Steve Berlin of Los Lobos on lyricist Robert Hunter: "We've never met him".
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/touch+Dead+helps+Lobos+howl/3461113/story.html
An early report from the Aloha Festival
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13070915
The Jim Keltner Fan Club
http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/425881_142723-blogcritics.org.html
The House of Blues recording studio moves to Music City
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/083010-house-of-blues-recording-studio-makes-a-move
Harlem River Blues
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129162231
All-Star bands-are they great, or gimmicky?
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/30/star-bands-great-gimmicky/
Dr. John hits the Cape of Cod
http://www.enterprisenews.com/entertainment/x727581257/Dr-John-a-trip-at-the-South-Shore-Music-Circus
Demonstrating the infinite power of the Moog guitar
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/pl_music_moogguitar/
New music from Mexico
http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=57119
And Hendrix meets Handel
http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/musical-mashup-hendr-7434/
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Last Day of August Music Digest
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Lauryn Hill raps on Governors Island
http://www.theroundtableonline.com/2010/08/footage-lauryn-hill-emerges-at-rock-the-bells/
Lennon's Loo sells for big bucks
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lennons-lavatory-sells-for-14000_1162596
The Blues and BBQ Fest loses power in the Midwest
http://www.sj-r.com/top-stories/x2077302850/Power-problem-silences-music-at-Old-Capitol-Blues-BBQs
Charlie Musselwhite sighting
http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/425845_142611-blogcritics.org.html
Recapping the Sunset Strip Music Fest
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/sunset-264174-fans-fest.html
Jimmy Page writes his autobiography
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/jimmy-page-plans-limitededition-autobiography-2065247.html
Five albums that celebrate New Orleans and its music
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/08/five-albums-that-celebrate-new-orleans-and-its-indomitable-music.html
An armadillo guitar?
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/28/2431145/a-baroque-celebration-brought.html
R.I.P. to William Foster, the pioneer of Florida A & M's Marching 100 Band
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/sports/football/30foster.html?_r=1
Tony Bennett plays Philly
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100830_Bennett_at_his_best_in_Mann_Center_performance.html
And That's Alright, Mama!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXdkVesppd8
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
The Aloha Festivals kick off
http://www.staradvertiser.com/tgif/tgifstories/20100827_the_aloha_festivals_get_a_start.html
Grownups dig in the sand
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/nyregion/27urbathlete.html?_r=1
Remembering SRV 20 years later
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/08/talking_stevie_ray_vaughan_20.php
8 things you need to know before you start a music festival
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/08/26/129449645/starting-a-music-festival-eight-things-you-need-to-know
Zydeco in the Bay State
http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/x1395628531/MUSIC-SCENE-Marshfield-has-fair-share-of-zydeco
Marching with the Treme Brass Band
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129452007
Waxed for $1.5 million?
http://www.accesshollywood.com/gaga-to-be-rendered-speechless-the-lady-to-get-waxed-for-15-million_article_36192
You aren't too dumb to like jazz
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/08/27/129476048/you-aren-t-too-dumb-to-like-jazz
September's National Museum of Jazz schedule
http://www.gratefulweb.com/newswire/jazz/national-jazz-museum-in-harlem-september-2010-schedule.html
And Peanuts meets George Winston
http://www.rogueriverpress.com/article/Local/This_Weeks_Press/JAZZ_PEANUTS_AND_GEORGE_WINSTON_AN_INCOMPARABLE_COMBO/22775
Friday, August 27, 2010
Friday Music Digest
In the room with Hendrix at the White Mountain Boogie and Blues Fest here in NH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8E_eOQzqY
A chat with Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/08/steve_gorman_interview_black_crowes_warren_zevon_ringo_starr_tour_dates_setlist_2010.php
Bluesweek kicks off in St. Louis
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2010/08/26/north/life/0825nc-bluesweek0.txt
A new LA supergroup
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/08/la-supergroup-alert-ben-harper-joseph-arthur-dhani-harrison-debut-fistful-of-mercy-kcrw.html
A review of Duke Robillard's new album
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-duke-robillard-passport-to1/
Rolling Stone picks the top 10 Beatles songs
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/25/beatles.songs.roll/?hpt=C2
How New Orleans musicians have impacted the music scene in Austin
http://www.austin360.com/music/cities-musical-bond-strengthened-by-katrina-881490.html?srcTrk=RTR_821251
Volunteers-the driving force behind our Northeast folk festivals
http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Living/Volunteers-the-driving-force-behind-the-folk-festival-back-and-ready-to-go,152273
Man arrested for playing guitar!
