Last Day of June Music News You Can Use

Los Lobos get Jiggy at Knucklehead's

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/30/4322019/los-lobos-instigates-raucous-collaborations.html

A preview of the very first Bay Area Hawaiian Music Festival

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/06/29/beat-the-heat-with-1st-bay-area-hawaii-music-festival/

Make Jazz Reviewing one of your favorite things

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/music/Make+jazz+reviewing+your+favourite+things/8598267/story.html

Getting ready to go Ookelele Crazy in Cairns

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2013/06/30/244555_lifestyle.html

Frampton's Guitar Circus does the Rochester Jazz Fest

http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/MusicBlog/archives/2013/06/29/jazz-fest-2013-day-8-paloma-reviews-framptons-guitar-circus

Assorted Jazz notes from New Amsterdam

http://www.amsterdamnews.com/opinion/columnists/jazz_notes/roy-haynes-hugh-masekela-seleno-clarke-celebrated/article_12292b32-df58-11e2-b401-001a4bcf887a.html

Getting ready for the 80th birthday of Wayne Shorter

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/happy-80th-wayne-shorter-the-jazz-world-gears-up-to-celebrate-a-legend/article12883098/

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell find the true heart of bluegrass

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/06/28/td_toronto_jazz_festival_steve_martin_finds_true_heart_of_bluegrass.html

Keith Urban jams with Duane Allman

http://tasteofcountry.com/keith-urban-gregg-allman-jam/

And a happy #65 to Lickette Naomi Ruth Eisenberg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBGeQ0zSifc

Saturday Music News You Can Use

A radio station in Alabama switches formats to...all Hawaiian music!

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/06/goodbye_espn_973_the_zone_hell.html

Cordova Music Camp time

http://www.thecordovatimes.com/article/1326world-class-musicians-grammy-winner-returns

Stupid Music for tornado relief in Oklahoma

http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/JD-McPherson-Pokey-LaFarge-Team-Up-on-New-Single-for-Tornado-Relief-20130628

Meet the Philadelphia Ookelele Orchestra

http://articles.philly.com/2013-06-28/news/40257681_1_instrument-several-orchestra-members-songs

Some new Cube amps from Roland

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/06/28/new-roland-cubes-practice-amps-tested/

Latest on New Orleans' noise law

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_noise_law_can_work.html

Pattie Boyd's rare photos

http://www.etonline.com/music/135632_George_Harrison_and_Eric_Clapton_Rare_Photos_by_Pattie_Boyd/

Merry Clayton sighted

http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/6349611-129/merry-clayton-getting-moment-in

GI Music news update

http://joonbug.com/national/frequency/The-Show-Will-Still-Go-OnBut-Now-at-Governors-Island/uPMn9rLLGHX

And kick-starting the Dundee Blues Bonanza

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/dundee-blues-bonanza-boss-kickstarting-2006424

Stormy Friday Music News You Can Use

And the Rain Trains never stop...

The Hag still knows how to Turn Up That Stupid Music

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130627/ENT03/306270066/Review-Merle-Haggard-still-thrill?nclick_check=1

The Cult of Feist

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/Jazz+festival+cult+Feist/8587748/story.html

Amanda Palmer (very nearly) goes Dancing in the Nude

http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/06/amanda-palmer-stripped-exclusive

Meet the Artiphon 1

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/27/tech/innovation/artiphon-instrument-1-iphone/

A preview of this weekend's Arts Festival in Des Moines

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130627/ENT/306270013/-1/SPORTS12/Datebook-Best-Bets-Yankee-Doodle-Pops-Los-Lobos-Aaron-Neville-Other-art-show-Uncluded?nclick_check=1

Blowin' in the wind

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/wknd/wknd_article.asp?xfile=/data/wkndtopstoriesnew/2013/June/wkndtopstoriesnew_June16.xml&section=wkndtopstories

A preview of the first-ever Mystic Blues Festival this weekend in CT

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x997473568/Blues-legends-stopping-by-for-Mystic-music-festival#axzz2XWQT2HFs

Time for Wyoming's Donkey Creek Jazz Fest

http://trib.com/weekender/music/donkey-creek-jazz-festival-in-gillette/article_65d368a3-22f5-5f51-91d2-8a75a754477d.html?comment_form=true

Meet New Orleans'  Next Generation Big Band

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/07/01/next-generation-big-band-harold-battiste-presents-the-next-generation-big-band-afo-records/

And saying farewell to Bobby Blue Bland

http://www.wwno.org/post/remembering-multidimensional-music-bobby-blue-bland

Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use

The storm trains just keep on rolling through!

