Halloween Music News You Can Use

Congratulations to the 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. Fear the Beards!

Halloween music activities in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_191.html

Jazz for a new generation

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303471004579163973063650890

New blues music from Canada

http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/music/Concert+preview+Edmonton+Danser+delivers+with+album/9102625/story.html

No, I don't plan to apply

http://fillmorecountyjournal.com/single.php?article_id=31624

Bringing guitar back to our TVs

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/10/30/guitar-center-sessions-brings-guitar-back-to-our-tvs/

Talking Story: Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, who will do an unplugged show here in central NH next spring

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/10/30/something-else-interview-steve-berlin-of-los-lobos/

Azz everywhere

http://www.fuse.tv/2013/10/big-freedia-bounce-music-history-twerking

This week's live jazz listings in Florida

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131031/ENT/131039986/1006/NEWS?Title=Live-music-listings-for-the-week-of-Oct-31

Israeli Blues

http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/8688126-113/blues-naftaly-band-israel

And how to record the guitar

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/how-to-record-guitars-the-basics-586789

We Win.

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Got Gab?

http://www.midweek.com/shawn-ryan-scott-baio-celebrity-news/

Last Dance with The Gourds

http://austinist.com/2013/10/29/last_dance_with_the_gourds.php#photo-1

Mozart meets Jazz

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20131030/WILLIAMSON10/310300023/-Mozart-Jazz-concert-free?nclick_check=1

Big Boss Blues

http://whtc.com/events/event/1814/big-boss-blues/

A new guitar bar in Santa Barbara

http://www.independent.com/news/2013/oct/29/santa-barbara-guitar-bar-sets-new-standard/

Music Chat

http://www.themorningsun.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131029/music-chat-arcade-fire-toby-keith-seether-and-more

Los Lobos release their new live album

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/29/los_lobos_celebrate_their_40th_anniversary.htm

Are Uke Ready?

http://www.henricocitizen.com/news/article/are_uke_ready1029#.UnEnyVOvPIM

Alfred "Uganda" Roberts Talks Story

http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/10/alfred-uganda-roberts-qa-1029

And how the electric guitar was invented

http://gizmodo.com/how-the-electric-guitar-was-invented-1453939129

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Music suggestions for today in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_189.html#incart_m-rpt-1

Jazz Toons and Screen Classics

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music/snjo-jazz-toons-screen-classics-royal-conservatoire-of-scotland-glasgow.22537922

Painting a room with Blues

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/business/media/painting-a-room-with-blues-or-hip-hop-or-mozart.html?_r=0

A new guitar lesson from Tom Petty

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1550189

A flood-resistant park is being created on Governors Island

http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/28/west_8_creates_a_floodresistant_park_on_governors_island.php

A brass band throwdown in NOLA

http://www.heraldonline.com/2013/10/28/5346789/the-original-pinettes-crowned.html

Holly Williams carves out her own sound

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-holly-williams-review-20131028,0,5210867.story?track=rss

A jazz musician rebuilds after losing his house to Sandy

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57608479/jazz-musician-rebuilds-after-losing-staten-island-home-to-sandy/

Charlie Parr Talks Story

http://www.ulladullatimes.com.au/story/1872403/blues-legend-impressed-by-kidgeeridge-festival/?cs=1732

And a new Gypsy Jazz guitar app

http://www.premierguitar.com/blogs/5-daily-news/post/19884-guitarist-jonny-hepbir-releases-gypsy-jazz-jam-app-for-ios

Monday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P., Lou Reed

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/28/arts/music/lou-reed-dies-at-71.html?_r=0

Jazz blows into Bayelsa

http://allafrica.com/stories/201310281185.html

Jamaica Jazz and Blues is only 4 months out

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1548763

"This shows you what it was like"

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/10/26/this-shows-you-what-it-was-like-grammy-exhibit-puts-everything-in-perspective-for-the-beatles-ringo-starr/

Bullet For My Valentine come to NH

http://calendar.newhampshire.com/calendar/events/music/Bullet_for_My_Valentine/65425/dt/256919.aspx

A clarinet reed maker keeps her family legacy alive

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20131027/BUSINESS/310270010/Eliane-Reese-keeps-father-s-legacy-alive-making-reeds-clarinets-saxophones-by-hand-Jackson?nclick_check=1

"All the Songs"

http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/arts-literature/books/book-all-the-songs-gives-the-scoop-on-everything-by/article_488543b0-a388-5a07-b0d1-713d39cb637e.html

Today's music in New Orleans includes Charmaine Neville at Snug Harbor

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_188.html

This week on the Jazz Network

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1548849

And Destination: Dining

http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/dining/articles/2013/10/28/destination-dining-firehouse-bbq-blues

Sunday Music News You Can Use

The Backbone Blues Band hits the road

http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/whatson/goingout/articles/2013/10/27/94419-backbone-blues-band-hit-the-big-time-with-us-tour-/

The man who made Jazz the sound of America

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/27/verve-records-jazz-norman-granz

Introducing...Secret Guitar Teacher!