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100826/ARTICLES/100829722/1004
And a preview of the Giant Steppes of Jazz International Music Festival in Mongolia
http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5242&Itemid=45
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Hump Day Music Digest
Uncle Tom Moffatt checks in from Kaneohe Bay
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Elvin Bishop comes to New Hampshire-I was there but you don't see the back of my head in this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S971-U0thbA
Music in the rain on Governors Island
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/arts/music/24power.html?_r=1&src=mv
Ringo's house may be saved-by Pamela Anderson?
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/pam-anderson-0824/
Tom Jones rocks the blues
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/23/2169739/at-70-tom-jones-rocks-the-blues.html
Donald Fagen talks about the Dukes of September's upcoming tour
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/194399
See you later, Bobby Charles
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405573027515154.html
Our NRBQ friend Euclid Joe is opening a new record store
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/article_a07e5b2a-af48-11df-a34c-0017a4a78c22.html
Nokia rolls out a new music phone
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20014569-85.html
And a new kind of Guitar Fest
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-greetings-introduces-guitar-greetings-that-really-rock-101374399.html
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
A new DVD of an old Pink Floyd show
http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/425519_142003-blogcritics.org.html
New Orleans' Ponderosa Stomp goes clandestine
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/aug/23The_Ponderosa_Stomp_Going_Clandestine.shtml
"PBS Arts" launches on PBS.org
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pbs-arts-launches-on-pbsorg-101296774.html
Gibson honors Randy Rhodes with a new guitar
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=144936
14 tips for shipping your guitar
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/08/23/14-tips-for-shipping-your-guitar-the-right-way/
Colorado Music Festival recap
http://www.dailycamera.com/entertainment/ci_15828113
Hank Thompson, swinger
http://www.avclub.com/articles/week-41-hank-thompson-swinger,44471/
Herbie Hancock talks story
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-24/herbie-hancock-salutes-john-lennon-world-music-in-70th-year-interview.html
Japan is a funny place
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/08/23/129373829/japan-is-a-funny-place
And opening with a bang
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2010-08-24-opening-wwith-a-bang
Monday, August 23, 2010
Stormy Monday Music Digest (We Need the Rain!)
Thanks to the music, Governors Island in New York Harbor has already set a new attendance record this summer
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/22/2010-08-22_record_attendance_this_summer_at_governors_island.html
Recap of the Big Bull Falls Blues Festival in Wisconsin
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100822/WDH0101/8220413/-Laid-back-Big-Bull-Falls-Blues-Fest-draws-about-9-300-fans
Behind the scenes of "Louis", a new film about Satchmo
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/20/AR2010082002098.html
Rosanne Cash reaps her reward
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Rosanne+Cash+reaps+reward/3428877/story.html
Not Stupid Music, but a new group called Slightly Stoopid is making some waves!
http://www.pbpulse.com/music/concert-reviews/live-shows/2010/08/22/slightly-stoopid-takes-sunset-cove-crowd-on-a-genre-filled-ride/
The pianist as Pugilist
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704476104575439462142319190.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
NASA launches a Wakeup Song Contest for the remaining flights of the Space Shuttle
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978462198
Dylan returns to the Monterey Fairgrounds for the first time since...1964!
http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_15858110?nclick_check=1
Concertos by Rodrigo and Assad, with a little Firesign Theatre thrown in..
http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=85498
And Let's Dance to Barrence Whitfield and The Savages
http://paulsvault.net/
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Facebook Alert
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Sunday Music Digest
John Hiatt talks about the "Rolling Stones of East L.A."
