Hump Day Music Digest

Uncle Tom's happy-he has his island back!

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

R.I.P. to Gerry Rafferty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary

Ringo's childhood house avoids the wrecking ball, for now

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1518341&SM=1

Checking out the 27th Cowboy Poet Convention

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/even-cowboys-get-the-blues-at-the-27th-national-cowboy-poetry-gathering-112858714.html

Ultimate guitar tabs

http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2011/010411-ultimate-guitar-tabs-and.html

Preview of the Guitar Geek Festival

http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/01/bringing_out_the_trash_guitar.php

How to clean your guitar for better tone

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/guitar-cleaning-0104-2011/

Going to a Winter jazz fest

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/01/04/132629627/5-bands-to-discover-at-winter-jazz-fest?ps=cprs

A new D.C. composer's collective

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/01/04/three-d-c-jazz-musicians-found-composers-collective/

And the NEA will have a live webcast of their Jazz Masters Awards ceremony

http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/2011-NEA-Jazz-Masters-broadcast.html