Last Day of September Music News You Can Use

A new music venue in New Orleans

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=168048

Page Turners

http://www.staradvertiser.com/s?action=login&f=y&id=225596712&id=225596712

Life can be like playing without sheet music

http://www.freep.com/article/20130929/COL45/309290006/Josh-Linkner-Life-can-be-like-playing-without-sheet-music

Russian troops get a morale-booster: Jazz!

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2013/09/28/Russian-troops-to-be-exposed-to-jazz-for-morale/UPI-66021380382588/

The Albuquerque Youth Symphony adds a guitar orchestra

http://www.abqjournal.com/271102/entertainment/youth-symphony-adds-guitar-orchestra.html

The Hank Williams story, onstage

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20130929/ARTICLES/309291006/1042/news?Title=Hank-Williams-8217-story-portrayed-in-Mainstage-play

Lulu looks back

http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/432870/Lulu-My-life-was-a-crazy-rollercoaster-from-the-age-of-15

All That Jazz celebrates 2 decades

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_bf4c028e-28ba-11e3-9d22-001a4bcf887a.html

Living in Limbo in Liverpool

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-24286197

And a preview of next month's Cotai Blues and Jazz Fest in Hong Kong

http://www.timeout.com.hk/music/features/61228/cotai-jazz-blues-festival.htm

Sunday Music News You Can Use

New study sez: musicians have sharper minds.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/2013/09/28/07/06/musicians-have-sharper-minds-study

Uncle Hugh shows up for dinner at TUKU

http://allafrica.com/stories/201309280172.html

Latest Ookelele news from the Cape of Cod

http://www.wickedlocal.com/eastham/features/x574273922/THE-MIGHTY-UKE-Cabaret-coming-to-Lower-Cape

Yet another video tries to teach you how to play the guitar

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1494829

In New Orleans today? Here's where the best music is hiding.

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_159.html

An update on the construction of the non-music end of Governors Island

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/nyregion/on-governors-island-30-acres-of-open-space-are-becoming-a-true-park.html

The Portland Radio Project goes local

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/portland_radio_project_bucks_t.html

The Sugar Loaf Music Series returns to the Hudson Valley

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130927/ENTERTAIN/309270336/-1/SITEMAP

A Waterboys sighting

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20130927/NJENT/309270017/Ever-evolving-Waterboys-bring-musical-variety-to-Mayo-Performing-Arts-Center?nclick_check=1

And last but certainly not least, a visit to the house with 88 Keys.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304713704579093120876419630.html

Saturday Music News You Can Use

A new cabaret opens in Ketchikan

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/28/3656319/ketchikan-man-opens-cabaret.html

Saturday music doings in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_158.html

The Berklee BeanTown Fest keeps Jazz alive

http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/music_news/2013/09/berklee_beantown_fest_keeps_jazz_alive

A look ahead to October music in Chicago

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/C-Notes/September-2013/What-to-Do-in-Chicago-in-October-Music-Folk-Music-World-Jazz/

Thoroughly modern day blues

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/thoroughly-modern-day-blues-20130926-2ufvf.html

A new guitar bar in Santa Barbara

http://www.independent.com/news/2013/sep/26/santa-barbara-guitar-bar-brings-rock-roll-funk-zon/

Tix go on sale for the world premiere of Ringo's new book

http://www.genesis-publications.com/News/on-sale-now-tickets-for-ringo-starrs-world-premiere/2809

Meet Busby Marou

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/busby-marou-honest-and-real/story-fn9n8gph-1226727705437

The jazz orchestra, brick by brick

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/09/the-jazz-orchestra-brick-by-brick/

And how to shim a bolt-on guitar neck

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19686-guitar-shop-101-how-to-shim-a-bolt-on-neck

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

Aloha Friday!

An Ookelele Pull comes to NH next month

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130926-ENTERTAIN-309260310

Another preview of tomorrow's Hugh-Fest in Soweto

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/top-artists-to-play-hugh-masekela-fest-1.1582834

Willie hurts his shoulder

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/texas/article/Nelson-pulls-out-of-festival-with-shoulder-injury-4843182.php

Music this weekend in The Big Easy

http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/The-Marquee-Blog/September-2013/10-Things-to-Do-This-Weekend-Sept-26-Sept-29-2013/

One final chance to visit Governors Isle this weekend

http://brooklyneagle.com/articles/you-get-just-once-chance-preview-new-governors-island-park-site-2013-09-26-100000

Inside Hawaii's music biz

http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/SmallBiz/September-2013/Inside-Hawaiis-Music-Business/

Uptown jazz, moonlighting glow

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/courier/living/uptown-jazz-moonlighting-glow-at-dosey-doe-music-cafe/article_e52cacf4-ff6e-5c98-8d5d-f20dbafb4fe5.html