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1547823

Starkey heads to Vegas

http://www.noise11.com/news/ringo-starr-may-be-vegas-bound-20131027

Lon Van Eaton sighted

http://thephilanews.com/lon-van-eaton-produced-by-george-harrison-has-relocated-to-new-hope-pa-42482.htm

A Sound Celebration

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/events/Totton/909169.Sound_Celebration/

Hapa Haole Time in Honolulu

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/10/25/hawaii_music_hapa_haole_music_concert_competition_Oahu

Beyond Graceland

http://www.chron.com/life/style/travel/article/Southwest-has-a-new-flight-to-Memphis-Here-s-how-4920623.php

Happy 40th to Pablo Records

http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/original-jazz-classics-remasters-duke-ellington-dizzy-gillespie-and-art-tatum/

And today's hot music picks in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_187.html

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Today's music in New Orleans includes The Honey Island Swamp Band @ Tip's

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_186.html

Bringing the clarinet to the world

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/25/240552305/anat-cohen-bringing-the-clarinet-to-the-world

Kenny Wayne Shepherd sighted

http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/things-to-do/arts/kenny-WGO-10252013:article

Hawaiian Slack Key heads to Alaska

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-10-03/jahc-concert-feature-hawaiian-slack-key-guitarist-and-collaborators#.UmwCZ1OvPIM

A new coffee table book about guitars

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2013/10/guitar_aficionado_the_collections_a_photo_book_worth_picking_through.html

Keeper of the blues flame

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x915436217/James-Montgomery-Keeper-of-the-blues-flame

One of Starkey's photos, verified!

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/10/25/3710548/man-claims-nj-kids-in-ringo-starr.html

Hugh Masekela gets ready to retire (again!)

http://www.newera.com.na/2013/10/25/namibia-gears-bid-bra-hugh-goodbye/

Jazz bassist Eddie Gomez gets his degree

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=168828

And R.I.P. to jazz pianist Bob Greene

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/arts/music/bob-greene-pianist-and-jelly-roll-morton-devotee-dies-at-91.html?_r=0

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Welcome back after a 1-day hiatus. We're glad you made it!

Today's music picks in N'Orleans include Bootsy Collins

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_185.html

Wynton Marsalis conducts an "Abyssinian Mass"

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/10/24/wynton-marsalis-gives-spirited-take-jazz-with-abyssinian-mass/Q0clKSvd58bNd3fLX8GRuI/story.html

A visit to Richmond's October Moon Festival

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-25/richmond-october-moon-helps-overcome-drought-blues/5046692

Eric Congdon channels Chet Atkins

http://www.goupstate.com/article/20131024/ENT/310241006

Back-to-back nights of great music in Fall River

http://www.providencejournal.com/features/entertainment/music/20131024-leo-kottke-friday-jake-shimabukuro-sunday-at-the-narrows-in-fall-river.ece

Hobo Jazz gets eclectic

http://www.pe.com/iguide/music/music-headlines/20131024-pe-live-hobo-jazz-gets-eclectic.ece

Stilt walking music reaches new heights

http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/variety/stilt-walkers-music-reaches-new-heights-1.2842783#.Ump59FOvPIM

How to stay alive at Voodoo 2013

http://www.fuse.tv/2013/10/voodoo-2013-survival-guide

Giving Jazz an update

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/robert-glasper-giving-jazz-update-article-1.1494198

Talking Story with David Porter

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/q-a-porter-wants-to-develop-next-generation-of-blues/article_9e7ad673-1172-5a4c-a39b-466682740764.html

It's ShredHed time again!