http://www.straight.com/article-339497/vancouver/songwriting-legend-john-hiatt-calls-los-lobos-rolling-stones-east-la-rock-bands
Classical music news? Seiji Ozawa ponders getting into politics
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/08/20/japan-digest-sdf-drills-ozawa-ponders-run-child-victims-online/
Mama Iconic-Hugh Masekela remembers his former wife, Miriam Makeba
http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article613958.ece/Mama-Iconic
Steve Miller gets a teaching gig at USC
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1399377&SM=1
Resonance of pure genius
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/90411/resonance-pure-genius.html
Dixie comes to Boston
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/08/22/bullock_brothers_and_hot_tamale_brass_band_come_together/
Sonic Youth sighted
http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/08/21/sonic-youth-guitar-mayhem-and-madness/
The return of Billy Idol
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-billyidol_0821gd.ART.State.Edition1.356c240.html
A report from Maine's Machias Wild Blueberry Festival
http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/Living/Machias-Wild-Blueberry-Festival-held-this-weekend,151925
And free that tenor sax!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/opinion/22sun3.html?_r=1
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
Island Mele time
http://www.staradvertiser.com/tgif/20100820_olr_resurrection.html
The Dreamland Orchestra makes its annual visit to Governors Island
http://gothamist.com/2010/08/20/this_weekend_gatsby_goes_to_governo.php?gallery0Pic=2
R.I.P. to Kenny Edwards, who founded The Stone Poneys with Linda Ronstadt way back when...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/08/linda-ronstadt-kenny-edwards.html
An interview with blues great Joe Louis Walker, who will be playing right up the road from me today!
http://www.redwoodfallsgazette.com/entertainment/x35353168/Music-Scene-Veteran-bluesman-Joe-Louis-Walker-cherishes-playing-role-of-mentor
A chat with Mick Taylor
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/mick-taylor-0820/
Bono storms back
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/19/bono.storms.back.roll/
The other Big Al has a new CD
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/08/big_al_carson_takes_a_break_fr.html
subdudes hit the road again
http://www.app.com/article/20100820/ENT/8200307/Subdudes-leave-New-Orleans-and-head-north
Gibson Guitar now makes T-shirts!
http://www.examiner.com/rock-music-in-national/t-shirts-featuring-the-iconic-gibson-guitar-logo-now-available
And Stupid Music at the chicken hatchery
http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/aug/20/nights-chicken-hatchery-marked-steel-guitar/
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
Jon Spencer sighted
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/08/be_specific_blues_explosions_j.html
A bright Ray of light
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1275475&srvc=rss
George Harrison and his ookeleles
http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/George-Harrison-was-a-ukulele-aficionado/2AK/2010-08-18
A preview of the new CD by Eric Clapton, which will have a New Orleans feel
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/08/allen_toussaint_wynton_marsali.html
Speaking of the Big Easy, "Porgy and Bess" are coming to town
http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/08/gershwin_opens_a_new_orleans_o.html
The world's tallest guitar?
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Dubai-to-get-tallest-guitar-at-36-metres/articleshow/6329626.cms
Stupid Music with Sue Watkins
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/garland/stories/DN-watkinscol_19eas.ART.East.Edition1.35df55c.html
From Hawai'i, a historic music collaboration
http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/501933/A-Historic-Collaboration.html?nav=39
Music educators pass the torch
http://www.northjersey.com/community/events/101051344_Music_educators_pass_the_jazz_torch.html
And remembering Abbey Lincoln,. Part 1
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/08/18/129285755/the-music-of-abbey-lincoln-pt-1
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Midweek Music Digest
Our weekly roundup of music news from the 50th State with "Uncle" Tom Moffatt
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Speaking of which, a wrap of last weekend's 28th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival
http://tgif.staradvertiser.com/archives/6679
Ringo's birthplace facing the bulldozers!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7950399/Ringo-Starrs-birthplace-faces-the-bulldozers.html
Finalists announced for the 10th Fortune Battle of the Corporate Bands
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/finalists-announced-in-10th-annual-fortune-battle-of-the-corporate-bands-100870089.html
50 years ago yesterday, the Beatles played their first gig
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-history-2010aug17,0,6896520.story
2 new American Music Masters
http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/08/fats_domino_and_dave_bartholom.html
A second product line revives a struggling guitar maker
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2010/sb20100816_163446.htm
R.I.P. to funk bass player Robert Wilson
http://www.examiner.com/wellness-in-st-petersburg/godfather-of-the-bass-guitar-robert-wilson-has-died-at-53-5
Clint Eastwood chats about his love of jazz music
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/eastwood-talks-jazz-on-cullums-radio-show_1159024
And some new chamber music reviewed
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/clicktrack/2010/08/album_review_esperanza_spaldin.html
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sunny Tuesday Music Digest
Meet the Silicon Valley's secret rock star
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/08/16/silicon-valley%E2%80%99s-secret-rock-star/
Pictures of the latest musical mayhem on Governors Island
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/08/dr_dog_eli_pape.html
Remember Status Quo?
