.shtml
Recap of the Northwest Folklife Fest
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2011981568_folklife29.html?prmid=head_more
My Meltdown, by Richard Thompson
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/30/richard-thompson-meltdown-festival
Friday night's National Air Guitar event in Vegas
http://www.lvrj.com/multimedia/Air-Guitar-Championship-95186559.html
Guitar Mac sighted
http://www.mediasyndicate.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15535
Stupid Music in the garden
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/05/29/2226530/asleep-at-the-wheel-performs-at.html
Recap of the Edmond Jazz Festival in OK
http://www.newsok.com/edmond-jazz-festival-welcomes-music-lovers-warm-temperatures/article/3464907
Preview of Atlanta Jazz 2010
http://music.spreadit.org/atlanta-jazz-festival-2010/
Cassandra Wilson continues to surprise
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2011962164_cassandra30.html
And Stupid Music from a different era
http://www.mywesttexas.com/articles/2010/05/29/news/opinion/columns/gary_ott/doc4c01dd51a489e915665758.txt
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
Twin Cities Jazz
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/05/28/music-twin-cities-jazz-festival-brings-one-best-lineups-weve-ever-had-mears-park
Duke Ellington's America
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/28/AR2010052801855.html
Amanda Palmer meets Radiohead
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/05/amanda-palmer-radiohead-and-a-ukelele.html
Endangered sites in New Orleans
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/new_orleans_nine_most_endanger.html
Preview of Sunday's Bayou and Boogie Fest here in New England
http://www.warwickonline.com/view/full_story_news/7733417/article-Bayou-N--Boogie-Fest-kicks-off-New-England-Festival-season-in-new-location?instance=home_news_right
A new review of an old guitar
http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Jun/Danelectro_59_Original_Electric_Guitar_Review.aspx
Gibson names its greatest guitar player
http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/Jimi-Hendrix-named-as-greatest-guitar-player/1QU/2010-05-28
A George guitar for sale
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB127499425014997925.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Tacoma Jazz and Blues
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/28/1203931/jazz-for-kids-young-at-heart.html
And Starkey goes to the Chelsea Flower Show!
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/lakes/chelsea-flower-show-garden-is-fab-says-ringo-starr-jayne-torvill-and-piers-morgan-1.712101?referrerPath=news/
Friday, May 28, 2010
Friday Music Digest
Friday Buffalo Springfield music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm6NeM-6vBE
Update on the Beatles Ookelele Project
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7770768/The-Beatles-recreated-on-ukulele.html
Previewing the upcoming London Jazz Festival
http://www.metro.co.uk/music/828196-the-london-jazz-festival-nice
Molly Ringwald sings jazz?
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/28/2782796/jazz-fest-fills-generation-gap.html
More rumors about Rock Band 3
http://www.pcworld.com/article/197373/rumor_rock_band_3_to_ship_with_a_keytar.html
How guitars killed "American Idol"
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/american-idol/how-guitars-killed-american-id-36851.aspx
Who's playing in NYC this weekend
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/arts/music/28pop.html
The Grateful Dead...with a New Orleans accent
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/05/27/entertainment/doc4bfd8bac9d30d567444897.txt
A Cajun and Creole music fest in LA
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pickcajun27-20100527,0,3410174.story
And Rolling Stone's list of the best Beatles songs
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/27/entertainment/main6524204.shtml
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Soon Come!
I had originally planned to publish a review of the new Bill Kirchen album here today, but got massively slowed down over the past 48 hours by a major ISP problem with my internet folks. I will try and get it up tomorrow!
Thursday Music Digest
Another view of concert boycotts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/may/26/musicians-boycott-countries
Preview of Rock the Bells 2010 on Governors Island in NY Harbor
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/05/rock_the_bells_8.html
Jimmie Rodgers remembered
http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/94953519.html?ref=519
The 2010 Philadelphia Music Project
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100526006146&newsLang=en
The 5 Greatest Songs of All Time?