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/10/24/5057829/saturdays-10th-ever-shedhed-blues.html

Several questions with Steve Funk

http://www.rgj.com/article/20131025/ENT/310250009/Several-questions-Steve-Funk-host-Take-Names-Later-Blues-?nclick_check=1

Meet the Atlas Road Crew

http://www.redandblack.com/variety/atlas-road-crew-champions-guitar-driven-rock/article_93872240-3cd9-11e3-8930-001a4bcf6878.html

Checking out this year's Northeast Iowa Steel Guitar Show

http://globegazette.com/entertainment/local_entertainment/northeast-iowa-steel-guitar-show-in-waterloo/article_e64005af-81b7-56cd-8f46-00352815bb1c.html

Keith Jarrett does Bach

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/57026748-223/jarrett-classical-music-jazz.html.csp

A new blues festival in Florida

http://www.bradenton.com/2013/10/24/4788552/new-blues-festival-debuts-in-sarasota.html

Attack of the Kazoos?

http://www.coloradodaily.com/music-news/ci_24372089/trance-blues-jam-fest-attack-kazoos

Denny Laine sighted in Hannibal

http://www.whig.com/story/23765542/former-member-of-wings-moody-blues-to-perform-friday-in-hannibal

It's "Time Warp" time again

http://www.atlanticcityweekly.com/arts-and-entertainment/features/rocky-horror-picture-show-live-house-of-blues-ac-Time-Warp-Time-228962051.html

And Talking Story with Robert Plant

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/10400729/Robert-Plant-interview-Everyone-feels-the-blues-from-time-to-time.html

Day Off

Don't worry, I'll be back with double the number of items on Friday!

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt runs into Tim Tebow on the beach

http://www.midweek.com/padma-lakshmi-jimmy-buffett-and-more-celebrity-news/#9900

Big Al Anderson announces his annual holiday shows at the Iron Horse

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/concert_news_big_al_anderson_t.html

While another Andersen heads to Halifax

http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1162143-andersen-stops-in-halifax-on-world-tour

Bonebreak Guitar rolls out a new product

http://www.redding.com/news/2013/oct/22/bonebrake-guitar-launches-groundbreaking-instrumen/

Happy 25th to the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_24360556/jazz-at-lincoln-center-orchestra-marks-25-years

Every shade of blue at Tucson Blues

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2013/10/22/tucson-blues-festival-every-shade-of-blue

A long way from Tiny Tim

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/22/4568392/ukuleles-have-come-a-long-way.html

Remembering when George Harrison went Troppo

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/10/22/on-second-thought-george-harrison-gone-troppo-1982/

Na Lei Hula

http://www.morganhilltimes.com/arts_and_entertainment/camille_bounds/na-lei-hula/article_b7f8609e-a37d-5ed6-9cc4-66df74a0d7c8.html

And today's musical suggestions for our friends in New Orleans include Patty Griffin and Steve Earle

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_183.html

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Remembering Daniel Pearl, with music

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/swing_jazz_and_klezmer_music_celebrate_legacy_of_slain_journalist_daniel_pearl.html

Tuesday Hot Tuneage in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_182.html

Learning the Blues through Buddy Guy

http://www.asianage.com/music/learning-blues-through-buddy-guy-404

A visit to Cleveland's Guitar Riot

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/guitar_riot_is_the_guitar_bout.html

Beatles fans, did Starkey snap your pic in 1964?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/21/who-are-the-mystery-fans-in-the-photo-taken-by-ringo-starr/2997911/

Happy 5th B-Day to the Ookelele Ceilidh

http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/Local/2013-10-21/article-3434902/Ukulele-Ceilidh-back-for-5th-year/1

Anoushka Shankar remembers Dad

http://kunm.org/post/traces-you-anoushka-shankars-memorial-her-father

Uncle Cyril Pahinui Talks Story

http://bigislandnow.com/2013/10/21/cyril-pahinui-to-perform-at-imiloa-after-dark/

Duke Ellington: the man and his music

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/duke-ellington-man-music-20635422

And the guitar-playing astronaut writes his memoirs

 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/memoir-of-singing-guitar-playing-astronaut/2013/10/21/aa262d84-31df-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.html

Monday Music News You Can Use

Harry Connick Jr. sighted

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/harry-connick-jr-talks-about-american-idol-role-new-albums/article_f9d0498a-d0ad-5cfc-ade1-5e7123c8f54d.html

The story of an Austin-grown mad scientist with a guitar

http://www.austindailyherald.com/2013/10/charlie-parr-the-story-of-an-austin-grown-mad-scientist-with-a-guitar/

"Such a happy instrument"

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/19/4563761/ukulele-fans-gather-to-celebrate.html