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=241458
Recap of the Mile High Music Festival
http://www.examiner.com/local-music-in-denver/mile-high-music-festival-2010-recap-1
Preview of the Richmond Folk Festival
http://weblogs.dailypress.com/entertainment/music/pop/blog/2010/08/the_free_richmond_folk_fest_to.html
33 1/3
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-george-harrison-thirty-three/
R.I.P. to Tejano musician Esteban "Steve" Jordan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/16/AR2010081604714.html
Five pioneers of electric jazz guitar
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129158670
Concert review: Aerosmith and The J. Geils Band...remember them?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/aerosmith-the-j-geils-band-concert-review-1004109501.story
And Chicago celebrates Django and his Gypsy Jazz
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-0817-jazz-django-20100816,0,3085926.column
Monday, August 16, 2010
Stormy Monday Music Digest
A son of jazz royalty chooses a life on the streets
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/nyregion/14eckstine.html?_r=1
Starr Report
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/starr_report_rMp9lfQ01dUVPnHc28zgiL
Willie's full Nelson
http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1274666&srvc=home&position=also
Stephen King takes a Shining to a Toronto blues singer?
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/847911--stephen-king-takes-shining-to-toronto-blues-singer
Yet another parade in New Orleans
http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/08/championship_parade_in_new_orl.html
1958: Teach along with Mitch
http://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2010/08/1958_teach_along_with_mitch.html
R.I.P. to jazz photographer Herman Leonard
http://www.nola.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/08/herman_leonard_photgrapher_of.html
Revealed! Tom Petty's guitar teacher
http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1393681
Jazz from Ethiopia
http://www.theroot.com/views/ethiopian-jazz-thrilling-music-you-should-hear
And a new album from the Marsalis clan
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129138260
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Al Kooper reviews the new Brian Wilson Gershwin album
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1274651&srvc=home&position=also
R.I.P. to singer Abbey Lincoln
http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/08/14/jazz-singer-abbey-lincoln-dies-at-80/
Highlights of Friday night's tribute to Piano Red
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsWHqbZJOs
A review of the new Herbie Hancock release
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10665998
A new crooner delivers an old sound
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/music/new_crooner_delivers_old_sound_ZuDTXEOSy9Fw8u09IVlo4I
Rosanne Cash writes a book
http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2010/08/rosanna_cash_in_and_out_of_the.html
Clapton and Harrison on the bus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704388504575419592999686372.html
BB King goes home
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/kats-report/2010/aug/14/bb-king-ready-sit----and-play----spell-his-club-mi/
Supporting Axe
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/08/15/lee_ritenour_assembles_the_old_guard_and_discovers_young_talent/
And a David Sanborn sighting
http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/article_0b774128-f923-59af-a389-92be73b66575.html
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Saturday Music Digest
Sir Paul returns to Montreal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Review+McCartney+honours+body+work+Montreal/3392329/story.html
Fuse TV has a beef with DISH
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=133828
The Beatles hit #1
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/spotlight-0813/
Preview of the upcoming season of "Treme"
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_15763883?source=most_emailed
Checking out the P-Town Jazz Fest on the Cape of Cod
http://www.wickedlocal.com/capecod/entertainment/x790231096/Sanchez-travels-from-New-Orleans-to-perform-in-Provincetown-Jazz-Fest
The 2010 Woodstock Guitar Festival
http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/08/13/life/doc4c6472f8d2aa3478468083.txt
Celebrating Les Paul
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/08/13/life/nh2853496.txt
R.I.P. to jazz educator Leon Breeden
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/arts/music/14breeden.html?_r=1
A new paperback roams the lost highways of American music
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/new-paperback-roams-the-lost-highways-of-american-music-also-a-jazz-roundup-and-new-cds-by-michele-vreeland-and-john-enghauser/Content?oid=1717940
And Stringing it together
http://www.staradvertiser.com/tgif/tgifstories/20100813_stringing_it_together.html
Friday, August 13, 2010
Friday the 13th Music Digest!