 A preview of Jazz Mau'i 2013

http://www.lahainanews.com/page/content.detail/id/509438/Jazz-Maui-2013-to-feature-free-West-Side-concerts.html?nav=19

Permaculture on a Ookelele

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/06/26/3790060.htm

Celebrating the life and music of Seaman Dan

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2013/06/27/244448_entertainment.html

Meet the first guitar to summit Mt. Everest

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/22687117/2013/06/25/climber-brings-guitar

Bourbon Street needs a re-do

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/06/26/bourbon-needs-a-re-do/

Some lost George Harrison and John Lennon interviews surface

http://www.examiner.com/article/unedited-john-lennon-george-harrison-interviews-found-after-40-years

"A Night With Janis Joplin" heads to Broadway

http://www.postbulletin.com/entertainment/music/a-night-with-janis-joplin-heads-to-broadway/article_1da905c8-464a-50d0-bc69-9bd603895e08.html

Blues that never left home

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2013/jun/26/blues-never-left-home/

Another festival heads to Governors Island

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1326998

And Ravi Coltrane steps out of his father's shadow

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/Jazz+festival+Ravi+Coltrane+steps+father+shadow/8581571/story.html

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt goes Kiwi

http://www.midweek.com/jason-momoa-misia-and-game-of-thrones-celebrity-news/

Trick Shot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuBpC29k_A&feature=em-uploademail

Checking out Olympia's Dixieland Jazz Fest, which starts Thursday

http://www.thurstontalk.com/2013/06/25/dixieland-jazz-festival-entertains-olympia/

Dent May has a new single out

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/06/listen-to-dent-mays-new-single-born-too-late.html

10 concert fights caught on tape

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/10-concert-fights-caught-on-tape-20130625

Why Bernie Williams loves Jazz

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/06/25/ex-yankees-star-bernie-williams-has-a-passion-for-playing-jazz-guitar/2456475/

Today's hot music picks in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_64.html

The Fifth Stone speaks

http://www.wyso.org/post/chuck-leavell-fifth-stone-speaks

Oregon's Waterfront Blues Festival announces its lineup

http://oregonmusicnews.com/2013/06/24/waterfront-blues-festival-2013-the-full-schedule-is-out-have-fun-planning-your-days-2/

And a Hawaiian music video becomes an online hit after years in the making

http://www.khon2.com/2013/06/24/hawaiian-music-video-becomes-online-hit-after-years-in-the-making/

Gone Fishin'

Takin' a day off. Back Wednesday!

Monday Music News You Can Use

Latest Stupid Music News from Texas

http://mcalesternews.com/local/x182746467/McAleter-area-resident-Bob-Sullivan-inducted-into-Texas-Wester-Swing-Hall-of-Fame

Guitar Rock on the comeback?

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/guitar-rock-comeback-article-1.1377024

A visit to Frampton's Guitar Circus

http://www.timesreporter.com/blogs/x1115119228/Musicology-Guitar-wizard-Frampton-delivers-Zito-connects#axzz2X8pEuYmb

Slowly I turn...

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130622/CITYANDREGION/130629698/1010

A new music venue in Pennsylvania

http://articles.mcall.com/2013-06-22/entertainment/mc-homepage-0618-4-20130622_1_john-hammond-concert-series-howlin-wolf

Another Playboy Jazz Festival update

http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_23520777/16-hours-jazz-at-playboy-jazz-festival-at

The search for signs of Hawaiian life

http://www.staradvertiser.com/travel/the_search_for_signs_of_hawaiian_life/20130623_the_search_for_signs_of_hawaiian_life.html

Herbie Hancock and the music of technology

http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_23522794/review-herbie-hancock-and-music-technology

A visit to Viva Musica!

http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/50498/9/viva_musica_festival_brings_classical_music_and_jazz_to_the_streets.html

And R.I.P. to blues great Bobby Blue Bland

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/blues-singer-bobby-blue-bland-dies-83-19470180

Stormy Sunday Music News You Can Use

The 10 best songs about Los Angeles

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhochman/2013/06/22/the-10-best-songs-about-los-angeles/

Los Lobos head to Des Moines for the annual Art Festival

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130623/NEWS/306230065/0/ENT/?odyssey=nav|head&nclick_check=1

A review of the new Beach Boys live 2 CD set from last year's 50th Anniversary Tour

http://theseconddisc.com/2013/05/21/review-the-beach-boys-live-50th-anniversary-tour/

A visit to the 2013 Playboy Jazz Festival

http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_23520849/playboy-jazz-festival-meeting-place-friends-fans-good

The Top 10 Heavy Metal guitar riffs

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wfptv/entertainment/top-10-heavy-metal-guitar-riffs-212547881.html

Previewing Monday's music in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_62.html

A new Bobby Whitlock reissue

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-bobby-whitlock-where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way-fdr-8669676.html

A preview of today's 22nd annual Slack Key Festival on Mau'i

http://www.mauinews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/4413/Ki-Ho-alu-Guitar-Festival.html

John Lee Hooker Jr. leaves the blues behind

http://www.longridgenews.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/music/john-lee-hooker-junior-i-m-leaving-the-blues-behind-1-5789591

And a preview of next weekend's Saratoga Jazz wingding

http://poststar.com/lifestyles/saratoga-prepares-for-all-that-jazz/article_13a2f48a-db92-11e2-8bd8-001a4bcf887a.html

First Day of Summer Music News You Can Use

Hawai'i comes to this year's Smithsonian Folklife Fest

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/6/21/Smithsonian_Hawaiian_culture_Folklife_Festival

Checking out the eats at the Firefly Music Fest

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130621/LIFE05/130621021/Food-Firefly-Music-Festival-More-options-more-dining-locations?nclick_check=1

It's the folks you can't see

http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/06/21/its-the-folks-you-cant-see-a-look-at-jazz-musics-most-important-sidepeople/

Blues and Kazoo with Mumbo-Jumbo

http://www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk/events/Worcester/871163._Blues___Kazoos__with_Mumbo_Jumbo/

Are you ready for Uka-Palooza?

