R.I.P. to music critic Albert Murray
http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23893954/author-critic-albert-murray-dead-at-97
A present before Christmas in Lagos
http://www.spyghana.com/lagos-jazz-series-2013-a-present-before-christmas/
Music comes alive at the Mississippi Children's Museum
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130819/NEWS01/308190014/Yep-s-playtime-Blues-jazz-come-alive-Miss-Children-s-Museum?nclick_check=1
In natural light
http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Arts/Frame-Up/2013/08/20/In-natural-light.aspx
Guitar but no cigar
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/08/19/3828943.htm?site=brisbane
A new album from Rotary Downs
http://www.nola.com/music/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/08/rotary_downs_takes_a_new_direc.html
Gretsch remembers its roots in Brooklyn
http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/gretsch-famed-guitar-and-drum-firm-remembers-b%E2%80%99klyn-roots-2013-08-19-120000
Huntington Blues is in search of some players
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/70005
Off to Istanbul
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-to-turn-into-city-of-jazz.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52830&NewsCatID=383
And "Professor Shorthair" gets a new reissue
http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/james-booker-classified-remixed-expanded-coming-rounder