Checking out the Big Island's Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/03/TRR51LMK72.DTL
Cowboys, Paniolos, and the Slack-Key Guitar
http://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/article_aaf7ee60-065c-11e1-9b04-001cc4c002e0.html
A visit to the Yardbird Fest in Canada
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Yardbird+fest+brings+together+jazz+from+across+country/5656370/story.html
From flute to banjo
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2011/11/03/jazz-setlist-november-3-9-from-flute-to-banjo/
Jake is Happy
http://www.sj-r.com/mysource/entertainment/x1846686559/Ukulele-virtuoso-Jake-Shimabukuro-pleased-with-instruments-comeback
Another great group name: Little Pig Joins the Band
http://www.connecticutplus.com/cplus/information/news/education/Little-Pig-Joins-the-Band1506015060.shtml
Sitting in on a Chandler Travis sound check
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fWNVCMc9Ms
R.I.P. to GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jc12kb0qSVM2sSjh6mYjJh9gpoKQ?docId=82e8bafde2f54b80bb893c4e9c1e3b44
A voice of gray moods, accompanied by 100 whistlers
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/arts/music/feist-at-the-brooklyn-academy-of-music-review.html?_r=1
And new Ani DeFranco music
http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/138093-ani-difranco-side-album-years.html