Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Final Day of July Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom remembers this week in 1964, when Bobby Dylan made his Hawai'i debut at the Waikiki Shell. The best tickets for the show cost $3.50.

http://www.midweek.com/shakira-more-celebrity-news/

Like George Harrison? Head to Asheville!

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130730/ASHEVILLESCENE/307300055/Like-George-Harrison-Local-all-stars-pay-tribute?nclick_check=1

Just go ask Alice

http://pleasekillme.com/alice-cooper-pays-homage-to-guitar-skills-of-jeff-beck-george-harrison/

Latest from the never-ending saga of the Guitar Hero co-founders

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2013/07/29/guitar-hero-co-inventors-tackle-fitness-using-games#.UfiPW6x2N30

Yet more R & R memories go on the auction block

http://www.ntd.tv/en/news/world/north-america/20130730/81909-mcqueen-presley-cars-lennon-glasses-for-sale.html

That's A Wrap

http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/7-30-2013/Thats-A-Wrap-Jake-Shimabukuro-at-Baeble-HQ.html

Good Rockin' Tonight in New Orleans...

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/07/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_99.html

The Friends of The Barn in Arkansas are throwing a Luau!

http://www.carrollconews.com/calendar/event/12796.html

Beach Boys news of note

http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/07/30/5068140/the-beach-boys-and-tongal-to-host.html

And Suzi Quatro Touches Basses

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/10210926/Suzi-Quatro-Bass-guitar-is-the-engine-of-the-band.html

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Sunny Saturday Music News You Can Use

The Newport Folk Festival kicks off at the Blues Cafe

http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/music-the-newport-folk-fest-kicks-off-at-the-blues-cafe/

New Jersey's Lincoln Park Music Festival turns 8

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/07/lincoln_park_music_festival_now_in_its_8th_year_celebrates_new_jersey.html

Jazzing up high tea

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/jazzing-up-high-tea-manchester-5328285

Slack Key in SFO

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/07/26/bay-areas-sounds-of-hawaii-pulama-espaniola-inglis-to-showcase-new-albums/

Last call for Liverpool in Branson

http://www.joplinglobe.com/lifestyles/x2088955030/Last-call-for-Liverpool-in-Branson

Yet another attempt at an Ookelele World Record

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1665114/video-gong-musician-in-marathon-guinness-record-attempt/?cs=12

The Lowell Folk Festival gets a last-minute cash infusion

http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_23736305/late-funds-funneled-lowell-folk-fest-should-help

Onstage at the Pennsylvania Blues Festival

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-pennsylvania-blues-festival-blue-mountain-20130726,0,4316024.story

Air Guitar Championship time again

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/21273179-421/2013-air-guitar-champion-justin-howard-to-defend-his-title-at-semifinals-at-metro.html

And what's the most compelling way into a musician's mind?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/whats-the-most-compelling-way-into-a-musicians-mind-film/article13445653/?cmpid=rss1

Friday, July 26, 2013

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

Robert Earl Keen gets ready to play some Stupid Music in Sun Valley

http://sunvalleyonline.com/ai1ec_event/robert-earl-keen-performing-live/?instance_id=28553

Jazz on the Peaks

http://www.summitdaily.com/news/7447852-113/jazz-music-musical-robertson

The New York State Blues Hall of Fame prepares to induct some new members

http://saratogatodaynewspaper.com/index.php/today-in-saratoga/pulse/item/1964-area-musicians-to-be-inducted-into-new-york-state-blues-hall-of-fame

The Lowell Folk Festival is about to begin

http://www.lowellsun.com/lifestyles/ci_23728561/lowell-poised-put-its-best-folk-fest-forward

Jake Shimabukuro talks Extreme in Boston

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/07/25/jake-shimabukuro-makes-ukulele-cool/3ZRlkx2zqG5kObdTiJTUKL/story.html

Jeff Lynne describes his work in the studio

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/25/205437921/elos-jeff-lynne-describes-his-work-in-the-studio

New tunes from Dhani Harrison

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/exclusive-premiere-dhani-harrison-s-newno2-live-performance-video-of-wide-awake/10662704

Inside the Great Guitar Escape

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19327-inside-the-great-guitar-escape-a-week-in-the-mountains-with-paul-gilbert-and-friends

Buddy Guy has a new album out

http://www.heraldstandard.com/entertainment/music/clints_music_review/music-review-buddy-guy----rhythm-blues/article_d8144b26-0a23-5273-880b-855382624909.html