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10835736.htm

New software from Guitar in a Nutshell

http://www.menafn.com/4d822db2-6236-4f4b-b16f-82ef3ef2d171/Guitar-a-NutshellTM-Releases-Innovative-Software-To-Help-People-Learn-How-to-Play-Guitar?src=main

It's time for Paulie's NOLA Fest in Worcester

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130620/NEWS/106209986

This year's Governor's Ball was a mess

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/1567892/backyard-festival-on-randalls-island-pulled-following

A trip back in time in Alpine

http://www.wmicentral.com/news_premium/country-blues-music-festival-is-a-trip-back-in-time/article_4d731388-d9e0-11e2-9319-001a4bcf887a.html

And 5 must-see shows at this year's Toronto Jazz Festival

http://www.blogto.com/music/2013/06/5_must-see_concerts_at_the_2013_toronto_jazz_festival/

Summer Equinox Music News You Can Use

All downhill from here on!

July music @ Wolf Trap

http://norfolk.broadwayworld.com/article/She-Him-Los-Lonely-Boys-More-Set-for-Wolf-Trap-in-July-20130620

Slack Key Fest Time on Mau'i

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/511444/Free-Annual-Ki-Ho-alu-Festival-at-the-MACC.html?nav=39

Latest Stupid Music News from Hot Club of Cowtown

http://hamptonroads.com/2013/06/hot-club-cowtown-rendezvous-rhythm

A visit to the Clive Air Guitar tourney in Iowa

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130620/NEWS/130620001/Air-guitar-regional-tournament-gets-wild-Clive-new-video-?nclick_check=1

New Orleans Jazz coming to Basking Ridge, where there used to be an airport

http://bernardsville-bedminster.patch.com/articles/music-munch-in-downtown-basking-ridge-next-week

Speaking of which, today's music picks for The Crescent City

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_59.html

Battle of the Bands, film-style

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/emmys-beatles-film-vs-stones-film-its-beatles-walrus-hair-97916

10 essential Buddy Guy recordings

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/06/20/2685853/a-critics-pick-of-10-essential.html

A new jazz music app

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/20/5511648/leading-jazz-musicians-perform.html

And another tribute to Yodelin' Slim Whitman

http://www.examiner.com/article/slim-whitman-who-influenced-george-harrison-and-the-beatles-dead-at-90

Last Day of Spring Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to Slim Whitman, the butt of a thousand and one musical jokes

http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/06/for_slim_whitman_the_classic_s.html

Meet the gTar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdyM9FpT8uU

Latest news from the Wellington Ookelele Orchestra

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1306/S00279/wellington-ukulele-orchestra-edinburgh-fringe-fundraiser.htm

The Edmonton Jazz Fest is ready to ride

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/Festival+preview+Edmonton+Jazz+Fest+swing/8548799/story.html

Music doings for Thursday in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_58.html

Grits Ain't Groceries

http://cedarrepublican.com/news/grits-ain-t-groceries-benefit-blues-weekend-at-hulston-mill/article_9435ea72-d925-11e2-a4d6-0019bb2963f4.html

Los Lobos head to the Motor City

http://www.laprensatoledo.com/Stories/2013/062113/concert.htm

Herbie Hancock on technology and music

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23478389/herbie-hancock-technology-and-music

A long-lost Tony Bennett/Dave Brubeck recording surfaces

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23493002/long-lost-tony-bennett-dave-brubeck-recording-discovered

And an update on the major makeover of Governors Island

http://pix11.com/2013/06/18/governors-island-getting-a-makeover/#axzz2WlT06JSA

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about Wrasslin'

http://www.midweek.com/duncan-kamakana-rainbeau-mars-and-billy-v-celebrity-news/

The Spampinato Brothers meet The Zambonis

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/music/article/The-Spampinato-Brothers-at-FTC-with-Zambonis-4607812.php

Checking out this year's Isthmus Jazz Fest

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=40196

Big Strum hits the right note

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/fife/big-strum-hits-the-right-note-with-fife-children-1.103756

Tull Himself sighted

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraphtv/10127254/Ian-Anderson-I-swapped-Lemmys-30000-guitar-for-30-pound-flute..html

Today's hot music picks in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_57.html

Uncle Hugh Masekela gets an apology

http://www.insightnews.com/aesthetics/10912-he-and-larry-willis-gave-the-performance-of-a-lifetime-at-the-dakota

