Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Last Day of 2012 Music News You Can Use

That's All, Folks!


How the Huang Brothers bootstrapped Guitar Hero

http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/30/how-the-huang-brothers-bootstrapped-guitar-hero-to-a-billion-dollar-business/

A missing Banjolele in Alaska

http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/article_9db2499a-525e-11e2-bd1f-0019bb30f31a.html

New Orleans' Roots of Music Marching Band heads to Pasadena for New Year's

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_22284636/new-orleans-bands-long-road-rose-bowl

And some rare Brian Wilson music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mupK6vp_gtI&feature=em-uploademail

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Sorry, only a half a plate today. Still the holidaze, y'know!

Remembering the day 13 years ago when George Harrison was attacked at home

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/george-harrison-attacked/

A new fun guitar from Ion

http://www.trulynet.com/7769/Gadgets/ion-audio-star-guitar-fun-rock/

Billy Howerdel Talks Story

http://loudwire.com/billy-howerdel-a-perfect-circle-ashes-divide-trent-reznor-guitar-destruction/

18 things to do in New England in 2013

http://bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/travel/2012/12/30/things-new-england/RunMMltBVBw0QYhjFGRLhI/story.html

And the "Music of Winter" from a Big Band in Michigan

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/index.ssf/2012/12/michigan_jazz_trail_big_bands.html

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Boxing Day Music News You Can Use

Only one item today, our weekly visit to Hawai'i with legendary Poi Boy Uncle Tom Moffatt. For you new readers, Uncle Tom is the KPOI (Honolulu) DJ who first brought Col. Parker and Elvis to Hawai'i in the early 1960s, and he's been promoting concerts out there ever since.

Uncle Tom's Gabbin!

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-35/

Happy Boxing Day!



Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Mele Kalikimaka!

No Music News You Can Use today! Happy Holidays!


Sunday, December 23, 2012

Festivus Music News You Can Use

Sorry, but the News You Can Use Drought continues!

A Happy Festivus to one and all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F73sMmb6CS0

Ultimate Guitar hands out their 2012 honors

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/ug_news/ultimate_guitar_awards_2012.html?no_takeover

John Mayer designs a new guitar

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_john-mayer-designs-guitar-for-katy-perry-on-christmas_1780792

Holiday shows from former members of NRBQ

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/12/big_al_anderson_joins_forces_w.html

And current NRBQ guitarist Scott Ligon Talks Story

http://www.pjstar.com/entertainment/x459329300/Realizing-dream-to-play-with-NRBQ

Friday, December 21, 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Gabs about Ravi Shankar, who was his very first concert promotion in Hawai'i in 1968

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-34/

Free Hawaiian music Thursday on The Valley Isle

http://www.mauinews.com/page/calendars.detail/cal/6/event/4830/Free-Hawaiian-music-concert-planned.html?d=12%2F20%2F2012

Have guitar, will travel

http://www.app.com/article/20121219/NJENT/312190014/Have-guitar-will-travel?nclick_check=1

Clutch announce their 2013 tour dates

http://www.guitarworld.com/clutch-unveil-earth-rocker-album-art-announce-2013-tour-dates

From geek to guitar god

http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-12-19/music/testament-s-alex-skolnick-went-from-geek-to-guitar-god/

The five best Christmas songs you've never heard

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/12/five_best_christmas_songs.php?ref=trending

Slash gets a new TV gig

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/slash_to_guest_on_charlie_sheens_anger_management.html

Guitar World starts a new "mentor" series

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/guitar-center-announces-launch-of-new-music-mentor-series-offering-free-lessons-in-every-store-location-across-the-us-183990151.html

Garbage start working on their new album

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/garbage_start_work_on_new_material.html?no_takeover

And checking out Canada's Blues Music scene

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/travel/blues+destinations-271186.html

Monday, December 17, 2012

Stormy Monday Music News You Can Use

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Another SLOW news day! Only 7 items...