And New Orleans jazz guitarist Steve Blailock meets a very sad end

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/07/longtime_new_orleans_jazz_guit.html

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt travels back in time to Gab about 1954, when Roller Derby made its first Hawaiian appearance

http://www.midweek.com/adam-levine-justin-bartha-and-jordan-segundo-more-celebrity-news/

Jazz on a Summer's Day returns to Chicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0724-jazz-millennium-20130724,0,2044212.column

Johnny Winter sighted (where else?) on the road

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2013/07/johnny_winter_still_on_the_roa.php

Today's hot music picks in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/07/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_92.html

Some more cigar box guitars

http://www.mywesttexas.com/entertainment/article_04e7fe73-f760-58a0-bacc-1347fc746ba6.html

Biscuit & Blues announces its lineups for August and September

http://www.watchlistnews.com/2013/07/23/biscuits-blues-announces-august-and-septembers-lineup/

R3hab heads to GI

http://joonbug.com/national/frequency/New-York-Needed-R3hab-and-Thats-Exactly-What-it-Received/GZy4MpTVhJ2

An update on the status of Ringo's childhood home

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/welsh-streets-regeneration-plans-approved-5268668

Wynton Marsalis does Ronnie Scott's

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/music-review-wynton-marsalis-ronnie-scotts-london-8728175.html

And R.I.P. to pioneering jazz musician Carline Ray

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/23/204814753/carline-ray-a-pioneer-for-women-in-jazz-dies-at-88

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Doing a Jazz Crawl in London

http://earsucker.com/2013/live-music-jazz-crawls-in-london/

Great Britain's Ookelele Orchestra heads to Dublin

http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0722/463949-ukulele-orchestra-are-dublin-bound/

Remembering a young Johnny Cash

http://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/article_2625da66-f341-11e2-8565-001a4bcf6878.html

A rather unique Bob Dylan tribute

http://hoboken.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/guitar-bar-to-welcome-dylan-by-attempting-world-record-tribute

A preview of this weekend's Lowell Folk Fest in MA

http://www.lowell.com/2013-lowell-folk-festival-1736/

Loyola gets ready for the New Orleans Piano Institute and Keyboard Festival

http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2013/7/22/3232

A report from this year's Pittsburgh Blues Festival

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/a-mix-of-styles-flows-from-pittsburgh-blues-festivals-rainy-conclusion-696429/

George Harrison's childhood home gets a facelift

http://baytvliverpool.com/vod/index.php?vid=CBV51ed97db5b9d6

How to play guitar: the 10 essential youtube videos

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2013/07/how_to_play_guitar_video.php

And putting the Ponderosa Stomp into historical perspective

http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=806059

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Thursday Music News You Can Use

The Hawai'i Food and Wine Fest adds a new venue on another isle

http://mauinow.com/2013/07/17/hawaii-food-and-wine-festival-adds-maui-event/

Summer Jazz Camp

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130717/NEWS01/307170051/Camp-exposes-students-jazz?nclick_check=1

Stones Music enjoys an Ookelele Boom

http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/stones-music-enjoys-uke-boom/017922

The Guitar Bar All Stars shoot for a new record

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/07/guitar_bar_all_stars_to_cover_bob_dylans_knocking_on_heavens_door_with_as_many_pickers_as_possible.html

Shakespearean text meets New Orleans Jazz in Beantown

http://radioboston.wbur.org/2013/07/17/shakespearean-jazz-show

An up-and-coming race horse named after George Harrison?

http://www1.skysports.com/horse-racing/news/12426/8827812/Harrison-George-could-attempt-to-land-a-treble-at-Goodwood

Bergen's Performing Arts Center announces some new shows

http://nj.broadwayworld.com/article/bergenPAC-Announces-New-Shows-SOUTHSIDE-JOHNNY-and-THE-ASBURY-JUKES-LOS-LOBOS-ANGELINA-BALLERINA-CHAZZ-PALMENTIERI-A-Bronx-Tale-20130716

A report from last weekend's Blues Crawl in Southern Pines

http://www.thepilot.com/news/multimedia/collection_c296902a-eef5-11e2-851d-0019bb30f31a.html

Hawaiian Music comes to Arizona

http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/music/music-notes/article_bb26043c-f2a2-5a36-bff9-429b834a8da7.html

And the Voodoo Saints say farewell (temporarily) to one of their mainstays

http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/07/dixieland_jazz_band_voodoo_sa.html