A good guitar is a work of art

http://chelseanow.com/2013/09/a-good-guitar-is-a-work-of-art/

Korn sighted

http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/09/26/5248824/grammy-award-winning-hard-rock.html

And a preview of this weekend's Sag Harbor American Music Festival

http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/page-1/sag-harbor-american-music-will-rock-sag-harbor-this-week-25703

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Willie's missing Armadillo

http://www.bradenton.com/2013/09/24/4736816/toy-armadillo-filched-in-ny-after.html

Wayne Shorter, still improvising

http://www.vnews.com/lifetimes/music/8659855-95/jazz-great-wayne-shorteris-stillimprovising

Keola Beamer sighting

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Malama-Ko-Aloha-to-Perform-With-Keola-Beamer-R-Carlos-Nakai-at-Harris-Center-109-20130925

The Grammy Museum boss is worried about the Blues

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/September/25Grammy_Museum_Boss_Says_The_Blues_Is_In_Danger_of_Extinction.shtml#.UkRMk3-vPIM

Tony Joe White is back

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Tony-Joe-White-Hoodoo-4844313.php

The Southern Ohio Guitar Show continues to grow

http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20130925/ENTERTAINMENT/309250005/Southern-Ohio-Guitar-Show-continues-growth-fairgrounds?nclick_check=1

This year's Austin Fan Fest lineup is announced

http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news?fId=225256402&fPath=/news/local/&fDomain=10232

Dick Starkey gets a medal from the French

http://news.sky.com/story/1146228/ringo-starr-receives-french-medal-for-artwork

Healing our heritage

http://www.destinyman.com/2013/09/25/healing-our-heritage/

And the Hawai'i International Film Festival is going statewide

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23520192/hawaii-international-film-festival-going-statewide

September 25th Music News You Can Use

Ho Ho Ho! Only 3 months til Christmas!

Uncle Tom Moffatt gabs about this week in 1965, when The Animals made their Hawai'i debut. Tickets were a heady $2.

http://www.midweek.com/katrina-bowden-boz-scaggs-and-more-celebrity-news/

Ancient tradition meets future shock

http://www.jazz24.org/2013/09/in-new-afro-cuban-music-ancient-tradition-meets-future-shock/

Is Jazz good for babies?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/25/jazz-for-babies-michael-janisch

A rebirth for the Blast Furnace Blues Festival

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/9/24/artsquest_to_revive_blast_furnace_blues.htm

Yet another entry into the never-ending story of rare guitar woods

http://www.opb.org/news/article/npr-critic-guitar-makers-slow-to-respond-to-thefts-of-rare-wood/

An Ookelele Workshop comes to this year's Dunedin Music Fest

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north/tune-up-for-the-darebin-music-feast-ukulele-workshop/story-fnglenug-1226726019615

Today's hot music picks in NOLA-Land

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_155.html

Being a Jazz singer can be risky business...

http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/music/225137882_Being_a_jazz_singer_may_be_risky_business__but_rewarding.html

The best Blues nicknames

http://www.legacy.com/ns/news-story.aspx?t=the-best-blues-nicknames&id=1509

And R.I.P. to jazz singer Gia Prima, who was Louis' widow.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pensacolanewsjournal/obituary.aspx?n=gia-prima&pid=167123425#fbLoggedOut

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Some new boutique guitar pedals

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2013/sep/23/custom_guitar_pedals_mc_092013_219613/?entertainment&local-business

Sponge Bob V. a British Ookelele maker

http://www.law360.com/articles/474975/uk-ukulele-maker-seeks-escape-from-spongebob-ip-suit

Don Felder sighting

http://www.technologytell.com/entertainment/28065/concert-review-former-eagles-guitarist-don-felder-soars-in-solo-show/

A preview of Tuku's Dinner

http://allafrica.com/stories/201309230438.html

Tom Waits signs up for Neil Young's annual benefit

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/09/22/tom-waits-added-to-bridge-school-lineup#.UkF08X-vPIM

A look at the new Ray Charles stamp

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/09/23/usps-will-honor-ray-charles-with-a-stamp-series#.UkF1DH-vPIM

Remembering the sad end for Shorty Magnolia

http://newsone.com/2724585/celebrity-crime-files-rising-star-magnolia-shorty-cut-down-by-gun-violence/

Sioux City Kid bares his dusty soul

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sioux-city-kid-bares-his-dusty-soul/Content?oid=2585001

The Ardmore Music Hall is off to a good start

http://articles.philly.com/2013-09-23/news/42326764_1_holmes-brothers-main-line-stage-oct

And how to make your own simple guitar transmitter

http://diytech.tgdaily.com/story/maker/simple-guitar-transmitter/755474357946426566334664674e30716e72695244773d3d

First Day of Autumn Music News You Can Use

"The Importance of Blues in American Music History"

http://www.stlbeacon.org/?_escaped_fragment_=/content/32874/robert_santelli_by_terry_perkins_092313

