Lagniappe Friday Music Digest

5 extra items! 1 day only!

Looking at the annual Kamehameha Festival on the Big Island

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/06/10/2010-kamehameha-festival-in-hilo/

Back on the Afrobeat

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/06/11/drummer_tony_allen_is_back_on_the_afrobeat/

Tapping the roots of American music

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/arts/music/11riverside.html

Brah Hugh kicks off the World Cup in South Africa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcRD8foj8xg

Jack Johnson: solar-powered pop star!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7804126/Jack-Johnson-solar-powered-pop-star.html

Song of the day: "Goody Goody"

http://www.grafwv.com/page/content.detail/id/500982/Song-of-the-Day---Goody-Goody---by-Sophie-Madeleine.html?nav=5027

3 guitar greats honored

http://news.scotsman.com/uk/Mojo-honours-for-three-guitar.6355439.jp

A look at Susan Cowsill's new album

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hj05MdGAZh1VEEkBqepFO08C42qQ

Randy Weston sighting

http://events.mercurynews.com/stanford-ca/events/show/120899125-randy-westons-african-rhythms-trio-presented-by-the-stanford-jazz-festival

Happy 42d Birthday to the Electric Fetus

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2010/06/fetus_deal.php

A long overdue jazz festival for Washington DC?

http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/niteside/DC-Notables-Gather-to-Pay-Homage-to-Jazz-Music--96020724.html

Listening to music in the way it was intended

http://www.jdnews.com/articles/class-79221-bodycopyrag-vinyl.html

Preview of the 17th annual Tinner Hill Blues Fest

http://fallschurchtimes.com/22464/17th-annual-tinner-hill-blues-festival-the-crossroads-for-music-history-culture/

Lamenting the future of the blues

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704002104575290532300233738.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_TOPRightCarousel_2

And American roots music this summer in North Carolina

http://www.i-newswire.com/sound-of-american-roots-music-comes/42192