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