Stormy Thursday Music Digest

Almost time for the 3rd Annual California Roots Fest

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/2012/may/24/deepening-roots/

Taj Mahal carries that weight

http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=231248

Festival of Aloha time

http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2012/05/23/uke_uke_uke_all_weekend_long/

A Hip-Hop remix of the Jazz Age

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/hip-hop-great-gatsby/

Get ready for yet another Ookelele World Record attempt

http://www.centersquarejournal.com/news/join-ukulele-lesson-world-record-attempt-this-weekend-in-welles-park

Speaking of Ookelele Music, Jake is in the studio with Alan Parsons

http://worldmusiccentral.org/2012/05/23/ukulele-star-jake-shimabukuro-and-famed-producer-alan-parsons-collaborate-on-new-cd/

Spoleto Fest 2012 looms

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/this-years-spoleto-festival-is-built-on-memory-truth-and-lies/Content?oid=4081274

A Commodore 64 bass guitar?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57440374-1/commodore-64-bass-guitar-revenge-of-the-keytar/

New Orleans remembers Chuck Brown

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2012/05/new_orleans_remembers_washingt.html

And NOLA also gets ready to host Birdfoot Fest

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2012/05/birdfoot_fest_brings_top_class.html