http://www.wbbm780.com/The-Five-Greatest-Songs-of-All-Time/7328933
R.I.P. to New Orleans singer Bobby Blanque
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/05/new_orleans_crooner_bobby_blan.html
Rockin' the Racetrack
http://www.voice-tribune.com/index.cfm?action=app.showDetail&pageid=212&item=1956
A new Hawaiian All-Star band
http://honoluluweekly.com/hotpicks/2010/05/new-hawaiian-all-star-band/
The Opry reopens in Memphis after the flood-in its former location
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jAtTXP-YUOo2mWC8hLKaJ4sTMbBwD9FU91U05
And improvisational music does not equal jazz
http://www.newsrecord.org/living/entertainment/improvisational-music-does-not-equal-jazz-1.2269990
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
Jazz Futurist, Mad Scientist
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575123893405940402.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4
Connie Francis and "Where The Boys Are"
http://www.herald-review.com/app/blogs/timcain/?p=2018
Frank's Place lives!
http://www.offbeat.com/2010/05/24/franks-place-tonight/
Scorsese's other music movie
http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/628569248/scorsese-wants-al-pacino-robert-de-niro-to-play
Bettye LaVette sings British Rock
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/05/bettye_lavette_sings_british_r.html
Concert review: He Said, She Said
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-peter-karp-sue-foley/
Ringo comes to PBS
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gYFZjFPiJ3XWbwuYPCFUYNo5haVAD9FTCPD80
An old Grover Washington show resurfaces
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100518_New_album_records_Grover_Washington_Jr__s_concert_show_from_summer__97.html
Lineup for this year's Austin City Limits Festival
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/austin-city-limits-festival-announces-lineup/
And Marvin Gaye will get the biopic treatment
http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/05/17/marvin-gaye-biopic-on-the-way-courtesy-of-cameron-crowe/
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Jacksonville Jazz time
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=156451&catid=3
A review of this past weekend's Sonoma Jazz
http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_15146803?nclick_check=1
A song for the troops
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100523/NEWS/5230322/-1/newsmap
Brah Hugh's former business partner in trouble
http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20100524082850348
A new ookelele project in the works from Radiohead
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/events/Amanda-Palmer-Reveals-Radiohead-Ukulele-Project-in-Works-94693794.html
New CDs in review
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/arts/music/24choice.html
Bert Jansch sighting
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100523/SCENE04/5230333/1011/Influences+%7C+Bert+Jansch++Edinburgh+folk+guitar+legend
Painting singers on guitars
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100523/NEWS01/5230315/Michigan-man-finds-joy-in-painting-singers-on-guitars
On the trail to Ferriday
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2010/may/23/ferriday-joins-mississippi-blues-trail/
And is Treme still great?
http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/heather_havrilesky/2010/05/22/treme_bold_but_uneven/
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
The real Ritchie Valens
http://newyorknewsbreak.com/the-real-ritchie-valens-la-bamba-092575
Making the scene behind Treme
http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/us/articles/2010/05/23/making_the_scene_behind_treme/
Neil Young sighting
http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100522rocker_neil_mixes_new_material_with_good_old_young/srvc=home&position=recent
Yardbirds...
http://events.nydailynews.com/new-york-ny/events/show/97533565-the-yardbirds
Vintage rock and midlife heartaches
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/arts/music/23play.html
The Doctor is In
http://musicremedy.com/d/dr-john/album/tribal-8679.html
Dallas-an early hotbed for the blues?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/125th/newsevents/stories/052110dnmetblues.26f8d88c.html
Jazz Wars
http://www.offbeat.com/2010/05/22/jazz-wars-return/
Eddie Kamae gets a high school diploma!