Now wandering through New England-John Lee Hooker, Jr.
http://middletownpress.com/articles/2010/08/12/news/doc4c645b17d611e400475353.txt
A new box set of previously unheard collaborations between Ravi Shankar and George Harrison
http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/dark-horse-records-announces-ravi-shankar-george-harrison-box-set-for-october
Guitar Center enters the TV Age on DirecTV
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/12/guitar-center-announces-first-foray-into-television-with-guitar-center-sessions-exclusively-on-directv/59825
Why are so many old folks still so cool?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2010/08/showbiz-puzzler-why-are-so-many-old-folks-still-so-cool.html
A new Radiohead song?
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/08/12/new-radiohead-song-thom-yorke/
Uke can do it
http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Music/EDC100813-0000035/Uke-can-do-it
Jazz listings in NYC
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/arts/music/13jazz.html?_r=1
New World Music from Leni Stern
http://www2.seattlepi.com/articles/424958.html
Hawaiian music comes to Dallas
http://www.dallasvoice.com/vial-brings-taste-hawaii-town-1039173.html
And Pete Seeger is singing with tomorrow's children
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129157668
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
Music cruises in NYC
http://new-york-travel.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-york-august-october-music-without.html
Pics of Gabby-Fest
http://tgif.staradvertiser.com/archives/6464
More than meets the eye and ear
http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/lansing/article-4651-more-than-meets-the-eye-and-ear.html
Paul Simon exhumes "Capeman" for Central Park?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/theater/12capeman.html?_r=1
Big Easy music at the Hollywood Bowl
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-harry-connick-20100812,0,2013347.story
First look at the new Guitar Hero
http://zoknowsgaming.com/2010/08/11/guitar-hero-warriors-rock-unveil-eleven-artists/
The Country Music Hall of Fame has a new artist in residence
http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1645579/buddy-miller-shines-as-country-music-hall-of-fame-and-museums-artist-in-residence.jhtml
Flea Glee
http://honoluluweekly.com/hotpicks/2010/08/flea-glee/
Music for Ramadan
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-218745-110-new-concert-series-breaking-new-ground-in-ramadan-entertainment.html
And Kevin Eubanks talks about life after "The Tonight Show"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2012597100_eubanks12.html?prmid=head_main
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Wednesday Music Digest
Uncle Tom's Gabbin'
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Latest news from the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4874685
A new biopic about vocalist Peggy Lee
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/846324--reese-witherspoon-to-play-singer-peggy-lee
Stars for heroes in Africa
http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2010/08/11/stars-for-heroes-concert
R.I.P. to Ookelele legend Travis Harrelson
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=62704
Yet another cool new band name, Bone Sweet Bone
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100810/ARTICLES/100819988/-1/business?Title=Bone-Sweet-Bone-delivers-unexpected-folky-harmonies
Another roundup of new releases
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/100307314.html
Roy Orbison's final concert is finally released
http://www.examiner.com/x-30199-Rock-Music-Examiner~y2010m8d10-Today-marks-the-release-of-Roy-Orbisons-final-concert-on-CD
Final details of the new Carlos Santana CD
http://www.411mania.com/music/news/148689/Official-Tracklisting-&-Cover-Art-For-Santana%5C%5Cs-Guitar-Heaven.htm
And working to expand the reach of Blues music
http://www.thelondondailynews.com/let%E2%80%99s-expand-reach-blues-music-p-4447.html
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
Yoko says Ono
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/beatles-0809/
Another great new band name-El Vato
http://www.sunjournal.com/encore/story/890926
Remembering Uncle Jerry
http://www.jambands.com/news/2010/08/09/so-many-roads-artists-remember-jerry-garcia
New music from Charlie Daniels (warning, some political content!)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gqb_qEBJwFPJXhjRJibs1F0kqGqQ
R.I.P. to New Orleans music teacher Clyde Kerr
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Legendary-music-teacher-trumpeter-Clyde-Kerr-Jr-dies-at-67-100231364.html
Talking story with Little Richard
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703545604575407661245246210.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
"Little Bastard" hits the road again
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/189908
Sly Stone's brother Freddie becomes a preacher
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15718109?nclick_check=1
More events added to the 2010 Aloha Festival
http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2010/8/9/Aloha_Festivals_Hawaii_2010_schedule
And R.I.P. to British bandleader Jack Parnell, who did music for "Benny Hill" and "The Muppets".
