Friday Music Digest

R.I.P. to DC area stupid Musician Dave Giegerich

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012004433.html

Time to vote in this year's Hawai'i Music Awards

http://www.examiner.com/jazz-music-in-national/vote-jazz-this-year-s-hawaii-music-awards

Gypsy Jazz from San Francisco

http://media.www.dennews.com/media/storage/paper309/news/2011/01/21/TheVerge/Gypsy.Jazz.Group.Revisits.Early.20th.Century.Tradition-3969721.shtml

Only 8 months until the Detroit Jazz Festival

http://www.freep.com/article/20110120/ENT04/101200398/Detroit-jazz-festival-will-have-a-global-perspective-this-year

"It's nothing, it's the guitar!"

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/arts/design/21vogel.html?_r=1

The Queen of Rockabilly returns to NYC

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704590704576092203579810560.html

Chuck Berry rocks again after a health scare

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-0123-chuck-berry-20110120,0,343682.story

Talking Story with Bill Davis of the New Orleans band Dash Rip Rock

http://alibi.com/index.php?scn=music&story=35447

Speaking of New Orleans, no more smoking while listening to jazz in the bars!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110120/tr_ac/7652462_new_orleans_bars_voluntarily_ban_smoking

And the world's first Indian rock star?

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/103265/20110120/freddie-mercury-bulsara-iran-indian-parsee.htm