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Eddie-Kamae-2010-Farrington-High-School-Graduate/Mre2_MZfy0GuMYLTtBKV9g.cspx
And Aloha and R.I.P. to Hawaiian music club owner Hank McKeague
http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/woodcraft/20100522_Kapahulus_Hank_McKeague_80_had_a_significant_lifetime.html
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
Iconic images of the 1960s
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/21/1961042/iconic-images-of-the-1960s.html
McCartney tour coming to Utah for the very first time
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/paul-mccartney-tour-2010-coming-to-utah_100367597.html
Buddy Guy sighting
http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/177/2010/may/21/buddy-guy-doing-his-part-to-keep-the-blues-alive.html
Folk music with a Brooklyn accent
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250813686598420.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
FUSE TV will air the Gulf Aid concert tonight in a 1 hour special
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fuse-to-air-gulf-aid-concert-for-the-coast-saturday-may-22nd-at-11pm-et--10pm-ct-94606074.html
Review of some new CDs
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64K63I20100521
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
http://www.saratoga.com/today/2010/05/sarah-borges-and-the-broken-singles.html
Reliving the glory days of Stupid Music
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704446704575206232057285168.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4
100 years of Artie Shaw
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126972706&ps=cprs
And a preview of the Hoku Awards
http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100521_gilliom_and_guerrero_predicted_to_win_hokus.html
Friday, May 21, 2010
Friday Music Digest
New music from Keola Beamer
http://www.lahainanews.com/page/content.detail/id/500910/Beamer-and-Helm-to-debut--songs-from-their-new-CD.html?nav=19
A music hall sways to its own beat
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/arts/music/21barge.html
Taking Dizzy's music to exotic places
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-0521-mkoj-20100521,0,1071480.column
T Bone Burnett rides shotgun with Willie for some Stupid Music
http://www.straight.com/article-324802/vancouver/instant-playlist-may-20-2010
Update on Radio Free Oz
http://www.podcastalley.com/
A memorial concert Sunday in Sonoma for a murdered guitar maker
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100520/ENTERTAINMENT/100519463/1033
Ben Harper has the Blues
http://www.metrosantacruz.com/metro-santa-cruz/05.19.10/sc-blues-festival-1020.html
Music fests this summer in the French Riviera
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-05-20/concerts-music-clubs/music-jazzes-up-the-french-riviera-this-summer
Distant Relatives
http://www.jconline.com/article/20100520/ENT06/5200306
And it's almost All Starr Band time
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018747588
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
The Smothers Brothers go "on sabbatical"
http://www.aolnews.com/entertainment/article/smothers-brothers-retire-and-tom-explains-why/19482530
What was your last download?
http://www.theledger.com/article/20100520/ENTERTAINMENT/100519685?Title=What-Was-Your-Last-Download-
Big Red
http://www.kcfreepress.com/news/2010/may/17/Hacienda-big-red-and-barbacoa/
Cyndi Lauper sings...the blues?
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20386370,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
A new Rolling Stones video
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/online_downloads/the_rolling_stones_debut_new_music_video_following_the_river.html
Traveling
http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Music/EDC100520-0000058/Traveling-Wilburys,-Volume-1---The-Traveling-Wilburys-(1988)
A celebration of Sidney Bechet
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/music/20jazz.html
A preview of this weekend's Bayou Boogaloo Festival
http://www.neworleans.com/food/new-orleans-food/396718-bayou-boogaloo-the-kinder-gentler-festival.html
Stupid Music in the Twin Cities this weekend
http://www.mchnews.com/articles/2010/05/19/news/top_stories_and_breaking_news/doc4bf3dbe3de018477378795.txt
And a Houston concert organizer gets busted for fraud
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7013114.html
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Midweek Music Digest
Uncle Tom checks in
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
A tribute to T-Bone Wolk
http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/index.php?page=ep30
Another great band name-The Fabulous Unexpected. And they do NRBQ songs, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrVTSzGkrI
Preview of the upcoming Mana Maoli Collective concert series
http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/05/18/mana-maoli-collective-concert-series-may-21-29/
Previewing summer music in St. Louis
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2010-05-19/music/sweet-vibes-summertime-st-louis-sound-music/
A jazzman's final refuge
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/a-jazzmans-final-refuge/
Stupid Music from Nokomis
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/entertainment/94204474.html
Peter Frampton talks about his talking guitar
http://www.spinner.com/2010/05/18/peter-frampton-talking-guitar-box-origin/
A release date announced for the new George Harrison movie
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/george_harrison_film_to_be_released_in_2011.html
And Happy 50th birthday to an iconic Saratoga NY coffeehouse, Lena's
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipi-a4f66ia7mBg2YDVPWR-h6hcgD9FP8JCO1
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
Laughs with Paulie
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/sir-paul-mccartney-wanted-reunion-laughs_1142840
Blues Power Rankings!