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/7935669/Jack-Parnell.html
Monday, August 9, 2010
8-9-10 Music Digest
Happy National S'Mores Day!
True Margrit sighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax7OKRZl5-8
Review: "Return to Waikiki"
http://tgif.staradvertiser.com/archives/6334
More on the upcoming tribute to Piano Red
http://www.sundaypaper.com/More/Archives/tabid/98/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5589/Hes-the-one-they-called-Dr-Feelgood.aspx
A family friendly music fest in England
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/08/09/family-friendly-festival-attracts-fans-of-jazz-and-blues-not-booze-to-the-town-of-brecon-91466-27023614/
A review of this weekend's Newport Jazz Festival
http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/08/09/at_newport_jazz_ranging_to_the_ends_of_its_scale/
New chamber music
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129003770
JB's Ookelele Hut gets robbed!
http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7072:jbs-ukulele-hut-robbed-police-asking-for-publics-help-&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156
Report on Day 2 of Lollapalooza
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/189447
How music helped save New Orleans after Katrina
http://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Music-Helped-Save-New-by-Olga-Bonfiglio-100808-926.html
And a review of Ringo's final 2010 All Starr Band show at the Greek Theatre in LA
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/ringo-261207-never-starr.html
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sunday Music Digest
Neil Sedaka goes up in smoke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bda_eIX3J2Y&feature=related
Remembering 1950s Brooklyn music with The Moonglows
http://www.newsday.com/columnists/other-columnists/brooklynites-in-the-50s-loved-the-moonglows-1.2180043
Sitarist on the roof
http://www.independent.com/news/2010/aug/07/sitarist-roof/
Cajun food and fiddle music in Lafayette Louisiana
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Food+fiddle+music+spice+Cajun+life/3371390/story.html
Replacements bassist Tommy Stinson helps out in Haiti
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxUM6uLgocS6r5Ezzyu0l1_BiYzgD9HEP1M00
David and Linda LaFlamme sighted Across the Pond
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0DG4Zxhfo
Jazz reissues on vinyl!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/arts/music/08jazz.html?_r=1
Checking out this year's jazz lineup at Tanglewood in the Berkshires
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=62447
Another roundup of new CDs
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/100075304.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
And a blast from the past from Weather Report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZBXR33OVXU
Friday, August 6, 2010
Friday Music Digest
Pop and rock music in NYC this weekend
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/arts/music/06pop.html?_r=1
St. Louis Bluesweek time
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/08/st_louis_blues_hall_fame_bluesweek_downtown_building_spinnaker_slay.php
Coming soon-the best of Apple Records
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/come-and-get-it-the-best-of-apple-records-first-commercial-multi-artist-compilation-in-apples-history-set-for-release-on-october-26th-2010-100028424.html
Who can resist covering a Grateful Dead song?
http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20100805/AE/100809897/1077&ParentProfile=1058
Peter Frampton sighted
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129000785
The debut CD from Rhythm Summit
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=62326
Kazumi Watanabe rolls on
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/T100804002795.htm
A new level of progressive jazz
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100806/TEMPO/8060305/-1/NEWSMAP
Gabby's music endures
http://www.staradvertiser.com/tgif/tgifstories/20100806_details_might_fade_but_gabbys_magic_endures.html
And Los Lobos packs the Square in Buffalo
http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/gusto/concert-reviews/article94559.ece
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Thursday Music Digest
New music from Watermelon Slim
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/arts-and-entertainment/music/Watermelon-Slim-Mixes-Country-Blues-Rock-on-New-CD-Ringers-99935909.html
Happy 87th to Doc Watson
http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Country-blues-legend-Doc-Watson-reels-off-licks-600182.php
(Abbey) Road Block
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/road-block/656243/
Another New Orleans "gangster rapper" meets a sad end
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/08/new_orleans_gangster_rapper_12.html
Teaching Iraq's children the language of music
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/08/04/music.in.baghdad/
Buke and Gass?
