Wednesday Music Digest

Uncle Tom Time

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

From Havana to Chicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-0412-jazz-cuba-20110411,0,5437135.column

Hugh Masekela Talks Story about Botswana

http://gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9215:masekela-recalls-days-gone-bye&catid=20:timeout

Ringo confirms his European tour

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a314135/ringo-starr-confirms-european-tour.html

R.I.P. to Chicago bluesman Lacy Gibson

http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE73B5T920110412

A new book about The Radiators, now on their farewell tour

http://www.mmdnewswire.com/i-got-the-fish-in-the-head-jay-mazza-36231.html

A guitar rocket launch celebrates the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/860669-yuri-gagarins-50th-anniversary-marked-by-guitar-rocket-launch

R.I.P. also to jazz violinist Billy Bang

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2011/04/13/135351553/billy-bang-jazz-violinist-and-vietnam-veteran-dies-at-63

WaveMusicStation.com gets ready to open for business

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/4/prweb8297180.htm

And a major tuneup for the Detroit Jazz Fest

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110413/ENT04/104130306/Detroit-Jazz-Fest-tunes-up-event-with-new-logo--new-sponsors