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Monday, July 15, 2013

7/15 Music News You Can Use

The Appalachian Children's Choir heads to Hawai'i

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/briefs/x2056039430/Appalachian-Childrens-Chorus-heading-to-Hawaii-to-perform

A musical preview of next weekend's NZ Art Show

http://www.voxy.co.nz/entertainment/jazz-and-art-combine-nz-art-show/5/161406

Upcoming music lessons from the Durham Ookelele Group

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/northdurham/durham/10547100.Durham_ukulele_group_runs_classes/

Frank Vignola and his guitar head to the Cape of Cod

http://www.wickedlocal.com/orleans/news/x208445326/Guitar-virtuoso-Frank-Vignola-to-perform-in-Wellfleet

Arlo Guthrie sighted heading for the Rockies

http://www.vaildaily.com/news/7286328-113/arlo-guthrie-center-music

A Chambers Brother gets assaulted onstage

http://www.examiner.com/article/classic-rock-musician-lester-chambers-assaulted-on-stage-at-blues-festival

Music students find their groove in New Orleans

http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/215100871.html

Music plays on at Britain's oldest jazz pub

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/music-plays-on-at-britains-oldest-jazz-pub-8708801.html

The High Plains Music Camp is underway

http://www.hayspost.com/2013/07/14/high-plains-music-camp-underway-free-concerts-all-week/

And the lineup for next month's Reykjavik Jazz Festival is announced

http://www.newsoficeland.com/home/entertainment-leisure/music/item/1922-reykjavik-jazz-festival-2013-line-up-revealed

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Sitting in in NYC

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/07/12/los-lobos-los-lonely-boys-and-alejandro-escovedo-trade-sit-ins-in-nyc#.UeF4Tax2N30

Back home in Indiana with the Winchester Steel Guitar Fest

http://www.winchesternewsgazette.com/articles/2013/07/12/news/doc51e015813877a279805398.txt

An update on concert webcasting

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/arts/music/smalls-and-other-clubs-are-webcasting-concerts.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Not your father's Gypsy Jazz band

http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_23637836/lib-at-large-beso-negros-not-your-fathers

Free concerts this summer at the Boston Public Library

http://southend.patch.com/groups/summer/p/stay-cool-this-summer-with-free-concerts-at-boston-public-library

Coltrane's time in Philly examined in film

http://delcotimes.com/articles/2013/07/12/entertainment/doc51e0312dc5ba0146243713.txt

Australia's Central Coast Ookelele Club heads th Hawai'i

http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2013/07/central-coast-ukulele-club-off-to-hawaii-and-live-in-the-925-fishbowl.html

Guitar World's 40 best albums of 2013 (so far)

http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-worlds-40-best-albums-2013-so-far

Todd Rundgren heads across the pond

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1632845/todd-rundgren-to-play-lizottes/?cs=2372

And Blues Broads Down East

http://www.portlanddailysun.me/index.php/newsx/local-news/9755-blues-broads-bring-musical-pedigree-to-rockland-festival

Friday, July 12, 2013

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

A preview of this weekend's 26th Annual Big Island Hawaiian Music Fest

http://bigislandnow.com/2013/07/11/hawaiian-music-festival-set-for-saturday-and-sunday/

Jazz on the Canyon Rim

http://magicvalley.com/entertainment/events/jazz-on-the-canyon-rim-returns/article_40497575-8a4c-5502-a2b2-c5b0cde5b45a.html

Introducing Rocket Ookelele

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1352192

The Nashville Sounds' guitar-shaped scoreboard is still a hit after 20 years

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130711/SPORTS04/307110034/Nashville-Sounds-guitar-shaped-scoreboard-still-hit-after-20-years?nclick_check=1

Music this weekend in N'Orleans

http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/The-Marquee-Blog/July-2013/What-To-Do-This-Weekend-July-11-14/

Did a producer doctor Ringo's drums?