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/blues-power-rankings-janiva-magness-ascends/
Wrap of the Tennessee Flood Aid show
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9cuUFp8LKSNvluljfLcZ0ZgBu9gD9FOHPLG0
Melissa!
http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-melissa-auf-der-maur-from-danzig-to-let-the-right-one-in/6829502
A new music video shot in New Orleans
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1639336/20100517/mystikal.jhtml
Top 10 DIO songs
http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/05/17/top-10-dio-songs/
R.I.P. to jazz pianist Hank Jones
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2010/jazz-pianist-and-aint-misbehavin-music-director-ha_27465.html
And to jazz artist John DeFoor
http://dailybreaknews.com/music-loses-great-jazz-artist-john-defoor/01651
Patti Page returns
http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/6675/that-singing-rage-miss-patti-page-returns
And Tippy Canoe
http://www.pr-inside.com/uke-slinger-guitarist-tippy-canoe-brings-r1897450.htm
Monday, May 17, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Stupid Music 101 at Cain's Ballroom
http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1827:cains-101-with-asleep-at-the-wheel&catid=55:out-a-about&Itemid=111
R.I.P. to Ronnie James Dio, who was born right here in New Hampshire
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ronnie-james-dio-20100517,0,6407628.story
Return of Crash Test Dummies
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/magazine/article/1055394
New CD roundup from the NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/arts/music/17choi.html
Gibson Guitars in short supply
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100516/BUSINESS01/5160339/-1/WORKAROUND01
Wrapup of yesterday's Gulf Aid concert
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCDatHiKDIJ8nfs-4JNxIwwD5zegD9FO6TQ07
The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inducts another one
http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20100516/ARTICLES/100519412/1026
Music Farm
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/05/music_farm_good_music_for_grea.html
Review of the Kathmandu Blues Festival
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1278841/Nepals-Kathmandu-Blues-Festival-lets-good-times-roll.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
And remastering a masterpiece
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/16/re_release_of_exile_on_main_street_stokes_nostalgia_anticipation/
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Sunday Dixie Cups
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oks7cuxhc20
Concert review: Ozomati
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/05/show_review_ozomatli_duck_room_blueberry_hill_st_louis_may_14_2010.php
Johnny Winter added to Crossroads
http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-johnny-winter-added-crossroads-guitar-festival-2010-lineup
Scorsese talks about his new George Harrison movie
http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/scorsese-in-post-with-george-harrison-doc/5013927.article
R.I.P. to LA trombone legend Rob McConnell
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rob-mcconnell-20100516,0,5307387.story
"We Want Miles"
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_680972.html
A new collection of classic Appalachian blues
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125995384&ps=cprs
A new biography of IZ
http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100514_new_iz_bio_gets_things_right.html
More than a midget guitar
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Local/2010/05/14/More-Than-a-Midget-Guitar-The-Mighty-Uke/115-055ae9f1d7
And nearly-live CTP
http://www.paulsvault.net/Jam%20Up.mp3
Saturday, May 15, 2010
(Shortened) Saturday Music Digest
Sorry for the abbreviated version today, have to work!
Catching up with Connecticut's hottest new band, The Shinolas
http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-hc-shinolas-shows-tapas-hart.artmay15,0,6744771.story
Stupid Music with Little Miss Higgins
http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/93806569.html
A special travel deal for jazz fans
http://www.ajc.com/travel/special-travel-deal-for-527404.html
R.I.P. to organist Rosa Rio, age 107
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/arts/music/15rio.html
And George's Strat
http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/George-Harrison-used-Fender-Stratocaster-on-many-great-Beatles-songs/1NY/2010-05-14
Friday, May 14, 2010
TGIF Music Digest
Preview of this summer's Flood City Music Fest in Johnstown PA
http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=22782
A look at this year's Hawai'i Book and Music Festival
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100513/GETPUBLISHED/5120391
Weekend jazz in NYC
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/arts/music/14jazz.html
Chicago venues that matter
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ott-0514venues-fill-20100514,0,6716842.story
Original NRBQ vocalist Frankie Gadler sighted
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/05/14/entertainment/doc4bec775c2abfb723922360.txt
Six String Evolution
http://top40-charts.com/news/Jazz/Andreas-Oberg-Leader-Of-The-Guitar-Universe-Releases-Six-String-Evolution/56192.html
A new album from some Marley kids
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/05/nas_and_damian_marley_team_up.html
Rebirth
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/93700384.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ
A visit with Corky Siegel
http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/05/13/features/1408343.txt
And a big weekend on tap at the Stupid Music Hall of Fame!