A look back at Eddie Palmieri's work, at Lincoln Center

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/arts/music/eddie-palmieris-retrospective-at-jazz-at-lincoln-center.html?_r=0

Christmas music from The Will Scruggs Fellowship

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-will-scruggs-jazz-fellowship/

Guitar solos help close the 50th tour by The Rolling Stones

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/guitar-solos-help-close-rolling-stones-tour/

A guitar crafted from a salvaged church pew

http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/281468.shtml

Thermal and a Quarter Talk Story about opening up for Slash

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Slashs-work-has-influenced-a-whole-generation-of-guitar-players-Thermal-and-a-Quarter/articleshow/17649239.cms

Los Lobos continue to celebrate 40 years on the road

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/15/arts/los-lobos/

And one of George Harrison's suitcases goes on display in the UK

http://www.examiner.com/article/vintage-beatle-suitcase-once-owned-by-george-harrison-being-exhibited-uk

Sunday, December 16, 2012

No-News Sunday

The Musical News You Can Use Drought rolls on!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

12-12-12 Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Gabs about 1986, when The Beach Boys staged their 25th Anniversary Show on Waikiki Beach with Ray Charles and The Everly Brothers

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-33/

Jazz@Work

http://www.goldengatexpress.org/2012/12/11/jazz-at-work/

A wild Air Guitar performance

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/2012/12/11/watch-gonzaga-walk-on-plays-air-guitar-during-battle-with-illinois/

A celebrity guitar auction for charity

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/celebrity-guitar-auction-raises-100k-for-dio-cancer-fund/

Michael Schenker picks his 10 Essential Guitar Albums

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/michael-schenker-picks-10-essential-guitar-albums-568348/1

Ann Arbor's Herb David Guitar Studio turns 50

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/herb-david-50th-anniversary/

Guitar World chooses their Top 25 live, reissued and archival albums of 2012

http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-worlds-top-25-live-reissued-and-archival-albums-2012

Buku Music + Art returns to New Orleans

http://www.pluginmusic.com/news/article/buku-music-art-project-returns-to-new-orleans-mardi-gras-world-march-8-9

Riding The Moody Blues' musical See-Saw

http://www.thetelegraph.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_3301ae96-434b-11e2-8d0f-001a4bcf6878.html

And the original members of Queensryche continue work on their new album

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/queensryche_recruit_operation_mindcrime_producer.html


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

12-11-12 Music News You Can Use

10 Music News Items today or bust!

More Hawaiian Music coming to California

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20121211/ENTERTAINMENT04/312110005/Hawaiian-music-dance-coming-downtown-Visalia?nclick_check=1

Pearl Harbor Lights for Christmas

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2012/12/10/Hawaii_Oahu_Pearl_Harbor_holiday_lights

Jake Shimabukuro Talks Story with The Smithsonian

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2012/12/hawaiis-troubadour-of-aloha/

R.I.P. to Hawkwind guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton

http://www.spin.com/articles/huw-lloyd-langton-hawkwind-guitarist-dead-at-61

Guitar great James Burton gives a school some axes

http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/175259/group/homepage/

A new Guitar Wizards book series

http://www.antimusic.com/news/12/December/10Guitar_Wizards_Book_Series_Coming.shtml

Tennessee introduces its new Guitar License Plate

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2012/12/10/tennesseans-start-playing-guitar.html

A rig that turns guitar licks into light constellations

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671403/a-rig-that-turns-guitar-licks-into-light-constellations-in-real-time#1

A new House of Blues creates some tension

http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2012/12/10/a-house-of-blues-could-hurt-existing.html

And yet another fond remembrance of the late 1980s music series "Night Music"

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiz7-IHiyjI&feature=em-uploademail

Friday, December 7, 2012

Pearl Harbor Day Music News You Can Use

A musical Christmas Grinch in Hawai'i

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/christmas-grinch-atheist-gets-doe-to-halt-winter-charity-concert-just-hours-before-the-show/123

While another annual Hawaiian concert goes on as usual

http://www.marforpac.marines.mil/News/NewsArticleDisplay/tabid/919/Article/135228/hawaii-musicians-make-time-for-giving.aspx

Congrats to Nice Guy Hugh Masekela for his Grammy nomination

http://www.bdlive.co.za/world/americas/2012/12/06/jazz-icon-hugh-masekela-nominated-for-a-grammy

