Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Turn Down That Stupid Music! Wednesday is Bob Wills Day!

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx/Bob_Wills_Day_is_Wednesday_celebrations_planned_at/20080

Musicians raise money for a Dream Guitar for New Hampshire's Bruce Bauman, who was injured in the Boston Marathon attack

http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_23130398/musicians-raise-money-bauman-dream-guitar

Ringo will end his latest All Starr Tour in Vegas

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/04/29/ringo-starr-las-vegas/2120793/

A giant Music Box for Governors Island?

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130429/clinton-hill/bklyn-artists-drum-up-funds-build-giant-music-box-for-governors-island

A new addition to the lineup for the Red Rooster Fest

http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/new-red-rooster-festival-lineup-beverley-guitar-watkins-jamie-n-commons

Don't let Jazz Music die

http://allafrica.com/stories/201304300170.html

A report from Disrupt New Your 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLTIH8XUBhY

In between weekends at JazzFest in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/04/instruments_a_comin_to_tipitin.html

Upcoming shows at Sands Bethlehem

http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2013/04/hard-rock-guitar-great-to-bring-solo-band-to-sands-bethlehem-event-center.html

And The Monkees get ready to hit the road again, with Mister Nesmith in tow!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-monkees-reveal-u-s-summer-tour-dates-20130429

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Saturday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to legendary country singer George Jones

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/arts/music/george-jones-country-singer-dies-at-81.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

What it's like to be a stage manager at JazzFest (for 40 years!)

http://theadvocate.com/news/5820169-123/jazz-fest-stage-manager-marks

Keeping Cajun and Zydeco music alive

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/young-musicians-strive-to-keep-cajun-zydeco-traditions-going-new-orleans-jazz-fest-opens/2013/04/26/f3fa575a-aed6-11e2-b59e-adb43da03a8a_story.html

A Ookelele Flash Mob in Toronto

http://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sound-check/toronto-commuters-treated-ukulele-flash-mob-courtesy-project-162107435.html

Pete Sears finally gets his stolen guitar back, 35 years later

http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_23113533/marin-county-jefferson-starship-guitarist-finds-bass-guitar

A look back at Tom Petty's "Full Moon Fever"

http://ktar.com/245/1629959/Lost-80s-at-4-Tom-Petty-and-George-Harrison-make-history

Hugh Masekela returns to Marin

http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_23092637/lib-at-large-hugh-masekela-onetime-sausalito-flower

A 1980 Ringo Flashback

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/04/26/photo-flashback-ringo-starr-marries-barbara-bach-in-1980/

A Johnny Rivers sighting

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-johnny-rivers-blues-festival-ventura-county-20130425,0,6605451.story

And workers at Guitar Center want to form a union

http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=b0aabaa5-c941-402f-9175-b9ee0d01db08

Friday, April 26, 2013

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

Monday Music News You Can Use

Previewing this year's Thunder Bay Blues Festival

http://www.chroniclejournal.com/editorial/daily_editorial/2013-04-21/measuring-best

Yet another update on the saga of Ringo's childhood home in Liverpool

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/21/fight-to-save-ringo-starr-estate

Putting Perth on the Jazz Map

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/entertainment/a/-/entertainment/16831949/festival-aims-to-put-perth-on-jazz-map/

Rachael Becker talks guitar straps

http://loudwire.com/rachael-becker-creating-guitar-straps-black-sabbath-tony-iommi-geezer-butler/

A recap of this past weekend's Taste of New Orleans Fest

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Taste-of-New-Orleans-From-humble-start-to-4450608.php

John C. Reilly gets Unplugged in San Diego

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/21/tp-john-c-reilly-unplugged/

Want to visit Muscle Shoals?

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Tourism-music-to-ears-of-Shoals-area-of-Alabama-4451628.php

Audition time at the Institute of Hawaiian Music

http://www.mauinews.com/page/calendars.detail/cal/6/event/5771/Institute-of-Hawaiian-Music-auditions.html?d=04%2F20%2F2013

A slideshow of last week's Ballard Jazz Walk in Seattle

http://www.ballardnewstribune.com/2013/04/20/features/slideshow-ballard-comes-alive-music-ballard-j

And R.I.P. to P-Funk bassist "Boogie" Mosson

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/04/cordell_boogie_mosson_p-funk_b.html

Friday, April 19, 2013

T.G.I.F. Music News You Can Use

Coming to La Jolla tonight? Hawaiian Music.

http://www.lajollalight.com/2013/04/18/hawaiian-music-to-fill-la-jolla-sherwood-auditorium/

The Island Jazz Experience

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/Jazz--203697841.html

Jazz salutes its Disc Jockeys

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2013/04/18/177803233/jazz-salutes-its-disc-jockeys

NRBQ heads to Troy

http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/NRBQ-at-Troy-Ale-House-4442489.php