http://www.newstreamz.com/2010/05/13/western-swing-hall-of-fame-swings-this-weekend/
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
Checking out the Ookelele scene in Chicago
http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2010/05/12/not_playing_around_chicagos_ukulele_scene/
Preview of the upcoming Kalani Retreat
http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2010/05/12/read/a_and_e/arts06.txt
Stupid Music news
http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1819:asleep-at-the-wheel-pulls-into-bobs-place&catid=55:out-a-about&Itemid=111
Jazz Widows
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791704575114130638626588.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5
A Japanese-American band brings back Swing
http://www.pacificcitizen.org/site/details/tabid/55/selectmoduleid/373/ArticleID/607/reftab/36/title/Japanese_American_Tribute_Band_Makes_Swing_Music_Young/Default.aspx
Operation High Ground kicks off
http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1286
Keef Richards interview
http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/05/keith-richards-interview-exile-on-main-st-revisited.html
A new Ibanez guitar
http://www.pr-inside.com/rare-ibanez-uv77re-steve-vai-anniversary-r1886050.htm
Exploring the music of "Treme"
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/05/no-musician-delves-into-the-music-of-treme/1
And a new song by Gary Wright has some famous players helping
http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/05/12/gary-wright-satisfied/
Monday, May 10, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Integrating music and tourism in Hawai'i
http://www.eturbonews.com/16026/integrating-sustainability-and-hawaiian-culture-tourism-experien
The BU Medical Band finds a cure for stress
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1253387&srvc=home&position=also
New CD roundup
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/arts/music/10choi.html
The Smartphone Guitar
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/05/the-smartphone-guitar/
20 Questions with Cory Doctorow
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/125080-20-questions-cory-doctorow
In mobile age, sound quality steps back
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10audio.html
An indie that believes in CDs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10concord.html?src=busln
R.I.P. to Lena Horne
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-10/lena-horne-jazz-singer-who-broke-color-barriers-dies-at-92.html
Jazz invades Australia
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/crowd-pleasers-fill-city-with-jazz-vibe/story-e6frg8po-1225864231081
And catching up with jazz vocalist Nicolas Bearde
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/05/prweb3964434.htm
Sunday, May 9, 2010
May 9th Music Digest
Happy Mothers' Day to all the Moms out there!
R.I.P. to Afro-Cuban percussionist Francisco Aquabella
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-francisco-aguabella-20100509,0,6419187.story
A new mobile guitar
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/developer-creates-mobile-guitar-out-of-five-mobile-devices/3192
Make your own guitar slide
http://lifehacker.com/5534055/make-a-guitar-slide-from-a-wine-bottle-neck
Restoring the flood-damaged Grand Ole Opry
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011811769_floods08.html
Music Power Rankings
http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-5-8-music-power-rankings-nashville-won-t-be-eclipsed-by-other-national-disasters
Carly Simon finally makes a music video for "You're So Vain"?
http://www.bloginity.com/entertainment/tv-film/carly-simons-first-ever-youre-so-vain-music-video/22565/
Bad to the Bone
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/entertainment/93160664.html
Preview of next weekend's Hangout Music Fest
http://mulletwrapper.com/article.cfm?ID=1727
Flying Lotus soars
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704450504575223300541008086.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
And Mary Lou, we hardly knew ya!
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=55549
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
2010 Blues Music Awards winner list
http://www.examiner.com/x-32020-Atlanta-Blues-Examiner~y2010m5d7-Blues-Music-Award-winners-2010
A new album from The Holmes Brothers
http://www.helena-arkansas.com/entertainment/x1920412060/Holmes-Brothers-latest-album-showcases-rock-n-soul
A review of the new Shelby Lynne CD
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050602300.html
A new guitar!