A recap of this past weekend at Monterey Jazz

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_24151804/monterey-jazz-festival-ravi-coltrane-wayne-shorter-and

The first Beatle to perform in the U.S. was...

http://cjonline.com/news/2013-09-21/george-harrison-first-beatle-perform-us

The Ookelele gets respect

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57604024/the-ukelele-gets-respect/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPCAnswer+%28PC+Answer%3A+CBSNews.com%29

The Guitar Society kicks off its 50th season

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/guitar-society-opens-th-season-with-jason-vieaux/article_97724ec8-1c26-5422-a7cd-185cbe34d946.html

The San Francisco Giants say "Aloha" to Yankees legend Mariano Rivera with a customized guitar

http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_24151863/san-francisco-giants-give-mariano-rivera-customized-guitar

Talking Story with Allen Toussaint

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/An-Interview-with-Allen-Toussaint-4833753.php

Jack Johnson is back, more mellow than ever

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/music-jack-johnson-is-back-more-mellow-than-ever/article_d475cfb9-cc49-54d9-9ae2-df3cbb538dce.html

This week at Jazz Central

http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/10873/115/

And do Blues Musicians need to be really, really old?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/22/do-blues-musicians-need-to-be-really-really-old.html

Gone Fishin' !

Not to worry, back on Monday!

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Congrats to the 2013 American League East Champion Boston Red Sox! Worst to First!

Marching along with New Hampshire's Moose Mountain Jazz Band

http://calendar.newhampshire.com/calendar/events/music/Moose_Mountain_Jazz_Band/65282/dt/255980.aspx

Slack Key comes to Oregon

http://www.registerguard.com/rg/entertainment/30355453-67/slack-key-pop-tarts-hawaiian.html.csp

"Evangeline" is coming to Merced

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/09/20/3232599/acclaimed-theatrical-production.html

Today's hot tunes in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_151.html

Nothing Toulouse on Governors Isle

http://joonbug.com/newyork/frequency/Preview-Nicky-Romero-Nothing-Toulouse-Tour-at-Governors-Island/q0AD5LWFtZX

A look ahead to next weekend's High Masekela Heritage Festival

http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=33886

A George Harrison banjo is headed for the auction block

http://ecommwire.com/?id=160398&keys=tiffany-elvis-beatles

Ukulele U. is now in session

http://santamariatimes.com/news/local/ukulele-u-in-session/article_c9397e20-21c1-11e3-9fda-0019bb2963f4.html

Jazz in the Park finds a groove in New Bedford

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130921/NEWS/309210314/-1/NEWS

And it's time again for the Old Webster Jazz and Blues Fest

http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-Features-i-2013-09-20-189543.114137-Old-Webster-Jazz-and-Blues-Festival.html#axzz2fXmDETTD

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

Friday's New Orleans Hot Music Picks

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_150.html

All in the family

http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/go/all-in-the-family-third-generation-jazz-great-chuchito-valdes/article_22612de0-20a0-11e3-aefa-001a4bcf887a.html

Buddy Guy sighting

http://www.theislandnow.com/dining_entertainment/article_edefb5ee-2159-11e3-8160-001a4bcf887a.html

Classical guitar and the stars

https://www.sfcv.org/preview/classical-guitar-and-the-stars

The George Harrison of grunge bands

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/rock-29587029.html

A taste of the new Los Lobos live album

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/09/19/streams-los-lobos-the-neighborhood-from-disconnected-in-new-york-2013/

A preview of Saturday's Youth Ookelele contest on Mau'i

http://mauinow.com/2013/09/18/17th-annual-maui-youth-ukulele-contest-saturday/

How Irvin Mayfield found his Thrill at Fats' house

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/jazz_trumpeter_irvin_mayfield.html

Jazz in Armstrong Park

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/listen_live_jazz_in_the_park_i_3.html

And Jonny Lang releases album #7

http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2013/09/19/entertainment/doc5238944f08a49982130939.txt

Thursday Music News You Can Use

A Jose Feliciano sighting

http://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/4087238-guitar-legend-jos-feliciano-to-visit-flato-markham-theatre/

Here come the kids...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2421975/Alexa-Ray-Joel-Dhani-Harrison-cover-fathers-famous-hits-new-Gap-ads.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Los head back to Frisco

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/119442/Tour-Dates-Los-Lobos-To-Return-To-San-Francisco

The road never ends for The Revivalists

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/for_new_orleans_rock_band_the.html

Ghost out of its shell

http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/09/18/ghost-out-of-its-shell-elvis-costello-teams-up-with-the-roots-to-put-a-fresh-spin-on-his-past/

The Old Algiers Riverfest has a new location this year

http://blog.nola.com/westbank/2013/09/old_algiers_riverfest_sept_28-.html
 
What's a "Blues Turnaround?"

