Uncle Tom!
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Starkey is walking to New Orleans
http://www.neworleans.com/blog/414648-ringo-starr-in-concert-at-beau-rivage.html
Review: Steve Miller Band
http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/107619/steve_miller_band_bingo_review.php
Persian music from Mohsen
http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/15/mohsen-namjoo-strange-times/
What to download: new music this week
http://www.buzzsugar.com/New-Albums-From-Devo-Drake-Tom-Petty-Heartbreakers-8803586
Teenage Beatle bandmate Ken Brown R.I.P.
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/ken-brown-0615/
Allen Toussaint goes to Brooklyn
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/51e97258-7896-11df-a312-00144feabdc0.html
The return of a band from New Orleans called Crowbar
http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/06/15/crowbar-sign-to-e1-hope-to-release-new-album-by-november/
R.I.P. to the queen of modern Zulu music
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-06-16-busi-mhlongo-queen-of-modern-zulu-music-dead-at-62
And romance grounded with a bit of gravity
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/arts/music/16wicks.html