Sunday, June 30, 2013

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

Friday, June 28, 2013

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


Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Gone Fishin'

Takin' a day off. Back Wednesday!

Monday, June 24, 2013

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



Sunday, June 23, 2013

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

Saturday, June 22, 2013

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/

Friday, June 21, 2013

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

Saturday, June 15, 2013

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/

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

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



Tuesday, June 11, 2013

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, June 10, 2013

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

Saturday, June 8, 2013

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



Friday, June 7, 2013

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, June 6, 2013

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

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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