Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Gabs about the first Hawai'i concerts by Whitney Houston

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-31/

A first preview of the 2013 Cape Town International Jazz Festival

http://www.bdlive.co.za/life/entertainment/2012/11/28/jazz-cape-town-international-jazz-festival

Art in Paradise

http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=15936

Uke Can Do It

http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2012-11-29/music/uke-can-do-it-ten-instruments-eddie-vedder-should-play-besides-the-ukulele/

Remembering Jimi Hendrix on what would have been his 70th B-Day

http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/11/27/remembering-guitarist-jimi-hendrix-on-what-would-have-been-his-70th-birthday/

Mesa/Boogie unveils some new guitar pedals

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3204934/mesaboogie-unveils-line-of-guitar-fx-pedals/

The NASA engineer who wants to make your guitar sound dirty!

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-11-28/music/tony-hall-nasa-engineer-guitar-pedals-lower-dens/

Next: Elephant Stone

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/26/165930358/next-elephant-stone

A private funeral for former Beatles promo man Pete Bennett

http://www.examiner.com/article/funeral-services-for-beatles-promo-man-pete-bennett-to-be-private

And remembering jazz pianist Austin Peralta, who died last week at the age of only 22

http://livemusicblog.com/2012/11/25/austin-peralta-l-a-jazz-pianist-and-flying-lotus-collaborator-dead-at-22/