Snowy Saturday Music Digest

R.I.P. to the great Miss Etta James

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/arts/music/etta-james-singer-dies-at-73.html?_r=1

Chan Romero rocks on

http://www.lacanadaonline.com/entertainment/tn-gnp-0122-latin-legend-chan-romero-still-rockin,0,1145412.story

Slack Key Festival time in California

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_19786888

An international jazz festival in...Haiti???

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/21/2597785/international-jazz-festival-in.html

R.I.P. to Texas jazz man Jimmy Harrison

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Jazz-musician-educator-Jimmy-Harrison-Sr-dies-2658008.php

Doing Mingus proud

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/conner/10140290-452/jazz-ensemble-does-mingus-proud.html

Another remembrance of NRBQ's Tom Ardolino

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/20/BAHH1MS9KF.DTL

Taylor introduces some new axes

http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2022

Packing Beer and Guitars

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/arts/music/craig-finn-of-the-hold-steady-on-clear-hearts-full-eyes.html

And a preview of this weekend's Guitar Geek Festival in Anaheim

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/01/namm-guitar-geek-festival-2012-deke-dickerson-anaheim.html