Lei Day music preview
http://urbanhonolulu.hawaiinewsnow.com/news/arts-culture/90927-rules-85th-annual-lei-day-contest
R.I.P. to the composer of "Yeh! Yeh!"
http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theater-Dance/2012/04/17/Pianist-wrote-63-jazz-hit.html
Why Tax Day is even worse for musicians
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2012/04/16/150732432/why-tax-day-is-even-worse-for-musicians
A final wrap of this past weekend's French Quarter Fest
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/16/uk-usa-festival-new-orleans-idUSLNE83F01020120416
A new Stupid Music band called Brain Cloud
http://parkslope.patch.com/articles/five-things-to-do-this-week-fe395965
A review of the season 2 soundtrack for "Treme"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/04/16/entertainment/e063138D84.DTL
A roundup of new releases
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/reviews-of-new-pop-country-blues-jazz-and-classical-releases/dbf183559c772400bd7e2f4f482029a0
"The Blues Brothers" get animated?
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a376298/dan-aykroyd-developing-blues-brothers-animated-series.html
A preview of 2012's Mele Mei
http://gohawaii.about.com/od/festivals/a/2012-Mele-Mei.htm
And do you know where ragtime was born?
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/only-in-america/Youve-Heard-of-The-Birth-of-the-Blues-147578515.html