TGIF Music Digest

Hugh Masekela gets the 2011 Womex Award

http://worldmusiccentral.org/2011/07/15/hugh-masekela-wins-womex-2011-world-music-award-for-artists/

A preview of the New Gorge Festival in Oregon

http://www.oregonlive.com/performance/index.ssf/2011/07/new_gorge_music_festival_mixes.html

A trumpeter as old as Jazz itself!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-07-14-New-Orleans-Lionel-Ferbos-jazz-trumpet_n.htm?csp=34news

New beginnings for the Bach Festival in Monterey

http://www.montereyherald.com/living/ci_18482949?nclick_check=1

New and Improved!

http://www.projo.com/music/content/GO-HIT_IT_14_07-14-11_04P34JP_v12.3b770.html

Let it Rock!

http://fairfield.patch.com/articles/let-it-rock-2

Jimmy Page launches a new website

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8636968/Jimmy-Page-devotees-rejoice-as-the-guitar-wizard-launches-website.html

R.I.P. to legendary guitar maker Travis Bean

http://www.spinner.com/2011/07/14/travis-bean-legendary-guitar-maker-dead/

Woody puts down his guitar and heads into the garden

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-ron-wood-gardening/

And heading to the Ponderosa for the Sierra Nevada Classical Guitar Festival

http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20110714/NEWS/110719965/1061&ParentProfile=1050