The Big Chief of Quantum Jazz

http://www.columbiatribune.com/arts_life/ovation/the-big-chief-of-quantum-jazz/article_7a9684a0-3861-11e3-82ef-10604b9f7e7c.html

More Hawaiian music coming to Oregon

http://www.wweek.com/portland/event-135298-hawaiian_music.html

Keith Jarrett goes classical

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20131019/entlife/710199944/

Monday music happenings in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_181.html

Chad Smith picks up a guitar for charity

http://www.contactmusic.com/story/chad-smith-picking-up-guitar-for-charity-jam-session_3914547

A fall harvest of festivals in Southeast Louisiana

http://www.wwl.com/Fall-harvest-of-festivals-in-Southeast-Louisiana/17558818

And Rockport gets ready for the California Guitar Trio

http://www.rrstar.com/x574271270/California-Guitar-Trio-to-perform-Sept-27-at-Mendelssohn-Hall

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Congratulations to the 2013 American League Champion Boston Red Sox. Let's go to the World Series!

Music for today in New Orleans. Da Saints have a Bye Week.

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_180.html

Checking out the 15th (and possibly the last) Salisbury Blues & Jazz Festival

http://www.salisburypost.com/article/20131020/SP01/131029982/1184/music-abounds-at-15th-x2014-and-last-x2014-blues-and-jazz-festival

Guitar Shop 101: The great guitar cleanup

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19800-guitar-shop-101-the-great-guitar-cleanup

"He'd never seemed that interested."

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/10/19/hed-never-seemed-that-interested-the-beatles-paul-mccartney-still-marvels-at-george-harrisons-songwriting-growth/

Finally, a review of the new Los Lobos live album

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10379248/Los-Lobos-Disconnected-in-New-York-City-album-review.html

A Bobby who's truly on the beat

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/banjolele-cops-crime-prevention-message-6208378

The Crescent City Blues and BBQ Fest continues thru today

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/crescent_city_blues_bbq_festiv_2.html

The Hula Show 2013 runs for another week

http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/THE-HULA-SHOW-2013-Presented-at-the-Palace-of-Fine-Arts-Theater-1019-1027-20131018

A visit to the guitar mecca of Paracho

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19804-Acoustic-Soundboard--The-Guitar-Mecca-of-Paracho

And R.I.P. to jazz singer Gloria Lynne

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/jazz-chanteuse-gloria-lynne-dies-at-83/2013/10/18/223c08c4-3808-11e3-ae46-e4248e75c8ea_story.html

Saturday Music News You Can Use

What's cooking for Saturday music in New Orleans. The Saints have a Bye Week.

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_179.html

Out of this world

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2465392/A-guitar-playing-experience-world-Futuristic-titanium-instrument-plays-music-despite-having-NO-body.html

David Bromberg sighted near Idaho

http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/king-sixties-sidemen-returns-only-slightly-mad

Uncle Hugh Masekela floats up to Scandinavia to mentor some young ladies

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/10/18/hugh-jives-the-baobab-babes

Remembering "Traveling Wilburys Volume 1", which is now 25

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/traveling-wilburys-vol-1/

A new film about Muscle Shoals

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/entertainment/andy-klein/tn-gnp-film-review-muscle-shoals-strength-is-in-the-music-20131018,0,384757.story

ABKCO gets its own guitar

http://www.hayspost.com/2013/10/17/kfix-rock-news-guitar-featuring-cover-art-from-rolling-stones-beggars-banquet-available-now/

Silent or Rowdy?

http://www.aspentimes.com/entertainment/8547687-113/shimabukuro-belly-crowd-ukulele

Cyrus Chestnut heads to Vermont

http://www.reformer.com/news/ci_24326151/vermont-jazz-center-hosts-lsquo-best-pianist-his

And a preview of this weekend's Treme Fest in N'Orleans

http://www.noladefender.com/content/treme-culture-fest-brings-music-streets

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

5 songs by the Rhodes Scholar

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2013/10/17/236231843/five-songs-by-the-rhodes-scholar-keyboardist-of-hip-hop

A preview of Saturday's Staten Island Jazz Festival

http://www.silive.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/10/staten_island_jazz_fest_return.html

Terakaft's Desert Blues

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/10/17/terakaft-desert-blues-find-place-away-from-home/f6Px1YzCGUv3DrPWugP91J/story.html

