May 9 Music Digest

Ringo chips in to the new Buddy Holly tribute CD

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/ringo-starr-contributes-new-track-to-star-studded-buddy-holly-cd-tribute

The Genius of the Blues

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1994/aug/11/the-genius-of-blues/

And yet another music festival on tap in Louisiana this upcoming weekend

http://www.lsureveille.com/mobile/baton-rouge-blues-festival-to-happen-this-saturday-1.2560451

Paul Simon: "Genial" and "Honed"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/paul-simon-a-genial-presence-and-a-honed-craft/article2014405/

More on the new Eddie Vedder video

http://www.antimusic.com/news/11/may/ts05New_Eddie_Veddar_Video.shtml

The stolen African song

http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/article.php?title=The%20stolen%20African%20song%20...%20composers%20died%20poor,%20heartbroken&id=5918

A collection for jazz experts (and those who want to be)

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=137148

Jonas Gwangwa blows up a storm

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2011/05/09/jonas-gwangwa-blows-up-a-storm

In the Flow

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/50342/In_the_Flow_Festival

And The Radiators play JazzFest for the last time

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2011/05/new_orleans_jazz_fest_2011_say.html