Rancid keeps it raw

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/06/17/rancid-keeps-raw-house-blues/lQhU9iJZ5yA1uOnLItOhBN/story.html

A solitary strategy for taking on John Zorn

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324021104578553613382125942.html

And 12 of the best Ookelele videos on youtube

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/12-of-the-best-ukulele-videos-on-youtube-578675

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

A preview of next month's Jazz on the Fringe

http://www.di-ve.com/lifestyle/jazz-fringe-11-%E2%80%93-24-july

Bill Frissell sets Big Sur to music

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/06/17/new-music-review-big-sur-bill-frisell-okeh/

York holds its very first Ookelele Festival

http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10488731.Passion_for_the_humble_ukulele_shared_at_York_festival/

R.I.P. to Second City founder Bernie Sahlins

http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/bernie-sahlins-second-city-troupe-founder-dead-90-97691

Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore didn't leave a will? He died in 2011.

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10488590.No_estate_left_to_guitar_legend_s_partner/?ref=nt

Today's hot music picks in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_56.html

A report from this year's Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island

http://gothamist.com/2013/06/17/photos_jazz_age_lawn_party_takes_go.php#photo-1

Jazz in June gets ready to bloom

http://kgou.org/post/jazz-june-ready-bloom

Sweden Meets Australia

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sweden-meets-australia-in-kate-boy/Content?oid=2460511

And get ready for Jazz at Jacobs

http://www.wrti.org/post/jazz-jacobs-live-jazz-piano-extravaganza-june-21

Monday Music News You Can Use

Jack Johnson does Bonnaroo

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130616_Jack_Johnson_pulls_off_the_switch_at_Bonnaroo.html?id=211736031

Off to a Jazz Fest in Borneo

http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/17/kota-kinabalu-jazz-festival-a-mecca-for-jazz-aficionados/

An Oklahoma guitar builder honors his father's work

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-guitar-builder-honors-his-fathers-work/article/3852073

Wolfman Washington sighted

http://www.hngnews.com/sun_prairie_star/news/local/article_3cd6afe0-d5cf-11e2-b3eb-001a4bcf6878.html

Ringo returns to the Octopus' Garden

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130616/GJLIFESTYLES/130619689/-1/SANNEWS

Illinois' new RiverEdge Park opens

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/20770505-418/blues-on-the-fox-opens-new-riveredge-park-in-aurora.html

Uncle Martin Pahinui heads to the Valley Isle

http://mauinow.com/2013/06/16/masters-of-hawaiian-slack-key-show-wednesday/

The Guitar World according to Noel Gallagher

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/June/ts13The_Guitar_World_According_to_Noel_Gallagher.shtml

Fleetwood Mac gives a marathon concert at The Q

http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2013/06/fleetwood_mac_delivers_a_marat.html

And a report from this year's W.C. Handy Fest

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jun/15/blues-lovers-travel-near-and-far-for-handy/

Father's Day Music News You Can Use

Crawdads for Dads

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/83769/Crawdads_for_Dads_Cajun_music_blues_too

How my Dad's Gibson Guitar became a family icon

http://bartlett.wmctv.com/news/parents-kids/150972-special-interest-how-my-dads-gibson-guitar-became-family-icon

A recap from this year's Coleman Hawkins Jazz Fest

http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_20ec95d5-c160-59b2-ab86-7f31f4b003d8.html

"Star Guitar" is named Louisiana's Horse of the Year for the 4th straight year

http://www.drf.com/news/star-guitar-scores-four-peat-louisiana-horse-year

Harry moves beyond New Orleans

http://www.kelownacapnews.com/entertainment/211474221.html

A preview of next Saturday's KJAZZ Benefit

http://www.examiner.com/article/kjazz-summer-benefit-concert

Like the guitar? Take your pick

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/personal/2013/06/15/alarm-clock-guitar-laptop-lockdown/2407681/

Dr. John is still Night Tripping

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Still+night+tripping/8531314/story.html

The Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival announces its 2013 lineup

http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-Webster-Groves-i-2013-06-14-187211.114137-Old-Webster-Jazz-and-Blues-Festival-Announces-Lineup.html

And Steve Gadd is coming home

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130616/ENT01/306160027?nclick_check=1

Mid-June Music News You Can Use

How good music and a gas shortage helped create a Honolulu nightclub

http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=211516921&id=211516921

Another great new band name: Melt Yourself Down

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/14/melt-yourself-down-jazz-punk

Jazz in Bloom in The Bahamas

http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/community/Jazz_In_Bloom_Concert_to_benefit_Bahamas_Music_Conservatory_and28805.shtml

Time for the 2013 Republick Music Fest

http://www.hitfix.com/music/republik-music-festival-oahu-2013-2

A photo gallery of Isle of Wight 2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2013/jun/14/isle-of-wight-festival-in-pictures

Guitars worth leaving behind

http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2013/Jul/Guitars_Worth_Leaving_Behind.aspx

Van Dyke Parks sighted in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/van_dyke_parks_curates_forthco.html

