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

Sorry for the tardy post!

A British band named after a New Orleans music landmark

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/singer_and_pianist_of_the_engl.html

A preview of the upcoming Hawaiian Culture Fest in Seattle

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtravel/article/Seattle-Center-Festal-to-Host-Live-Aloha-Hawaiian-Cultural-Festival-98-20130823

A whole new vibe at the Chicago Jazz Festival

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-0823-jazz-fest-20130822,0,4193134.column

Blues on the Red wraps for another year

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/271361/

Attendance is up at the Sacramento Music Fest

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/22/5672522/sacramento-music-fests-attendance.html

An Ookelele Festival in...Prague?

http://www.praguepost.com/night-and-day/stage/16965-brewery-near-prague-to-host-ukulele-festival.html

A preview of this weekend's River Rocks Festival

http://www.summitdaily.com/news/7820550-113/music-band-jazz-buckner

Yet another gathering of cigar box guitars

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/entertainment/ci_23916495/cigar-box-guitar-fest-celebrates-tinkering-toward-perfection

Tonight's Hot Music picks in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_122.html

And the latest Jools Holland doings

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/ulverston/ulverston-saxophonist-to-play-with-jools-holland-1.1079758