Ali Farke Toure's music is banned in Mali

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20624236

Previewing next year's Mardi Gras in N'Orleans

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gary-sinise-trombone-shorty-harry-connick-jr-headline-orpheus-parade-perform-at-ball/2012/12/06/618166a6-3fce-11e2-8a5c-473797be602c_story.html

R.I.P. to British composer Jonathan Harvey

http://www.wboc.com/story/20275451/british-composer-jonathan-harvey-dies-at-73

A new guitar company in Boston

http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/boston-art-director-kickstarts-custom-guitar-company_b41922

Guitar Hero 7 revealed

http://www.oxm.co.uk/48247/guitar-hero-7-revealed-vicarious-visions-disaster-used-six-string-guitar/

Mixing Jazz with traditional Arabic music

http://blogs.voanews.com/music/2012/12/07/two-rivers-mixing-jazz-with-traditional-arabic-music/

And R.I.P. to Ed Cassidy, a founding member of the legendary California band SPIRIT

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/spirit-drummer-ed-cassidy-dead-at-89/

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Thursday Half-A-Loaf Music News You Can Use

Once again, not much news today. Mainly because one jazz music story dominated the past 24 hours...

R.I.P. to jazz icon Dave Brubeck

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-dave-brubeck-dead-20121205,0,7126256.column

Great Britain's Ookelele Orchestra goers to the opera

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/music/10088889.Review__Ukulele_Orchestra_of_Great_Britain__Grand_Opera_House__York/

Aerosmith's Brad Whitford on too many guitars

http://www.aeroforceone.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/1618928/pid/302766

Suicidal Angels name their new axe-man

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=183212

And The New Orleans Nightingales head to Pres Hall

http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/4600163-129/new-orleans-nightingales-take-on

Monday, December 3, 2012

Monday Demi-Music News You Can Use

Sorry, only half a plate today-for some reason there's not been much music news in the past 24 hours!

Gibson Guitar hosts a charity kids' ball at its factory

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/dec/02/guitar-factory-in-memphis-hosts-kids-ball-for/

R.I.P. to steel guitarist Rocky Cagle

http://www.tulsaworld.com/ourlives/article.aspx?subjectid=58&articleid=20121202_11_A21_CUTLIN87959&allcom=1&r=3869

A visit to last week's George Harrison Tribute in LA

http://www.examiner.com/article/george-harrison-tributes-fans-gather-at-hollywood-star-for-11th-anniversary

Brandenton Blues has a great first year

http://www.bradenton.com/2012/12/02/4300743/bradenton-blues-festival-exceeds.html

And Disney by Day, Blues by Night

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/disney-by-day-paves-the-way-for-blues-by-night-20121202-2aoyd.html

Saturday, December 1, 2012

12-01-12 Music News You Can Use

Latest on that Stevie Wonder Hawaiian concert scam

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Alleged-Hawaii-concert-scammer-pleads-not-guilty-4080261.php

Lalo Schifrin's Life in Music

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Lalo-Schifrin-Lalo-Schifrin-My-4081096.php

Tickets for the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival go on sale today

http://livemusicblog.com/2012/11/30/jazz-fest-2013-tickets-and-vip-packages-on-sale-tomorrow-12112/

25 years of Jazz Improv at the University of Michigan

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/university-of-michigan-jazz-and-improvisation-program-celebrating-25-years/

A new Strat with a USB connection

http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/30/review-squier-by-fender-strat-guitar-with-usb-connection/

Aaron Neville embarks on his annual Christmas Tour

http://www.salina.com/entertainment/story/Aaron-Neville-1-30-clone

A new barroom film series features New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2012/11/barroom_film_series_starting_s.html

Coming in 2013: Roots Music for Kids

http://www.therockfather.com/musicforkids/kids-music-news/item/754-roots-music-for-kids-jambo-to-release-hootenanny-in-february-2013

Ringo sprouts "Wings"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ringo-starr-grooves-through-wings-in-atlanta-premiere-20121130

And spending 2 days on Mau'i, listening to slack key guitars

http://www.thestar.com/travel/northamerica/article/1295461--hawaii-travel-two-perfect-days-on-magical-maui