Finally made it thru interspace!
Uncle Tom Moffatt is apparently off this week, so no Gabby
The 2013 Portland Jazz Fest lineup is announced
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2012/10/2013_portland_jazz_festival_fe.html
A blind Jazz prodigy takes Bolivia by storm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9612810/Blind-jazz-prodigy-takes-Bolivias-music-scene-by-storm.html
American Splendors
http://blogs.voanews.com/music/2012/10/16/american-splendors-coltrane-and-pekar/
Sam Brown sighted
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/1980s_pop_star_helps_finsbury_pupils_hit_the_right_note_with_ukulele_band_1_1658766
A roundup of new releases
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/cd-reviews-c274kan-174472701.html
A new guitar exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/16/4915691/guitar-opens-at-the-science-museum.html
A look ahead to ACL 2013
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2012/10/acl_2013_what_next.php
R.I.P. to Arlo Guthrie's wife Jackie
http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2012/10/16/Arlo-Guthries-wife-dead-at-68/UPI-76841350406041/
2 tasty new N'Orleans reissues
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2012/10/professor_longhair_and_louis_a.html
And celebrating 20 years of The House of Blues
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/16/4914997/legendary-house-of-blues-20th.html