Great Britain's Ookelele Orchestra blows into the Midwest

http://www.southwestiowanews.com/council_bluffs/entertainment/ukulele-orchestra-all-music-is-fair-game-for-reinterpretation/article_6d05c32e-a7c4-11e2-aae5-001a4bcf887a.html

Johnny Winter heads to Komedia

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Guitar-hero-Johnny-Winter-leads-way-stars-head/story-18733811-detail/story.html#axzz2Qv6ZmR48

A new acoustic guitar add-on

http://mashable.com/2013/04/17/guitar-synthesizer/

Speaking of Johnny Winter, he and brother Edgar are reuniting for a summer tour

http://www.noise11.com/news/guitar-legends-johnny-and-edgar-winter-to-tour-as-rocknblues-fest-20130418

NPR's "American Routes" turns 15

http://www.thehullabaloo.com/arcade/article_039b4648-a82d-11e2-a592-001a4bcf6878.html

And Hugh Masekela is Fresh because he's Fascinated. We found that out at his show here in NH last night!

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/17/177610523/jazz-great-hugh-masekela-fresh-because-hes-fascinated

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt spots Julia Roberts

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-10/

From Walt Whitman to traditional Aloha Music

http://www.examiner.com/article/from-walt-whitman-to-traditional-aloha-music

Al Dressen starts playing Stupid Music again

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/beloved-western-swing-band-rides-again

The Istanbul Jazz Festival turns 20

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-jazz-festival-celebrates-its-20th-year.aspx?pageID=238&nID=45007&NewsCatID=383

Prince lets his guitar do the talking

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/review-prince-lets-his-guitar-do-the-talking-in-vancouver-1.1240100

Time for the Southern Illinois Steel Guitar Show

http://register-news.com/local/x63034778/Steel-guitar-show-scheduled-this-weekend

This year's Voodoo Fest in New Orleans announces the lineup

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/pearl-jam-nine-inch-nails-dj-calvin-harris-to-perform-at-las-voodoo-festival/2013/04/15/3c36e9ce-a613-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html

Do pop musicians even know Delta Blues?

http://www.albertleatribune.com/2013/04/16/do-pop-musicians-even-know-delta-blues/

Almost time again for Jazz in The Junction

http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/article/20130415/NEWS/130419950

And this year's French Quarter Festival sets a new 1-day attendance record

http://www.fox8live.com/story/21985060/saturday-attendance-record-at-french-quarter-festival

Monday, April 15, 2013

Patriots' Day Music News You Can Use

The Red Sox game starts at 11 AM. Be there. Aloha!

Checking out Evening 2 of Clapton's Guitar Crossroads Fest

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/eric-claptons-crossroads-guitar-festival-439293

George Strait plays New Orleans for the last time

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/04/george_strait_goes_out_on_a_hi.html

George Harrison's Suitcase

http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/george-harrison-s-suitcase?cid=PROD-next-slideshow

Ringo decides to take the All Starr Band to South America

http://www.examiner.com/article/beatle-news-briefs-ringo-to-tour-joe-walsh-spills-photos-sell

Scotland's Glasgow Central Station will become a music venue

http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/glasgow-central-station-to-become-music-venue-1-2894417

The New Orleans Opera does "Madame Butterfly"

http://www.noladefender.com/content/local-te34nor-out-front-ne67w-orleans-operas-madame-butterfly

Little Feat's  guitarists get ready to throw a Bayou Bash

http://www.nottoway.com/littlefeat/bayou-boogie-FAQ.htm

Updated meeting info for the Worcester Ookelele Club in MA

http://www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk/events/Worcester/851030.Worcester_Ukulele_Club_Meetings/

London's Mill Hill Music Festival turns 10

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/10353571.Line_up_for_tenth_Mill_Hill_music_festival_announced/

And why your brain loves that new song

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/sci-tech/why-your-brain-loves-that-new-song-20130414-2htsg.html



Saturday, April 13, 2013

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Aloha Music in the Bay Area this April

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/04/12/bay-area-college-hawaii-clubs-share-aloha-spirit-this-month/

Victor Wooten Talks Story

http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/jazz-bassist-victor-wooten-believes-we-should-learn-to-play/article_a9225f13-7196-5bb9-b393-536252fcea90.html

A new music theatre opens in Michigan

http://www.dailytribune.com/article/20130412/ENTERTAINMENT01/130419881/jazz-triple-bill-opens-new-theater

R.I.P. to Chicago Bluesman Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/chicago-bluesman-jimmy-fast-fingers-dawkins-famous-for-stellar-guitar-playing-dead-at-76/2013/04/12/91ec546e-a3d2-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html

Taylor Guitars goes Mahogany

http://guitarinternational.com/2013/04/12/taylor-guitarsexpands-the-500-series-with-first-edition-all-mahogany-guitars/

Aaron Neville hits the Doo-Wop Road

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/04/12/aaron-neville-tour-on-the-road-again/2074901/

George and John's rare Vox guitar will go on display before it is auctioned off

http://guitarinternational.com/2013/04/12/rare-beatles-vox-guitar-on-display-in-ireland-april-16-may-8/