A preview of the illustrations in Ringo's new kids' book

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2464129/Ringo-Starr-teams-childrens-illustrator-Ben-Cort-release-colourful-book-version-Octopuss-Garden.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

The guitars that Chicago built

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19828-the-guitars-that-chicago-built

Fans go Ookelele Mad

http://www.pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk/news/local-news/slideshow-fans-go-ukulele-mad-1-6157735

Will Governors Island get a hotel?

http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2013/10/14/22815/333/hotels/Will_NYC%27s_Governors_Island_Get_a_Hotel%3F

Today's best tuneage in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_178.html

Meet Miss T and The Mosquitoes

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/907300_R-R-with-R-R--2-last-buzzes-for-Miss-T---The-Mosquitoes.html

And a report from this year's New Orleans Film Festival

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_film_festival_2013_10.html

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Today's hot New Orleans music picks

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_177.html

Belfast gets a new Jazz venue

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/new-belfast-club-to-cater-for-jazz-lovers-29666849.html

5 ways "The St. Louis Blues" changed everything

http://www.postindependent.com/news/grandjunction/8536697-113/blues-louis-handy-music

The New York Guitar Festival will return in January

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/new-york-guitar-festival-to-return-in-january/?_r=0

Meet "Rocket Ookelele"

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1527190

2 old Beatles stories

http://www.anglotopia.net/british-entertainment/british-music-british-entertainment/brit-music-two-old-beatles-stories/

A sneak peek at SXSW 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sxsw-music-festival-releases-first-list-of-artists-for-2014/2013/10/16/c975e2d4-3693-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

The latest nominees for the Rock Hall of Fame include The Meters

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/the_meters_are_nominated_for_r.html

The Philippines' Queen of Jazz turns 80

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/331143/lifestyle/reviews/music-review-jazz-queen-annie-brazil-amazes-with-birthday-concert

And Goblin finally make it to the US for a tour

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/at-long-last-prog-rockers-goblin-tour-us/Content?oid=2605248

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt remembers this week in 1967, when Satchmo brought his All Star Band to Waikiki

http://www.midweek.com/alyson-hannigan-and-ashley-lilinoe-and-more-celebrity-news/

Los Lobos ready their 40th Anniversary tour

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/10/15/5822020/los-lobos-celebrate-their-40th.html

Freebo goes to church

http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/north-pinellas-religion-news-for-wednesday-oct-16/2147363

Uke kidding me?

http://www.aspentimes.com/entertainment/8444941-113/ukulele-shimabukuro-music-playing

Ginger Baker plays The Dakota

http://www.twincities.com/music/ci_24318351/review-at-dakota-drummer-ginger-baker-marches-jazz

Tradition is a Temple

http://wwno.org/post/take-five-filmmaker-tradition-temple

Jazz in the Sanctuary turns 10

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2013/oct/15/enjoy-jazz-in-the-sanctuary-33479/

A preview of October's River City Radio Hour

http://augustafreepress.com/wealth-talent-october-river-city-radio-hour/

Liberty DeVitto sighted

http://www.loyno.edu/news/story/2013/10/15/3309

And hot Wednesday music in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_176.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-orleans-music-hot-picks-for-wednesday-oct-16-2013-jj-grey-mofro

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Exploring Telematic Music

http://sdnews.com/view/full_story/8035958/article-Exploring-telematic-music-?instance=most_popular1

Swing from the shadows

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/lifestyle/arts/9283563/Swing-from-the-Shadows-to-gypsy-jazz

A World Blues tour pulls into Utah

http://www.usustatesman.com/2.5211/features/world-blues-tour-will-invade-logan-1.2841185#.Ul1If1OvPIM

The Dublin Guitar Quartet sighted

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/dublin-guitar-quartet-delivers-eclectic-recital-at-phillips-collection/2013/10/14/0ff49ab6-34eb-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

Cool Hand Uke is headed to the Cape of Cod

http://www.wickedlocal.com/orleans/topstories/x980105380/Cool-Hand-Uke-in-Orleans-Oct-19

Hopping on the Jolley Trolley

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1522114

Yemen Blues

http://www.broadwayworld.com/st-paul/article/Yemen-Blues-Set-for-Ordway-Center-for-the-Performing-Arts-1027-20131014

Roll Over, Stradivarius

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/books/inventing-the-american-guitar-explores-1840s-innovations.html?_r=0

Show of Hands return for this year's Wirral Guitar Fest

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10734289.Show_Of_Hands_return_for_Wirral_Guitar_Festival/