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1476234

R.I.P. to Ookelele-playing 86 year young dentist Arthur Grant

http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/News/Areas/Marlow-Bourne-End-Flackwell/Caring-dentist-who-played-ukulele-to-calm-patients-dies-aged-86-18092013.htm

A new music scholarship remembers a beloved New Orleans opera singer

http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2013/9/13/3285

And it's almost time for this year's Akbank Jazz Festival

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/countdown-for-akbank-jazz-festival-starts.aspx?pageID=238&nID=54614&NewsCatID=383

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt remembers the very first Hawai'i appearance by Leon Russell and the Shelter People in 1971.

http://www.midweek.com/rumer-willis-bj-penn-and-and-more-celebrity-news/

New Orleans Wednesday hot music picks

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_148.html

A look ahead to this year's Angel City Jazz Fest at UCLA

http://www.examiner.com/article/angel-city-jazz-a-fall-banquet-of-jazz-music

It's Delta Blues Festival time

http://www.contracostatimes.com/east-county-times/ci_24117478/delta-blues-festival-features-wide-variety-blues

Popular Mechanics teaches you how to play guitar

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/play-guitar-through-your-computer-speakers-15931390

How the Psalms made Folk Music

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christandpopculture/2013/09/how-the-psalms-made-folk-music/

The Moody Blues get shipshape

http://www.contactmusic.com/press/the-moody-blues-cruise-ii-2014-announce-final-line-up-for-their-second-fan-cruise

A legendary Texas music venue is on the market

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2013/09/17/austin-blues-club-antones-up-for-sale.html

Listening to the Teheran Blues in LA

http://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2013/sep/18/fared-shafinury-music-iran-texas-concert

And R.I.P. to Australian jazzman Bernie McGann

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/music/jazz-saxophonist-bernie-mcgann-dead-at-76-20130918-2tya1.html

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

11 for the price of 10!

"Trane and Miles"

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/New-Short-Film-TRANE-AND-MILES-Celebrates-Jazz-Music-Legends-20130916

Surveying the Soul of Pop Music

http://www.jazzcorner.com/news/display.php?news=3961

Blues and Brews wraps up #20

http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2013/09/17/news/doc523790bf1ce04535898135.txt

"World Boogie is Coming"

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-12/news/41992688_1_r-l-burnside-cody-dickinson-jim-dickinson

Play guitar through your computer speakers!

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/play-guitar-through-your-computer-speakers-15931390?click=pm_latest

This Saturday will be George Harrison Day in Illinois

http://www.fox19.com/story/23437008/gov-quinn-proclaims-september-21-george-harrison-day-in-illinois

New releases from Fender Acoustic

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/fender_acoustics_introduces_new_california_series_artist_design_models.html?no_takeover

Hugh Masekela really needs to take a vacation...

http://www.thenewage.co.za/107239-1022-53-Bra_Hugh_headlines_new_heritage_festival

Today's New Orleans Music Hot Picks

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_147.html

5 reasons why Monterey Jazz is the best

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2013/09/five_reasons_the_monterey_jazz.php

And R.I.P. to Beatles pal Jackie Lomax

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/09/16/jackie-lomax-beatles-and-eric-clapton-collaborator-1944-2013#.UjhkgH-vPIM

Stormy Monday Music News You Can Use

Remembering when The Beatles were kicked off the stage in Cleveland

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/09/15/photo-flashback-beatles-ordered-off-stage-in-cleveland-in-1964/

A preview of DjangoFest Northwest

http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/news/223691111.html

"Seven Guitars"

http://www.uccsscribe.com/culture/seven-guitars-strums-a-bluesy-tune-1.2835342#.UjcHA3-vPIM

A look ahead to this weekend's Ookelele Festival in Brisbane

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/09/four-ukulele-bums.html

Yet another cigar box luthier

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Frostburg-man-makes-guitars-from-cigar-boxes-4816012.php

How to Destroy Angels cancel their fall tour dates

http://www.411mania.com/music/news/297490/How-To-Destroy-Angels-Cancel-Fall-Concerts.htm

Habitat's House of Blues

http://www.thenewsguard.com/catches_at_the_beach/article_5e80e0ec-168f-11e3-b801-001a4bcf887a.html

Five thoughts on Arturo Sandoval

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2013/sep/15/five-thoughts-arturo-sandoval-cabaret-jazz/

R.I.P. to jazz photographer Lee Tanner

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/arts/music/lee-tanner-jazz-performance-portraitist-is-dead-at-82.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1379337887-bjK4OsqLeX94XSzqC33n5w

And yet another new guitar gadget

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1467873

Mid-September Music News You Can Use

A preview of this year's BeanTown Jazz Fest

http://www.wickedlocal.com/reading/news/x1155161829/Reading-resident-at-BeanTown-Jazz-Festival

"How I helped to make Jimi Hendrix a rock and roll star"

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/14/jimi-hendrix-linda-keith

A master guitar maker in Buffalo is closing up shop

http://www.buffalonews.com/business/buffalo-master-guitar-worker-retiring-to-take-the-stage-20130914

Martin Short's new one man show

http://www.guelphmercury.com/whatson-story/4080273-hamilton-native-s-one-man-show-delivers-cast-of-characters/

Topeka's downtown gets a new jazz event

http://cjonline.com/news/2013-09-14/new-music-event-jazz-downtown-topeka

Today's best music in New Orleans. Geaux Saints!