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/201916/music-myths-madonnas-abortion-ringos-doctored-drums-and-ol-dirty-bastards-arrest-sheet/

Previewing next week's Blockapalooza in MA

http://www.heraldnews.com/entertainment/x1808712943/Roomful-of-Blues-Ryan-Montbleau-Band-to-perform-at-free-Blockapalooza-event-July-18

Time again for the Kaua'i Music Festival

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/tgif/john-cruz-in-concert/article_8270ef40-eaa4-11e2-b61f-0019bb2963f4.html

An update on that guitar-playing brain surgery patient

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/guitar-playing-brain-surgery-patient-247352.aspx

And England's Bath Guitar Festival turns 20

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/Bath-Guitar-Festival-celebrates-20-years-events/story-19507283-detail/story.html#axzz2Yq7JAA1x

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

The Instanbul Jazz Festival kicks off its second week

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-jazz-festival-enters-second-week-.aspx?pageID=238&nid=50256&NewsCatID=383

A recovering manic Pixie Dream Girl speaks out

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/07/08/what_happens_to_real_life_manic_pixie_dream_girls_when_they_tire_of_being.html

To learn the guitar, build one

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20130708/NEWS/307080015/To-learn-guitar-build-one?nclick_check=1

Pearl Jam is hitting the road this fall

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/08/pearl-jam-sets-fall-north-american-tour/2499959/

My Morning Jacket cover George Harrison

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/07/08/my-morning-jacket-cover-george-harrison-with-wilco#.Udvy2qx2N30

An intro to Canto-Jazz

http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1276143/canto-jazz-unique-fusion-two-musical-styles

A Swing Awakening in Nutley

http://belleville.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/nutley-performer-among-paper-mills-new-voices

Starkey shows off his birthday cake on Twitter

http://www.examiner.com/article/ringo-starr-shows-off-his-birthday-cake-on-twitter

Yet another update from Portland's Waterfront Blues

http://oregonmusicnews.com/2013/07/07/waterfront-blues-festival-2013-video-linda-hornbuckles-old-time-gospel-show-july-7-2013/

And a report from this year's Love Supreme Jazz Festival, the very first one

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/news-mainmenu-139/70-2013/12774-jazz-breaking-news-love-supreme-triumphs-with-hot-music-and-weather-

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Saturday Music News You Can Use

A dose of Los for the 4th

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56557729-78/los-lobos-lonely-escovedo.html.csp

A preview of the 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

http://www.voanews.com/content/disappearing-languages-showcased-at-smithsonian-folklife-festival-in-washington/1696209.html

The lowdown on Sunday's 18h annual Tommy Gallant Jazz Festival here in New Hampshire

http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130705/GJENTERTAINMENT_01/130709588

A report from this year's Red Clay Fest on Kaua'i

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/tgif/lavay-smith-puts-on-the-ritz/article_0d10cc6a-e532-11e2-a12f-0019bb2963f4.html

Yet another new Ookelele band: meet The Pukes!

http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/what-s-on/music/pukes_ukulele_punk_band_push_boat_out_for_free_concert_on_regent_s_canal_1_2266813

The top five collectible guitars

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-269738/

Uncle Hugh Masekela heads to Afrofest in Canada

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/07/05/how_afrofest_evolved_into_torontos_largest_celebration_of_african_culture.html

Day 1 at the Waterfront Blues Festival in Oregon

http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2013/07/safeway_waterfront_blues_festi.html

Music on the Merrimack

http://www.newburyportnews.com/lifestyle/x243086311/Music-on-the-Merrimack

And tonight central New Hampshire welcomes The Zombies!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwmnJbrfg4A

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Time for ArtsFest in East L.A.

http://www.theeastsiderla.com/2013/07/artsfest-brings-music-and-fireworks-to-east-l-a/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheEastsiderLa+%28The+Eastsider+LA%29

A new Ookelele Festival to take wing

http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/ukulele-music-festival-set-for-town-1-5813827

Guitar Hero from the Black Mountain

http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/music/357883/guitar-hero-from-the-black-mountain

100+ top bars with music

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/100-top-bars-bars-with-music/Content?oid=2219832

Remembering Bobby "Blue" Bland

http://www.eurweb.com/2013/07/there-just-aint-no-better-blues-singer-than-bobby-blue-bland/

"She Loves You" turns 50

http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/music/213790541_The_Beatles___She_Loves_You__turns_50_today__Yeah__yeah__yeah.html

Almost time for 4Chambers on Governors Island

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323297504578577682220651300.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Johnny Mathis sighted

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/its-a-wonderful-wonderful-world-for-johnny-mathis/Content?oid=2490301

A look at this month's schedule for Harlem's National Jazz Museum

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/national-jazz-museum-harlem-july-2013-schedule

And celebrating the 4th in Algiers

http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/new-orleansalgiers-4th-of-july-celebrations/-/9853400/20789074/-/ehprc2z/-/index.html