How to get tickets for this weekend's Jazz Age Lawn Parties on GI

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2013/6/14/125856/120/travel/How+to+Get+Tickets+to+This+Summer%27s+Jazz+Age+Lawn+Parties+in+New+York+City

Checking out this year's Montana Music Festivals

http://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/from-country-to-metal-blues-and-world-music-montana-music/article_7800c802-d50d-11e2-b2f9-001a4bcf887a.html

And a sneak peek at next weekend's big New Orleans music fest in MA

http://www.golocalworcester.com/lifestyle/new-orleans-blues-and-jazz-festival-returns-to-worcester/

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

Hula in Sonoma

http://sonomavalley.patch.com/groups/weekend-planner/p/hula-your-heart-out-at-hoike-friday

Previewing the Summer Fried Swamp Fest

http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2013/06/southern_fried_swamp_fest_jake.html

Volcano Ookeleles is moving to northern Arizona

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/ukulele-biz-moving-to-flagstaff/article_85584059-3ceb-5790-835d-00d5be3b8c80.html

Time yet again for the Playboy Jazz Festival

http://variety.com/2013/music/features/robertglasperplayboyjazz-1200496764/

Robert Cray Talks Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2r33_f6f-8

Bonnie Raitt continues her British tour

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Slide-guitar-queen-set-wow-capital/story-19269738-detail/story.html#axzz2WCEuXF44

A preview of this weekend's Jambalaya Jam on the Cape of Cod

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130613/ENTERTAIN/130619877

The Ringo Exhibit opens at the LA Grammy Museum

http://www.euronews.com/2013/06/13/beatle-ringo-starr-exhibition-opens-in-los-angeles/

A festival grows in Brooklyn

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/06/13/a-festival-grows-in-brooklyn/?mod=google_news_blog

And R.I.P. to Surf Guitar legend Johnny Smith, who wrote "Walk, Don't Run"

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/06/13/191396165/johnny-smith-revered-guitar-player-has-died

Thursday Music News You Can Use

The Governors Ball survives a water balloon

http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=805497

Ringo opens his new Grammy Museum exhibit

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ringo-starr-opens-grammy-museum-exhibit-20130612

Blues in the Vineyard

http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2013/06/12/blues-in-the-vineyard-concert-series-to-benefit-niagara-childrens-centre

Sir Paul heads to Regina for the very first time

http://www.leaderpost.com/entertainment/McCartney+first+Regina+concert+sure+memorable/8512687/story.html

Hot music picks for today in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_55.html

Ernie K-Doe's other relatives

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/your_midday_music_break_other.html

Hef talks about Jazz and Sex

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/06/hugh_hefner_jazz_bizarre_ride.php

Talking Story with Fabrizio Sotti

http://www.hauteliving.com/2013/06/haute-interview-jazz-guitarist-and-music-producer-fabrizio-sotti/364429/

No confusion over the way Jazz Fusion is heading

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/13/music/no-confusion-over-the-way-jazz-fusion-is-heading/#.Ubmr_dgrOFU

And Alice Cooper offers some guitar advice

http://www.usatoday.com/story/popcandy/2013/06/12/alice-cooper-fretlight/2415891/

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt says R.I.P. to Bernadette Bayot Hernandez, better known as the mother of Bruno Mars

http://www.midweek.com/aloha-oe-bernadette-bayot-hernandez-celebrity-news/

The URI Jazz Band gets picked to play at this year's Newport Jazz Fest

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/06/11/uri-jazz-band-play-newport-jazz-festival/HBZiZtz7ViYz1GFZEqq3oJ/story.html

A preview of this summer's concert series at the Honolulu Zoo

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/6/11/Hawaii_Oahu_Waikiki_Honolulu_zoo_concert

Gibson drops "Guitar" from its name

http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2013/06/11/gibson-drops-guitar-from-its-name/

A preview of this weekend's Jersey Gumbo and Music Fest

http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/mainland-/news/39905-jersey-gumbo-and-music-fest-lands-in-somers-point-saturday.html

MINI signs on to sponsor this year's John Lennon Peace Day Concert

http://www.bermudasun.bm/Content/LIFESTYLE/Lifestyle/Article/Lennon-Peace-Day-concert-to-be-sponsored-by-MINI/9/230/67334

Blues in Cherry Hill Park

http://fcnp.com/2013/06/11/20th-annual-tinner-hill-fest-brings-blues-to-cherry-hill-park/

Seven summer weekend festivals on GI

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-11/seven-summer-weekend-festivals-on-ny-s-governors-island.html

Ryuichi Sakamoto gets the Chamber Music Treatment

http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2013/06/1101.html

And can jazz survive in the Northwest?

http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/06/portland_jazz_pianist_darrell.html

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Putting the heart back into jazz

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324634304578537520314703186.html

Introducing The Official Sophie Madeline Ookelele Tab Book!

http://boingboing.net/2013/06/10/the-official-sophie-madeleine.html

Vivian Campbell has cancer

http://guitarinternational.com/2013/06/10/guitarist-vivian-campbell-currently-in-recovery-from-cancer/

