Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Gabs about Joan Rivers this midweek

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-15/

Henry Kapono sighting

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=34460:uso-hawaiian-music-legend-henry-kapono-performs-saturday-at-hyatt-already-sold-out&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156

The Sacramento Music Festival turns 40

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/82819/Sacramento_Music_Festival_celebrates_its_40th_anniversary_in_Old_Sacramento

3 generations of Hoosiers playing the Ookelele

http://www.indystar.com/article/20130521/LIFE/305210060/Secret-happiness-3-generations-Hoosiers-playing-ukelele?nclick_check=1

Rice University students build a new guitar capo

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/rice-university-students-build-new-guitar-capo/10565392

While some other folks make a guitar out of Sargento Cheese!

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local/fox_cities/sargento-cheese-guitar-made-at-fvtc

4Chambers coming to Governors Island

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Site-Specific-4CHAMBERS-Begins-July-6-on-Governors-Island-20130521

Books, Halaus, Tea and Music

http://www.examiner.com/article/books-halaus-tea-and-music

Previewing this weekend's Afro-Cuban Jazz Fest in Michigan

http://www.michronicleonline.com/index.php/entertainment/11597-jazz-classical-world-music-a-splash-of-r-b-june-21-22

And taking a listen to the lost Oscar Pettiford tapes

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-oscar-pettiford-lost-tapes/