Friday, May 24, 2013

TGIF Music News You Can Use

Happy Mem Day Weekend!

Jacksonville Jazz 2013 kicks off with a piano contest

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-05-24/story/piano-contest-kicks-jacksonville-jazz-festival

Music of The Great Gatsby

http://theurbantwist.com/2013/05/23/music-of-the-great-gatsby-hip-hop-in-the-jazz-age/

Summer music camps Down East

http://courier.mainelymediallc.com/news/2013-05-23/News/Portland_Conservatory_of_Music_Summer_Camps.html

Time for the Pineapple Island Ookelele Fest

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=175095#.UZ9ZFUrCZac

"Guitar a la Hindustan"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/vishwa-mohan-bhatt-album-review-guitar-a-la-hindustan/2013/05/23/1e811912-bd84-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html

Paul Reed Smith's Paul Guitar

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/guitars/electric/6-string-solid-body/pauls-guitar-574939

In defense of...New Orleans Gospel music

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/171612-in-defense-of-new-orleans-gospel-music/

A preview of this weekend's Bayou Country SuperFest in  Baton Rouge

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/05/the_2013_bayou_country_superfe.html

Beatles lyrics are headed for a British library

http://www.wtsp.com/news/article/317969/81/Beatles-lyrics-headed-for-British-Library

And Joe Louis Walker Talks Story

http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/at-walker-still-glad-to-play-contemporary-blues/article_f42c49fb-e7e3-5600-8333-072ea0f73bf9.html?comment_form=true