http://www.eyeweekly.com/music/interview/article/98482
Bridging jazz generations without nostalgia
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/arts/music/05osby.html?_r=1
Pounding the keys
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_15681572?nclick_check=1
Dancing Fools descend on Denver
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainmentlastold/ci_15678633
And NRBQ's Terry Adams talks story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIgL9P9pvOs
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Wednesday Music Digest
Wednesday already? Uncle Tom Moffatt checks in from Hawai'i with music news
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/
Last call at Lupo's for NRBQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtouM7KUz_w&feature=channel
Rejuvenating Gabby's music
http://www.alohaupdate.com/2010/08/03/gabby-pahinui-waimanalo-kanikapila-at-the-waimanalo-park-pavilion/
Los Lobos go out to the ball game
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/08/03/concert-review-los-lobos-rock-the-post-rays-game-stage-at-tropicana-field/
Getting Large with Lyle Lovett
http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/columns/joe-holleman/article_0ada9c8c-9e54-11df-bbf5-0017a4a78c22.html
The 8 best moments of the Newport Folk Fest
http://www.spin.com/articles/8-best-moments-newport-folk-fest
Delaney and Bonnie and Friends On Tour
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2010/08/03/2010-08-03_delaney__bonnie__friends_on_tour_with_eric_clapton_unites_bramlettes_with_george.html
10 years of Satchmo Summerfest in New Orleans
http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2010/08/post_2.html
Iceland's other songstress
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703999304575399443469346322.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
And they sang along with Mitch
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575406032857830928.html
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Tuesday Music Digest
Jazz in Ramadan
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=61927
Angel Dancing with Robert Plant
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jul/30/robert-plant-angel-dance
Ouch!
http://www.straightupsearch.com/archives/2010/08/oneupweb-helpthe-open-space.html
R.I.P. to "Sing Along With Mitch" Miller
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7f3K83nbpMwytZUUASFHhiNajzgD9HBGGDG0
A trip to the Mackinac Island Music Festival
http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/aug/re02Mackinac_Island_Music_Festival_.shtml
Grace Slick back in the studio
http://www.examiner.com/x-11462-LA-Music-Examiner~y2010m8d1-Grace-Slick-other-musicians-band-together-to-record-new-song-to-raise-money-for-Gulf-Coast
A new gig for Aerosmith's Steven Tyler?
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1574960.php/Steven-Tyler-says-he-is-probably-going-to-be-Idol-judge
Cambridge Folk Festival doings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0eA_QKBhX8
Mary Lou Williams at 100
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-0803-jazz-women-20100803-6,0,5120921.column
And previewing the 20th Houston International Jazz Festival
http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2010/08/02/greater_houston_weekly/top_of_the_week/0804_houston_jazz_fest.txt
Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday Music Digest
Getting down to the Nitty Gritty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSnqyi_8ecU
George Harrison comes back from beyond the grave?
http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2010m7d31-Interview-Gary-Wright-to-premiere-song-cowritten-with-George-Harrison-at-Fest-for-Beatles-Fans
Rick Derringer's Beatles connection
http://www.bradenton.com/2010/08/01/2473256/derringer-our-beatles-connection.html
Concert review-Jackson Browne/David Lindley
http://blog.seattlepi.com/afterdark/archives/216505.asp
Checking out this year's Newport Folk Festival (related item later)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128907107
More music that'll make your speakers fell better!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20012195-47.html
New CD roundup time
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/arts/music/02choice.html?_r=1
Dr. John goes tribal
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37135
Axes to grind in Greenwich Village
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940904575395124070377304.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
And previewing Newport Jazz 2010
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/08/01/128917922/newport-jazz-2010-eight-more-to-watch
Sunday, August 1, 2010
August 1st Music Digest
A roundup of next week's CD releases
http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/99708989_New_CDs_in_stores_Tuesday.html
New music from Beach Boy Al Jardine
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/beach-boys-0801/
Love live music? Head to these cities
http://www.stltoday.com/travel/article_5927cc74-8d14-5a37-9889-cd5794c41763.html
Bard College revives a composer's world
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/nyregion/01musicwe.html?_r=1
The music didn't die in "Treme"
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_692555.html
The Scorpions to reunite
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/Scorpions-Reunion-Show-731/
Remembering George Harrison's "Electronic Sound"
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-george-harrison-electronic-sound/
New music from Tracy Nelson
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128822203
Celebrating Buddy Guy on his 74th birthday
http://blogcritics.org/music/article/celebrating-buddy-guy-on-his-74th/
And "Ringo looks better at 70 than I do at 40"
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/99590144.html?elr=KArksD:aDyaEP:kD:aUnOiP3UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU