Midweek Music Digest

In this week's Gabbin', Uncle Tom Moffatt remembers Joni Mitchell's first show in Hawai'i

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg_article/uncle_toms_gabbin276/

Meeting the godfather of Ethiopian Jazz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13753273

A label with swing to spare

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303714704576385740515553776.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Martin has trademarked their guitar design

http://nazareth.patch.com/articles/martin-guitar-design-now-trademarked

Vince Gill: Guitar Slinger

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/lifetimes/article/1414865

Mel Bay sighting!

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/article_3a021b94-9696-11e0-a806-0019bb30f31a.html

Libyan Rebels: a sound track

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/libyan-rebels-a-sound-track/8540/

A new book about the music of New Orleans

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/louisiana-local-news/new-orleans-news/278330-book-magazine-new-atlantis-musicians-battle-for-the-survival-of-new-orleans

Brah Hugh heads to Canada

http://www.examiner.com/performing-arts-in-ottawa/hugh-masekela-to-appear-at-ottawa-jazz-festival

And more on the new Beatles HOF exhibit

http://thedailynewsonline.com/entertainment/article_a1627748-962d-11e0-af93-001cc4c002e0.html