Hoboken's beloved Maxwell's is closing

http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2013/06/news_of_maxwells_future_closin.html

R.I.P. to Australian jazz musician and film scorer Murray McNabb

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/8780779/Jazz-musician-Murray-McNabb-dies

Harry Shearer gets ready to take up residence at Loyola

http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2013/6/10/3207

A preview of this weekend's Music Academy of the American South

http://www.wschronicle.com/2013/06/southern-music-festival-starts-june-14/

Ringo says The Beatles would have reunited

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/117393/The-Beatles-Would-Have-Reunited-If-Lennon-Was-Still-Alive-Says-Ringo-Starr

Another report from the Chicago Blues Fest

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-0611-blues-fest-wrap-20130610,0,938178.story

And this year's  Discover Jazz Fest closes in Vermont

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130610/EVENT08/130610010/Brent-Hallenbeck-Jazz-fest-ends-Poncho-Sanchez-Greg-Tardy-Jonathan-Richman-?nclick_check=1

Monday Music News You Can Use

Review: Jake Shimabukuro in Greenville

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20130609/ENT/306090017/Review-Shimabukuro-makes-ukelele-magic?nclick_check=1

Tlingit lullabies meet Jazz

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ec3856d495e34be5bfb2cda754f1f014/AK--Tlingit-Lullabies

Keef Richards' 10 coolest guitar riffs

http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/keith-richards-riffs-1214-2011.aspx

Meet The Nevilles, the multi-generational successors to The Neville Brothers

http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Nevilles-to-Replace-Chaka-Khan-at-2013-Pittsburgh-JazzLive-International-Festival-69-20130608

"It blowed up real good!"

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/massive-controlled-blast-decimates-empty-governor-island-building-article-1.1367394

Swamp Blues singer Carol Fran gets her due

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Swamp-blues-singer-pianist-wins-national-award-4590005.php

A guitar practice tool you can carry in your pocket

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/06/08/pocketstrings-a-guitar-practice-tool-that-you-can-carry-in-your-pocket/

A report from this year's Jazz for Joshua fundraiser

http://tristatehomepage.com/fulltext-news?nxd_id=622382

A Beatles primer for children

http://www.eagletribune.com/lifestyle/x953008895/A-Beatles-primer-for-children

And a report from Night 2 of the Chicago Blues Fest

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9132291

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Bonnie Raitt hops on her bike and hits the road

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/bonnies-bike--set-hit-4279817

Ben Tucker spreads the beat

http://www.islandpacket.com/2013/06/08/2534466/jazz-legend-ben-tucker-spread.html

The Ookelele wins fans in Tampa Bay

http://tbo.com/pinellas-county/ukulele-winning-fans-in-the-tampa-bay-area-20130608/

A visit to this year's Mississippi Picnic in NYC

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/06/07/4720030/jimmie-rodgers-celebrated-with.html

Checking out this year's Greeley Blues Jam

http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/local/6827533-113/blues-jam-greeley-ben

Despite Andrea, the Governors Ball went on

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1708676/governors-ball-music-festival-tropical-storm-andrea.jhtml

Reno's Jazz and Beyond is looking for volunteers

http://www.rgj.com/article/20130609/NEIGHBORHOODS/306090047/Jazz-Beyond-seeks-volunteers-August-music-festival?nclick_check=1

Guitar! meets Musyc

http://austin.ynn.com/content/living/292367/-guitar---and--musyc--merge-technology-and-music

Here Comes Handy

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jun/08/here-comes-handy-wc-handy-blues-barbecue-this/

And showing off Nebraska's music scene

http://www.omaha.com/article/20130608/GO/706089912

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Congrats to the Boston Bruins, who now head to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second time in 3 years after a 4 game sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins!

Uncle Hugh Masekela comes to The Dakota

http://www.insightnews.com/aesthetics/10881-jazz-legend-hugh-masekela-comes-to-the-dakota

Remembering the best albums of 1992

http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/photo-galleries/2013/06/07/xrt-listener-poll-best-albums-of-1992/

Homegrown island music for the soul

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/06/07/homegrown-island-music-for-the-soul-chronicles-of-the-son/

Recapping Day 1 of the D.C. Jazz Fest

http://www.examiner.com/article/dc-jazz-fest-day-1-recap

Some musical students get nominated for an unsung hero award

http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/10470647.Musical_students_nominated_for_unsung_heroes_award/

Foreclosure hits the Nashville Symphony

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/arts/music/nashville-symphony-hall-faces-foreclosure.html?_r=0

A preview of this weekend's Global Soul Music Fest in Taos

http://www.taosnews.com/entertainment/article_e73398fa-cf84-11e2-8120-001a4bcf887a.html

The Connecticut Blues Society Band Challenge Finals come to West Hartford

http://www.westhartfordnews.com/articles/2013/06/07/entertainment/doc51b23df7cc266128778348.txt

A guitar stolen 13 years ago is reunited with its owner via eBay

http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/court-crime/guitar_stolen_13_years_ago_in_golders_green_burglary_reunited_with_owner_via_ebay_1_2222956