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_145.html

Go Granny Go!

http://www.rrstar.com/news/x882688325/Kay-Koster-on-steel-guitar-Rockfordian-95-wins-lifetime-award

Modern guitar and ancient percussions of India

http://www.spyghana.com/modern-guitar-ancient-percussions-india/

Want to play at JazzFest 2014? Get cracking!

http://www.kadn.com/news/new-orleans-jazz-fest-now-taking-band-applications-2014-festival

And remembering a classic performance by The Band

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/09/14/the-band-live-at-the-academy-of-music-1971-2013/

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Los Lobos head Inland

http://blog.pe.com/casinos/2013/09/13/morongo-los-lobos-performs-oct-4/

Martin Short Sighting!

http://www.playbackstl.com/profiles/12710-an-evening-with-martin-short

"Everything is perfect"

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/09/12/everything-is-perfect-greg-lake-on-the-timeless-chemistry-between-the-beatles-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr/

Ookeleles invade Port Townsend

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130913/news/309139988/weekend-ukulele-festival-coming-to-port-townsend

Hugh Masekela really needs to take a vacation...

http://allafrica.com/stories/201309130156.html

Pacific University in Oregon announces this season's music menu

http://www.pacificu.edu/news/detail.cfm?NEWS_ID=12534&CATEGORY_ID=1

Figment time on G.I.

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/12/annual_governors_island_quest_for_weirdness_reaches_finals.php

Previewing this year's World Music Festival in Chicago

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-09-12/entertainment/ct-ott-0913-jazz-scene-20130912_1_old-town-school-folk-music-indian-classical-music

Pete Anderson gets back to his roots

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/blogs/mobileghmne/x403021671/Guitarist-Pete-Anderson-gets-back-to-his-roots?rssfeed=true

And R.I.P. to Ray Dolby, who invented the noise reduction system that bears his name

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/business/ray-dolby-who-put-moviegoers-in-the-middle-is-dead-at-80.html?_r=0

Friday the 13th Music News You Can Use

Triskaidekaphobia 101

"Captain Fingers" sighted

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Music/News/2013/09/13/guitar-hero-lee-Captain-Fingers-ritenour-in-KL.aspx

Floyd Mayweather and the music of the ring

http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles/17213-floyd-mayweather-and-the-music-of-the-ring

More Beatles BBC sessions on the way

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130912/ENT04/309120090/1032/ent/Fab-Four-Beatles-release-more-BBC-sessions

Ben Harper sighting

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/09/11/4306027/harper-shades-blues-with-rock.html#.UjLzuH-vPIM

We need more Uke

http://www.newsreview.com/chico/we-need-more-uke/content?oid=11388131

The Hawai'i International Film Festival is searching...

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/12/5729680/hawaii-film-festival-offers-writers.html

This year's French Quarter Fest is looking for some musicians

http://www.katc.com/news/musicians-wanted-for-31st-annual-french-quarter-festival/

Bob Geldoff is now a Rocket Man

http://www.webpronews.com/bob-geldof-is-a-rocket-man-2013-09

A new New Orleans music series

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/dj_soul_sister_taps_vibe_virtu.html

And the Honolulu Museum of Art launches a new live music series

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/September-2013/Live-Hawaiian-music-coming-to-the-Honolulu-Museum-of-Art/

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Making Slack Key history

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23833042/harrington-patrick-landeza-makes-slack-key-history

A preview of the upcoming Riverbend Fest in Cincy 

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features/x1141440012/Riverbend-to-host-one-day-fest-with-Los-Lobos-Stephen-Stills-Carolina-Chocolate-Drops

Little Lennon and Little McCartney

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/09/11/3-tales-that-tell-how-little-lennon-mccartney-cared-about-i-wanna-be-your-man/

Sexy Sadie goes up for auction

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/72595

Here comes the Son (of Willie, that is)

http://www.newsadvance.com/the_burg/music/front_row/article_1cff76b4-1afa-11e3-aaa2-001a4bcf6878.html

A new Guitar Center singer-songwriter program launches

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/guitar-center-singer-songwriter-program-with-producer-don-was-has-launched/10722866

Traditional Ookelele makers in one of America's prettiest towns

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1460125

Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2013/09/carnaval_latino_2013_kicks_off.html

Talking Story with Jack Johnson

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/10288055/Jack-Johnson-interview-Im-a-goody-two-shoes.html

And Kermit Ruffins retires from his traditional Thursday night gig

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/kermit_ruffins_has_retired_fro.html

9/11 Music News You Can Use

Never Forget...

