Thursday Music Digest

Los help kick off LA Arts Month

http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/124399-david-hidalgo-and-louie-perez-of-los-lobos-help-kick-off-la-arts-month.html

Remembering "Americathon"

http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20101216/ARTICLES/312169999/1004?Title=It-s-not-just-a-telethon-it-s-an-8216-Americathon-

A Jazz Piano Christmas 2010

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/15/132054036/a-jazz-piano-christmas-2010

Time for a Miles Davis biopic?

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BF0RC20101216

Christmas with Big Al Anderson and the Spamp Brothers

http://farmington.patch.com/articles/patch-picks-top-10-holiday-events

Jake Shimabukuro gets a new gig

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=13680959

A new digital stringless guitar

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/12/misa-kitara-digital-stringless-guitar/

A visit with Ronnie Spector

http://www.spin.com/articles/ronnie-spector-rates-best-coast-she-him-more

Roundup of the 32nd Annual Blues Award nominees

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/buddy-guy-and-charlie-musselwhite-lead/

And a big Who Dat! to Dr. John, named to the Class of 2011 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/12/dr_john_a_deserving_rock_and_r.html