And Christian McBride says music is about people, not Grammys

http://radio.krcb.org/post/christian-mcbride-says-music-about-people-not-grammys

Stormy Friday Music News You Can Use

More on Uncle Hugh Masekela's trip to Trinidad & Tobago

http://www.newsday.co.tt/features/0,178758.html

A preview of this weekend's Figment Fest on Governors Island. Will probably be rained out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/07/nyregion/figment-nyc-at-governors-island-native-games.html?_r=0

A Nina Simone biopic is in the works

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1565778/nina-simone-biopic-in-the-works-dr-dre-tapped-to-score-separate-documentary

Streaming away your blues

http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/entertainment/music/x258286322/JOHN-COX-Streaming-away-your-blues-at-WWOZ-org

Previewing the 2013 Guitar Workshop Plus lineup

http://www.guitarworld.com/2013-guitar-workshop-plus-program-feature-andy-mckee-mike-stern-tosin-abasi-and-more

A report from this year's Melbourne Jazz Festival

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/australia-culture-blog/2013/jun/07/jazz-festival-melbourne-2013

The fastest path to guitar godliness

http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/entertainment/60185-the-fastest-path-to-guitar-godliness-%E2%80%93-rocksmith

A preview of the 20th annual Hula Festival in Kalispell

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/this_week/article_6dd36d64-ced0-11e2-be05-0019bb2963f4.html

Vermont's Discover Festival starts its final 4 days

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130606/EVENT08/306060001/Burlington-Discover-Jazz-Festival-concludes-four-music-filled-days?nclick_check=1

And fond memories of New Orleans' Shim Sham Club

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/a_new_orleans-specific_midday.html

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Upcoming music events in Detroit

http://www.freep.com/article/20130606/ENT04/306060019/lady-antebellum-ll-cool-j-leon-russell-DMX-juanes-los-lobos-toby-keith-young-jeezy

Uncle Led and Uncle Mike head to Grass Valley

http://www.theunion.com/entertainment/6780965-113/kaapana-led-hawaii-kaawa

R.I.P. to Savannah jazz musician Ben Tucker, who was killed when his golf cart was struck by a car

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/Savannah+jazz+musician+Tucker+killed+crash+driver/8481485/story.html

And R.I.P. to drummer and Hot Tuna co-founder Joey Covington, who was killed when his car struck a wall in Palm Springs

http://www.today.com/entertainment/jefferson-airplane-drummer-joey-covington-dies-car-crash-6C10223330

Jake Shimabukuro rocks the Palladium

http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/circlecitizen/2013/06/05/ukulele-virtuoso-jake-shimabukuro-rocks-the-palladium

Yet another update on the Gibson Guitar Saga

http://tennessee.watchdog.org/2013/06/05/targeting-tn-guitar-maker-strikes-wrong-chord-with-gop/

Tomatoes and Zydeco music, what could be better?

http://www.thedailymeal.com/tomatoes-and-zydeco-music-what-could-be-better

Chris Smither comes full circle

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/recording_a_career_retrospecti.html

Making a Governors Island pavilion with 53,000 plastic bottles

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/06/05/making_a_governors_island_pavilion_with_53000_plastic_bottles.php

And Rollin' Up the River at the 2013 Chicago Blues Fest

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/conner/20544975-421/chicago-blues-festival-celebrates-heralded-music-road.html

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about 1965, the Golden Age of Wrestling in Hawai'i. He even saw Fred Blassie!

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-17/

Los Lobos head to Iowa

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130605/JUICE/306050022/-1/milestones/The-Buzz-5-things-our-radar-June-5?nclick_check=1

Sunday Jazz music comes to Minsk

http://news.belta.by/en/news/culture?id=717253

10 famous (and surprising) Ookelele Players

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/10-famous-and-surprising-ukulele-players-575782/1

Governors Isle gets ready for the 4th

http://joonbug.com/newyork/frequency/4th-of-July-Weekend-Is-About-to-Get-Dirty/ETpgihIQyJU

Harry Nilsson's last album will finally come out in the U.S.

http://www.examiner.com/article/flash-harry-nilsson-s-last-with-ringo-lennon-finally-set-for-u-s-release

Almost time for the BluesBerry Fest

http://norcross.patch.com/articles/blues-music-fresh-brews-on-tap-at-bluesberry-festival

When George Harrison visited Benton

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/31660ced8af0420eb31e01b3cbdea9f6/IL--Benton-George-Harrison

Hot Picks for Wednesday music in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/06/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_43.html

And the new Johnny Cash stamp comes out today. Already got mine!

http://www.dailylocal.com/article/20130604/ENTERTAINMENT01/130609912/family-celebrates-release-of-new-johnny-cash-stamp

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to hula dancer and singer Bernadette Hernandez, who was the mother of singer Bruno Mars. Only 55.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/06/03/bruno-mars-mother-dies-suddenly-at-55/2383821/

Previewing the next 2 weeks at the D.C. Jazz Festival

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-jazz-festival-to-feature-more-than-80-concerts-at-40-locations-across-city-over-2-weeks/2013/06/04/84522268-ccde-11e2-8573-3baeea6a2647_story.html

Buy Bob Wills' house for $1.00 on eBay!