Uncle Tom Moffatt wishes a Happy 33rd B-Day to Kailua's Hungry Ear Records

http://www.midweek.com/jonas-brothers-aidan-james-and-more-celebrity-news/

Some new Chicago jazz releases

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0911-jazz-chicago-recordings-20130910,0,5145009.column

Happy #20 to Telluride Blues and Brews

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1460033

Fender brings back an old classic

http://coronado.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/fender-brings-back-coronado-guitars

George Harrison's music used as torture?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chiles-pinochet-regime-used-julio-iglesias-and-george-harrison-songs-as-torture-soundtrack-researchers-claim-8807647.html

A fundraising luau at Tahoe

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/northshore/nnews/7981332-113/library-luau-beach-kings

Latest Aretha Franklin medical briefing

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20130820/aretha-franklin-says-shes-85-percent-healed

Seven New Orleans artists to watch

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/tune-up/Content?oid=2250146

The greatest American car movie?

http://jalopnik.com/why-the-blues-brothers-is-the-greatest-american-car-mov-1278701209

And meet PlayTheGroove

http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/article/PlayTheGroove-Unveils-Smart-New-Way-to-Play-and-Teach-Contemporary-Music-and-Advance-Music-Education-2798425

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to jazz cellist and educator Fred Katz

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-fred-katz-dies-20130909,0,1766008.story

Radio 2 hires Hugh Laurie

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/radio-2-hires-hugh-laurie-for-blues-show-but-drop-steve-lamacq.1378803229

Johnny Rawls pays tribute to a friend on his new album

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=167453

A new old guitar from Martin

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/09/review-martin-om18-authentic-1933-acoustic-guitar/

The original queen of screaming teens

http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/09/new-doc-the-original-queen-of-screaming-teens.html

Los Lobos head to the Beachland Ballroom

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/09/ten_entertainment_must-dos_for.html

Robbie Robertson talks Allen Toussaint

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/119319/Exclusive-Premiere-Robertson-Talks-Toussaint-Live-At-The-Academy-Of-Music-1971

George Strait heads for this year's Bayou Country Superfest

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/george_strait_coming_to_2014_b.html

Howlin'

http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=123074

And Bull Durham celebrates the Blues

http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/canvas/2013/09/bull-durham-celebrates-the-blues

Monday Music News You Can Use

Highlights from this year's Detroit Jazz Festival

http://thejazzline.com/reviews/concerts/2013/09/detroit-jazz-festival-2013-highlights-34th/

The Polynesian Cultural Center turns 50

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=26779864&nid=148

A visit to this year's Blues on the Bridge

http://centralny.ynn.com/content/news/695389/blues-on-the-bridge/

Guitar Trends in 2014

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/09/08/namm-2014-guitar-news/

Meet The Beatles' secretary

http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Meet-The-Beatles-Secretary-222885791.html

South meets South

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-09-08-hugh-masekela-larry-willis-egberto-gismontis-southern-connection

George Costanza's dead fiancee spotted strumming an Ookelele

http://napavalleyregister.com/news/blog/sunday-s-first-look-weather-what-to-do-and-more/collection_3fc9ade0-1852-11e3-a07f-001a4bcf887a.html

A visit to Jazz Sudbury

http://www.northernlife.ca/news/lifestyle/2013/09/08-jazz.aspx

Bruno Mars gets a Super Bowl gig

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/bruno-mars-set-sing-super-bowl-halftime-article-1.1448646#axzz2ePebyF5b

And checking out the La Guittara California Festival

http://www.ksby.com/news/la-guittara-california-festival-celebrates-guitar-music/

First Sunday of NFL Season Music News You Can Use

Today's music picks in New Orleans. Geaux Saints!

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_138.html

A visit to the 2013 Albany Riverfront Jazz Fest

http://www.timesunion.com/seen-music/article/SEEN-2013-Albany-Riverfront-Jazz-Festival-4796448.php

The Brothers Caz head to the Garden Isle for a benefit

http://thegardenisland.com/lifestyles/cazimero-performance-to-benefit-kauai-museum/article_b34aab5e-184b-11e3-a522-0019bb2963f4.html

Hey, the Blues is all right

http://www.centredaily.com/2013/09/07/3775447/this-i-believe-hey-the-blues-is.html

Checking out this year's Pig Island, which has now moved from GI to Red Hook

http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/pork-dishes-showcased-at-annual-pig-island-festival-in-red-hook-1.6030389

Time for the L.A. County Fair

http://diamondbar-walnut.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/band-los-lobos-horse-racing-and-pomona-celebrated-at-the-fair-today