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/07/ozartist-transforms-model-into-guitar-using-bodypaint.html
Solidbodies: the 50 year guitar war
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/05/07/guitarwar/
Musicians in Nashville dry out their guitars
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/arts/music/08country.html
Review of the recent Kokua Festival
http://kealakai.byuh.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2801&Itemid=78
Punks, Ookeleles, and Kiwis
http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/artsandentertainment/story.html?id=d047fc38-a164-4c92-b983-3fb53b0953db
A preview of summer music across New York City
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/arts/music/09web_poplistings.html
And a nice new cover of a classic NRBQ instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4iJyreeA8
Friday, May 7, 2010
TGIF Music Digest
Hugh Masekela is mad as hell!
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/masekela+rails+against+music+and+the+world+cup/3638492
A Google lawsuit on song copyrights
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195711/google_sues_for_decision_on_links_to_copyrighted_songs.html
Preview of this year's 31st annual Blues Awards
http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Event?oid=2056019
A new home for SF Jazz
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/06/MNN71D9TTO.DTL&type=music
Upcoming jazz in the Big Apple
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/arts/music/07jazz.html
Funky Meters
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/05/festival-spotlight-the-funky-meters/
Singing a farewell to Ernie Harwell
http://www.freep.com/article/20100506/SPORTS02/100506035/1321/
Preview of this year's Crossroads Guitar Festival
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5767215-eric-claptons-crossroads-guitar-festival-returns
Jazz and pops from the Detroit Symphony
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100507/ENT04/5070316/Detroit-Symphony-announces-jazz--pops-lineup-for-2010-11-season
And Time Changes Everything
http://muskogeephoenix.com/features/x1989604753/-Time-Changes-Everything
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
Buffalo's Thursday at The Square series announces lineup
http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76615&catid=13
Where Aerosmith REALLY came from
http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-people/aerosmith-biography.aspx
A new album from Keola Beamer
http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/keola-Beamer-And-Raiatea-Album-Released-Today/56010.html
May music reviews
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/may-music-reviews-lcd-soundsystem-band-of-horses-cocorosie/18455
Shorty goes big time
http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Shorty-goes-big-time/hFhsGG7E4kSV7Nir-1VV_A.cspx
Gaslight Anthem makes peace with American Airlines
http://www.spinner.com/2010/05/05/gaslight-anthem-american-airlines/
Review: Mark Knopfler in Boston
http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/music/x2084226900/Mark-Knopfler-delivers-at-the-Orpheum
Ookelele Fever
http://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/ukulele-fever-in-forbes/1822460.aspx
A new jazz label in Motown
http://www.freep.com/article/20100506/COL19/5060304/1038/ENT03/New-label-to-feature-local-music-acts-live-on-vinyl
And Happy 25th to Indian Hill Music
http://www.wickedlocal.com/littleton/fun/entertainment/x1381028025/Indian-Hill-Music-in-Littleton-marks-25th-birthday-with-gala-bash
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Cinco De Mayo Music Digest
Midweek = Uncle Tom Moffatt
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
HAPA coming to SF
http://events.sfgate.com/san-francisco-ca/events/show/116949925-hapa-at-stern-grove-festival
A preview of this September's Telluride Blues and Brew Fest
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=55250
Flood benefit and music info from Nashville
http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/05/03/flood-benefit-and-music-venue-updates/
Some final notes on JazzFest in New Orleans
http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/05/final_notes_on_aretha_franklin.html
Happy 100th to Norman Corwin
http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/archives/2010/05/04/happy_100th_norman_corwin
Willie on gambling, golf, guitars, and pot
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/05/willie_nelson_on_country_music.html
10 Jimmy Page quotes
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Revealing-Jimmy-Page-504/
Merle Haggard interview Part 3
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/05/merle-haggard-as-he-is-part-3/
And Happy Cinco de Mayo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz2dajJsd1o
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
Hawaiian music greets the new HAL Airbus
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawaiians-new-fleet-of-the-future-arrives-in-hawaii-92737759.html
A "bold new direction" for the Chicago Jazz Festival
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-0504-jazz-20100504,0,6706446.column
Lineup for the FIFA World Cup kickoff concert is announced:
http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/article432380.ece/Fifa-concert-ready-to-rock
Mariachi music for Cinco de Mayo
http://tmdcelebritynews.com/mariachi-music-a-cinco-de-mayo-holiday-tradition/013832
"Treme" Show 4 music recap
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/05/03/treme-recap-at-the-foot-of-canal-street/
Can famous people be normal?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-haisha/can-famous-people-be-norm_b_558169.html
Years of pain with Bettye LaVette
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/03/bettye_lavette_shares_the_years_of_pain/
A new album coming from Indigenous
http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3496:indigenous-to-release-anniversary-album&catid=44&Itemid=20
Review: Willie's new "Country Music"
http://www.highlandernews.org/arts-entertainment/cd-review-country-music-by-willie-nelson-1.1470997
And Gary Wright releases a new album too!