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=9126178

Fog to descend at The Yew Tree

http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/Whats-On-Leisure/Music/Fog-to-descend-at-The-Yew-Tree-in-Maunden-20130603070024.htm

Another new Guitar Gadget

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/06/03/ios-guitar-connection-from-line-6-/

New music coming out of Louisiana's Bayou Country

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/new-music-out-of-lafayette/Content?oid=2207814

Time for Bonnaroo

http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/rebel-brands/2013/06/03/bonnaroo-and-hackers-too.html

Alice Cooper pays homage to his Guitar Heroes

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/alice-cooper-pays-homage-to-the-guitar-skills-of-jeff-beck-george-harrison-20130603

David Lynch to release a "Modern Blues" album

http://www.avclub.com/articles/david-lynch-is-releasing-a-modern-blues-record,98540/

And previewing next week's Bessie Smith Strut in Tennessee

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/6/3/252535/Music-Lineup-And-Changes-To-Bessie.aspx

Stormy Monday Music News You Can Use

Got Poi? A visit to the Oregon Hawai'i Club's 38th annual Lu'au

http://dailyemerald.com/2013/06/02/photos-oregon-hawaii-clubs-38th-annual-luau-event-at-the-emu-ballroom/

Wrapup of the 2013 Gold Guitar Awards in Texas

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/8748311/Gold-Guitar-Awards-end-on-high-note

Everybody wants to rule the world

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-20130602-2njtx.html

A live music face-off Down Under

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/06/03/live-music-face-off-lee-rhiannon-v-peter-garrett/?wpmp_switcher=mobile

A wrapup of the Free Press Music Fest

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/29-95/article/Free-Press-Summer-Music-Fest-heats-up-Houston-4568862.php

Here comes Handy

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/jun/02/here-comes-8232handy-chairman-says-this-years-be/

Festivation Nation

http://www.aspentimes.com/news/6713881-113/festival-music-aspen-jazz

The latest in guitar straps

http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/DuoStrap-Neo-Guitar-Strap-Offers-Affordable-4567886.php

A visit to Alabama's 9th annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/cigar_box_guitar_festival_0531.html

And some rare old guitar music from Kansas has a new home

http://www.hayspost.com/2013/06/02/guitar-recordings-of-19th-century-musician-on-kansas-memory/

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Aloha Sunday!

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/06/01/aloha-sunday-with-ledward-kaapana-uh-alumni-luau/

Reveling in old jazz recordings

http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_23356416/reveling-old-recordings-brubeck-bennett-coltrane

Ookeleles go mainstream in Lancaster County PA

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/856126_Ukuleles-go-mainstream-in-Lancaster-County-music-scene-.html

Eclectic Americana

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/6/1/eclectic_americana_acoustic_guitar.htm

A visit to Jazz's Penn Station

http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/354734/penn-station%3A-redefining-jazz-for-the-discerning-ear

A visit to this weekend's Free Press Summer Festival in Texas

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Free-Press-Summer-Music-Fest-heats-up-Houston-4568862.php

A Banjo Bridge from Senegal

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/June-2013/A-Banjo-Bridge-From-Senegal/

Barbecue, Blues, and the Knights of Columbus

http://www.southernminn.com/scene/events/article_164c0216-8438-57eb-b644-5debef9e58eb.html

Britain's Sodbury Fest is underway

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Music-inBristol-Sodbury-Jazz-Festival-Chipping/story-19146145-detail/story.html#axzz2V4UFy8be

And a musician unplugs to make a connection

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/01/187543445/city-and-colour-a-musician-unplugs-to-make-a-connection

June 1st Music News You Can Use

Music from Fiji comes to Seattle

http://www.seattleweekly.com/music/947121-129/adv-band-ave-com-dos-pop

R.I.P. to jazz pianist Mulgrew Miller

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/31/mulgrew-miller-obituary

Acoustic Guitar Magazine is moving to a new home

http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_23362282/acoustic-guitar-magazine-moving-from-marin-richmond

Music to commemorate some challenging times

http://now.uiowa.edu/2013/05/music-commemorate-some-challenging-times

What is the best song by a solo Beatle?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/weekend-rock-question-what-is-the-best-song-by-a-solo-beatle-20130531

A new Blues Society in Silicon Valley

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23348470/j-c-smith-excited-about-silicon-valley-blues

Previewing today's Freedom Creek Festival in Alabama

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/05/saturdays_16th_annual_freedom.html

Jivin' Java

http://metroland.net/2013/05/30/jivin-java/

A preview of the TD Vancouver Jazz Festival, which starts later this month

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/more/contests/td-vancouver-international-jazz-festival-1.1299252

And epic gospel rock with a funk soul New Orleans edge

http://www.nj.com/indulge/index.ssf/2013/05/brother_joscephus_brings_funky.html