Jazz at the Lake turns 30

http://poststar.com/lifestyles/at-jazz-at-the-lake-breaks-new-ground/article_4b6818a2-1722-11e3-855c-001a4bcf887a.html

A visit to Showplace Music Studios, home of the "Jersey Mafia" of session musicians

http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/5ce23ab280fe45128ed3b1ad92a2228b/NJ--Member-Exchange-Jersey-Guitar-Mafia

Keeping the beat alive

http://www.parade.com/151932/lindamarsa/keeping-the-beat-alive/

And Jack Johnson returns to New Zealand

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/9135221/Jack-Johnson-returns-to-New-Zealand

Saturday Music News You Can Use

South Meets South

http://mg.co.za/event/2013-09-06-musical-masters

Ohana Day on Kaua'i

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/tgif/ohana-day-music-and-talk-story/article_cf9e7d36-16b0-11e3-ab2e-001a4bcf887a.html

The Water Gap Jazz Festival is ready to go

http://wnep.com/2013/09/06/water-gap-jazz-festival-ready-to-go/

A belated R.I.P. to Edmonton country and blues man Fred LaRose

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Life+Times+Country+blues+sideman+mainstay+Edmonton+music+scene+Fred+LaRose+1954+2013/8880747/story.html

Time for the 2013 Healdsburg Guitar Fest

http://www.acousticguitar.com/News/2013-Healdsburg-Guitar-Festival-Starts-Tomorrow

Jake is heading to California

http://www.rafu.com/2013/09/jake-shimabukuro-coming-to-california/

To Crunk or Not?

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2013/09/new_orleans_saints_fans_will_m.html

Master of Mellow

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/master-of-mellow-20130902-2szic.html

Time for A Taste of Union City

http://unioncity.patch.com/groups/arts-and-entertainment/p/taste-of-union-city-festival-to-celebrate-food-blues-and-world-music

And NRBQ keeps it fresh

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130905/PUB03/309050366/-1/pub03

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

Wow, that was a short week...

Stephen Stills taps back into the blues

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/09/05/stephen-stills-taps-back-into-blues/IF1XJNUrIfAFYHeJ2i1kOM/story.html

Jazz doings for the coming week in NYC

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/arts/music/jazz-listings-for-sept-6-12.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

An eccentric guitarist heads to court

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/09/05/60862.htm

Guitar strings and chicken wings at Tahoe

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/northshore/nnews/8007704-113/squaw-chicken-wings-battle

A "new" Beatles recording goes viral on youtube

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-beatles-vocals-only-tracks-20130904,0,7491548.story

Keith Urban lights a creative fire

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/5687041/keith-urban-lights-a-creative-fire-with-fuse

Are you ready for another Ookelele World Record?

http://www.ourmidland.com/prweb/glenn-haworth-announces-ukulele-world-record-attempt-to-raise-funds/article_824491c8-26ba-5568-ab03-f966dd79914a.html

A preview of this month's inaugural  Hugh Masekela Cultural Festival

http://www.mediaupdate.co.za/?IDStory=56267

New Orleans' Stage Door Canteen announces its 2013-2014 lineup

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2013/09/national_world_war_ii_museum_a.html

And recovering a soul label's forgotten history

 http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/sep/05/recovering-soul-labels-forgotten-history/

Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use

Guitar of a thousand songs

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2013-09-04/article-3373553/Guitar-of-a-thousand-songs/1

Remembering the day The Beatles cut "Love Me Do"

http://www.ktiv.com/story/23340603/2013/09/04/on-this-date-the-beatles-record-love-me-do-with-new-drummer-ringo-starr

Movie legends revealed!

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2013/09/04/movie-legends-revealed-did-dream-weaver-inspire-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/

The Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame gets a new inductee

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/george-harrison-hall-of-fame/

A new Ookelele from Fender Acoustics

http://www.premierguitar.com/blogs/5-daily-news/post/19608-fender-acoustics-releases-jimmy-stafford-ukulele-sonoran-wildwood-iv-and-kingman-jumbo-acoustics

A visit to this year's Art Fair on Governors Island

http://www.pr.com/press-release/513619

Fantasia prepares for Broadway

http://www.thestate.com/2013/09/04/2959556/fantasia-prepares-for-broadway.html

A new guitarist for the Miami Blues Band

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1447576

A new Guitar Center C.E.O. for its Musician's Friend division

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1449947

And some West Seattle musicians re-create "The Concert for Bangladesh"

http://westseattleblog.com/2013/09/west-seattle-musicians-in-concert-for-bangladesh-re-creation

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1971, when Stevie Wonder made his Hawai'i debut. Tix were $2...

http://www.midweek.com/jordan-segundo-david-bryan-and-more-celebrity-news/#9052

Bill Frissell VS the unreleased jazz recordings blog

http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/09/03/bill-frisell-vs-the-unreleased-jazz-recordings-blog/