http://musicremedy.com/g/gary-wright/album/connected-8560.html
Monday, May 3, 2010
Monday Music Digest
JazzFest final wrap
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-05-03-jazzfestwraponline_ST_N.htm
A jazz mass in Rome
http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/7278364/article-St--Peter-s-Episcopal-church-offers-jazz-mass?instance=home_news
A girl and her guitar
http://www.lincolncourier.com/entertainment/x1042474964/Sound-Off-A-girl-and-her-guitar-light-up-the-Web
Mick Taylor sighting
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=927171&category=ARTS
A new Fred Fried album
http://www.wickedlocal.com/falmouth/fun/entertainment/music/x932360299/Orleans-Fred-Fried-releases-new-album
R.I..P. to folk music singer Susan Reed
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/arts/music/02reed.html
Oberlin opens a Jazz Building
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/04/30/entertainment/doc4bdae43a428ba537858335.txt
Some new CDs reviewed
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63T5PV20100430
"The Ghost of Christopher Wallace"
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1638214/20100430/story.jhtml
And hips don't lie!
http://www.collegian.com/index.php/article/2010/05/050310_luau
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Edgar Winter's still alive and well
http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2010m4d30-EXCLUSIVE-Edgar-Winter-says-hes-ready-to-rock-and-rollll-again-with-Ringo-this-year-Part-4
Best music choices for this final day of JazzFest in New Orleans
http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/05/best_of_jazz_fest_music_not_to_3.html
Jeff Beck plays KC
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/30/1914884/becks-guitar-speaks-volumes.html
Germain Bazzle dazzles
http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/05/germaine_bazzle_dazzles_at_new.html
Another band for Guitar Hero?
http://www.examiner.com/x-25487-Music-Video-Games-Examiner~y2010m5d1-Guitar-Hero-Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-on-the-way
4500 guitar players try to set a record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs7S9PcB5p8
Warren Buffett meets the Quebe Sisters
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowpics/5881121.cms
Stupid Music done rap style?
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/153243/t/Ke$ha%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Your-Love%E2%80%99-unforgiving/Default.aspx
Stevie Wonder does...jazz?
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/05/02/news/doc4bdcf5086d2e5893083204.txt
And put up your dukes!
http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100502put_up_your_dukes_foxboro_and_wrentham_bands_do_battle_at_ellington_jazz_festagain/srvc=home&position=also
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Lei Day Music Digest
Hawaiian Music still has a home in Waikiki
http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100430_hawaiian_music_still_thrives_in_waikiki.html
Retro Review: Ringo Starr's "Sentimental Journey"
http://www.theticker.org/about/2.8221/retro-review-ringo-starr-sentimental-journey-1970-1.2256370
Delbert McClinton does it his way
http://www.mexicoledger.com/entertainment/x1042474836/Music-Scene-McClinton-likes-doing-it-his-way
Streaming Sounds for May
http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/04/30/1447394/music-options-for-any-taste-on.html
A new book by New Orleans music legend Harold Battiste Jr.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/92448609.html
Previewing the Nashville-Area Guitar Festival
http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1638233/vince-gill-added-to-all-star-cast-at-nashville-area-guitar-festival.jhtml
Hag "as-is"
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/04/merle-haggard-as-he-is/
Previews of must-sees at JazzFest today
http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/best_of_jazz_fest_music_not_to_2.html
Roxy Music to play Montreux
http://www.kulr8.com/news/entertainment/?feed=bim&id=92497399
And the music brings authenticity to HBO's "Treme"
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-trememusic-20100501,0,4745182.story