New Stupid Music from Bryan and the Haggards
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/arts/music/young-jeezy-nero-and-bryan-and-the-haggards-review.html?_r=1
Best Jazz shows of 2011
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-1221-jazz-best-20111220,0,1398055.column
Giving Holiday Classics a new Swing
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/19/143958751/jazz-pianist-gives-holiday-classics-a-new-swing
Living Ookelele
http://entertainment.sections.civilbeat.com/post/14481160036/living-ukulele
Guitar World's Top 10 Music Videos of 2011
http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-worlds-top-10-music-videos-2011
Christmas with Twisted Sister
http://guitarinternational.com/2011/12/19/twisted-sister-blows-lid-off-nyc-with-christmas-spectacular/
Mike Love Warning
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-mike-love-talks-beach-boys-50th-anniversary-tour-20111219
A new book about New Orleans Jazz Landmarks
http://newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2011/12/19/abrams/
21 albums you might have missed in 2011
http://www.wickedlocal.com/northofboston/features/x2105827118/MUSIC-21-stellar-2011-albums-you-may-have-missed#axzz1h4t2DfJ9
And some new Blues recordings
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/arts-and-entertainment/music/hiphop-blues/Bluesmen-Make-Strides-with-New-Recordings-135519288.html