The September lineup from Biscuits and Blues

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1446052

Firesign Theatre's Phil Proctor sighted

http://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Larry-Charles-and-Son-Team-Up-for-TREASON-OR-REASON-at-HEROs-Classic-Film-Project-97-20130903

Andy Summers heads to Shanghai

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2013/09/36/Shanghai-Guitar-Legend.aspx

The Sacramento Music Fest cleans up its act

http://www.modbee.com/2013/09/03/2899019/sacramento-music-festival-erases.html

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2013 unveils its lineup

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/119297/Hardly-Strictly-Bluegrass-2013-Lineup-Revealed

An Almost Hit

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/09/03/almost-hits-traveling-wilburys-end-of-the-line-1989/

A preview of this weekend's Paramount Blues Fest in Milwaukee

http://www.communityjournal.net/paramount-blues-festival-sept-6-7/

And remembering when Ringo rejoined The Beatles

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ringo-rejoins-the-beatles/

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Back to Reality!

A final report from this year's Chicago Jazz Festival

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0903-jazz-finale-20130903-7,0,364373.column

Buddy Guy does ACL Live

http://www.examiner.com/review/live-music-review-bluesman-buddy-guy-amazed-at-acl-live-saturday?cid=RSS-EX-music

An update on the Lowell Folk Festival animal cruelty case

http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_23806073/lowell-man-pleads-not-guilty-animal-cruelty-at

Another update from Frampton's Guitar Circus

http://celebrityexaminer.com/2013/09/02/framptons-guitar-circus-thunder-valley-casino/

A new Coltrane remaster

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-John-Coltrane-Afro-Blue-4781523.php

Blues, Views and BBQ in Westport

http://westport.itsrelevant.com/content/15506/westport-celebrates-blues-views-and-bbq-festival

The Queen of New Orleans Bounce weighs in on Miley Cyrus

http://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/big-freedia-miley-cyrus-twerking

This week's new music releases

http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/what-s-on/music/this-week-s-music-releases-1-5446643

Talking Story with Steve Vai

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music/guitar-legend-steve-vai-zappa-5821649

And today's Live Music Stream Alert

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/music-feeds-live-the-snowdroppers-streaming-this-tuesday/

September 1 + 2 Music News You Can Use!

Sorry for the lack of signal Sunday; had some serious electrical storms here Saturday night!

20 items for the 2 days combined...

Building guitars in North Carolina

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/09/01/3157399/nc-guitar-makers-build-on-rich.html

Stupid Music Steel Guitar Goddess Cindy Cashdollar sighted

http://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/local/2013-09-01/back-buffet.html

Latest Pearl Jam news

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-reveals-lightning-bolt-track-list-20130831

Remembering Hari

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-23918079

David Byrne and St Vincent team again!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/01/david-byrne-st-vincent-roundhouse

The Electronic Music Festival ends tragically.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/02/nyregion/electric-zoo-music-festival-is-canceled-after-2-deaths.html?_r=0

A Blues Ball in Texas

http://www.kswo.com/story/23310509/medicine-parks-mayors-blues-ball-benefits-the-towns-businesses

Detroit Jazz 2013

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/thousands-converge-on-downtown-detroit-for-34th-annual-jazz-festival

Catherine O'Hara sightings are always welcome!

http://splitsider.com/2013/08/catherine-ohara-says-michael-odonoghue-didnt-really-scare-her-away-from-snl/

Yet another Beatles tribute band?

http://www.thereporter.com/ci_23980113/sun-kings-are-far-from-fools-hill

Beyond the liner notes

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/58945-beyond-the-liner-notes-focus-on-music-2013.html

A new analog delay

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19598-endangered-audio-ad4096-analog-delay-review

Beethoven at Loyola

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/beb0deb602e444319c4db321bfa36b96/LA--Loyola-Beethoven

Music Feeds Live alert

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/music-feeds-live-the-snowdroppers-streaming-this-tuesday/

What's going on in Pittsburgh classical music

http://triblive.com/aande/music/4372135-74/music-classical-jazz#axzz2di3peEUO

Creating a custom guitar from a virtual model

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/08/31/brothers-can-create-custom-guitar-from-customers-virtual-model.html

September Masterpieces

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/1744389/its-been-a-big-week-in-art-september-masterpieces/?cs=61

Unicycles on Governors Island?

http://manhattan.ny1.com/content/news/188032/nyc-unicycle-festival-kicks-off-with-13-mile-trek-to-coney-island

Sammy Hagar talks Les Pauls and Muscle Cars

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/August/ts30Sammy_Hagar_Compares_Les_Paul_Guitars_To_Muscle_Cars.shtml

And a good to go lineup at the upcoming Folk 'N' Blues Fest in Beloit

http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/folk-n-blues-festival-has-lineup-good-to-go/article_07e791ea-1199-11e3-9fd3-001a4bcf887a.html