Looking for Wyoming's best blues musician

http://trib.com/weekender/music/side/search-is-on-for-wyoming-s-best-blues-musician/article_1d7fa7eb-3358-51f4-b5af-70f394c2c503.html

Another update on Joe Walsh's Mystery Project

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/March/ts18Joe_Walsh,_Mick_Jagger,_Jeff_Beck,_Ringo_Involved_In_Mystery_Project.shtml

And what if Bob Wills and Woody Guthrie actually met?

http://www.ocolly.com/news/stillwater/article_1a26a9c8-a32f-11e2-a588-001a4bcf6878.html


Thursday, April 11, 2013

April 11th Music News You Can Use

Snow-Out expected this afternoon!

Sweet Baby James visits "Hawaii Five-O"

http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981868300

Commander Cody Talks Story

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Interview-Rock-Pioneer-Commander-Cody-4424183.php

The Beatles on Ookelele. Yup, really.

http://www.lamag.com/laculture/culturefilesblog/2013/04/10/the-beatles-on-ukulele-yup-really

Meet the Vo-96

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/04/how-inventor-paul-vo-created-a-little-box-that-could-change-guitars-forever/

New Tuneage from Los-Po-Boy-Citos

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/04/los_po-boy-citos_bring_a_relax.html

Another great new band name

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/exclusive-video-lesson-beware-of-darkness-howl-573683

A summer blues camp is looking for young musicians

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20130410/NEWS/130410011/Alabama-Blues-Project-s-Summer-Blues-Camp-seeking-young-musicians-?nclick_check=1

Peter Tork looks back on Ringo's classic commercial for Pizza Hut

http://www.examiner.com/article/peter-tork-pizza-commercial-revealed-ringo-s-great-sense-of-humor

More talent announced for this year's Vancouver Jazz Fest

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/Vancouver+Coastal+Jazz+announces+summer+festival/8223261/story.html

And Whit Smith talks some Stupid Music

http://www.salemnews.com/lifestyle/x1641178466/Me-Thee-and-western-swing

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Thursday Music News You Can Use

How Wayne Hancock's life was changed by Stupid Music

http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/ride-shows-changes-in-hancock-s-life/article_d10e869c-9cd1-11e2-8001-001a4bcf887a.html

An Ookelele Primer

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-primer-of-ukele-performances-html,0,1303994.htmlstory

Extreme Slide Guitar in 60 seconds

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

Geddy Lee gives the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame one of his guitars

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Rush-bassist-gives-guitar-to-Rock-Hall-4406397.php

New Orleans musicians are "In the Gravy"

http://theadvocate.com/features/food/5573073-123/side-dish-the-gravy

Lead Singer? A man carves a John Lennon face onto the tip of a pencil

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4871986/artist-carves-mini-john-lennon-onto-tip-of-pencil.html

Blues and Brews time in Nevada

http://www.laughlinentertainer.com/articles/2013/04/02/news/cover/doc4da4ad3b05c13584777930.txt

A final farewell to the Herb David Guitar Studio

http://www.annarbor.com/news/opinion/herb-david-guitar-studio-remembered-by-loyal-and-thankful-customer/

Dimpstahfhunk to get a Big Easy Award

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/big-easy-awards-honor-dumpstaphunk-ambassador-entertainment

And R.I.P. to Scottish bluesman "Big George" Watt

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/220043-glasgow-blues-legend-big-george-watt-dies-suddenly-at-home/

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to pioneering rock critic Paul Williams, the founder of "Crawdaddy" magazine

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/03/30/175775627/remembering-paul-williams-founder-of-rock-magazine-crawdaddy

The Oklahoma Historical Society gets ready to honor Bob Wills

http://www.ardmoreite.com/article/20130401/NEWS/130409990/-1/sports

The Lowell Folk Festival gets ready for Year #27

http://www.lowell.com/lowell-folk-festival-celebrates-its-27th-year-july-26-28-2013/

How the Merrie Monarch Fest means Big Bucks to local businesses on the Big Isle

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/21839938/merrie-monarch-major-economic-impact-for-local-businesses

A Blues Camp for Kids

http://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/music/mix-position-blog/dp-blues-camp-comes-to-hampton-roads-20130401,0,6153702.story

Guitar-playing for the smartphone age

http://www.dailycal.org/2013/03/31/company-to-release-guitar-playing-product-jamstik/

The best guitar solos from this year's SXSW

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Apr/The_Abbreviated_Best_Guitar_Performances_of_SXSW_2013.aspx

New Orleans musicians start young and learn fast

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/April-2013/New-Orleans-Musicians-Start-Young-and-Learn-Fast/

Codebreakers

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/04/codebreakers_how_a_group_of_fa.html

And The Beatles' first album turns 50

http://www.newstimes.com/news/slideshow/The-Beatles-first-album-turns-50-58467.php