And what's doing for music today in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_175.html

Columbus Day Music News You Can Use

Happy 10th to  NYC's Louis Armstrong House Museum

http://thetandd.com/entertainment/music/louis-armstrong-house-marks-years-as-nyc-museum/article_d0ca5786-43df-5a46-9652-a7b016f2c61a.html

Checking out this year's Grand Northern Ookelele Fest

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/fans-from-around-world-celebrate-timeless-ukulele-at-yorkshire-event-1-6143843

Chicago has the St. Louis Blues

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/227579481.html

Build your Blues Guitar vocabulary

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1521951

What's doing for Columbus Day music in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_174.html

Pablo Records turns 40

http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/original-jazz-classics-remasters-zoot-sims-and-the-gershwin-brothers-oscar-peterson-stephane-grappelli-skol/

A report from this year's 20th Seafood, Blues and and Jazz Festival in North Carolina

 http://www.wwaytv3.com/2013/10/13/20th-annual-seafood-blues-jazz-festival-fun-for-the-whole-family

Taylor Swift gets a Guitar Maze

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2458347/Taylor-Swifts-corny-greeting-Rhode-Island-farmer-welcomes-singer-holiday-home.html

Remembering "Hawai'i Calls"

http://thegardenisland.com/lifestyles/island_history/hawaii-calls-radio-program-broadcasts-from-kauai/article_278e0aca-33b2-11e3-b134-0019bb2963f4.html

And exploring the new breed of Cuban Music

http://www.columbiatribune.com/arts_life/ovation/musicians-embody-new-breed-of-cuban-music/article_277d5258-32d0-11e3-aa11-10604b9f6eda.html

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Sunday's hot music picks for our friends in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_173.html

Tony Bennett dedicates a song to Lady Gaga

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Tony-Bennett-Dedicates-Song-to-Lady-Gaga-at-Radio-City-Jazz-Album-Set-for-Release-in-Early-Jan-2014-20131012

Keith Urban's launching his own guitar collection

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/October/ts09Keith_Urban_Launching_His_Own_Guitar_Collection.shtml#.Ulq7OFOvPIM

The Langley Ookelele Ensemble has a new leader

http://www.langleytimes.com/entertainment/227457951.html

George Harrison, behind the locked door

http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/extract-george-harrison-behind-locked-door

A report from this year's New Orleans Film Festival, which always features lots of music

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_film_festival_2013_4.html

The Richmond Folk Festival gets rained on

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/drizzle-doesn-t-dampen-richmond-folk-festival-mood/article_01a121e4-1b94-5769-a300-4ab5a1f2872f.html

Falling in love with Hawaiian Music on the Valley Isle

http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Peaceful+island+sounds+have+visitors+falling+love+with+Maui/9030601/story.html

Tomcat Courtney Talks Story

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/oct/10/san-diego-bluesman-tomcat-courtney-opens-about-his/

And Gibson releases yet another new signature Les Paul

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19796-gibson-releases-slash-signature-vermillion-les-paul

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Time for this year's Clearwater Jazz Holiday

http://www.tampabay.com/things-to-do/music/four-day-clearwater-jazz-holiday-begins-thursday/2146725

A new book about the Blues

http://wamc.org/post/crossroads-blues-rock-forever-intertwined

Hot Club of Cowtown keep on making Stupid Music

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/11/4546587/hot-club-of-cowtown-keeps-its.html

Quebec's Guitar Gods are a plucky bunch

http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Quebec+guitar+gods/9027732/story.html

Heidi Swedberg's life after "Seinfeld" revolves around the Ookelele

http://www.presstelegram.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131011/life-after-seinfeld-heidi-swedberg-takes-on-the-ukelele

Today's hot music in N'Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_172.html

Jon Batiste Stays Human

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Jazz-Pianist-Jon-Batiste-and-Stay-Human-to-Perform-in-Zankel-Hall-1012-20131011

Exploring the music of Mali

http://singersroom.com/content/2013-10-11/Mali-Music-Mali-Is/

R.I.P. to bluesman "Soul Man" Lee

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2013/10/12/soul-man-lee-leaves-behind-blues-legacy/

And also to Vixen guitarist Jan Kuehnemund

http://loudwire.com/vixen-jan-kuehnemund-dies-at-51/

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Blues on the Taos Mesa

http://www.taosnews.com/entertainment/music/article_29b998ba-31bd-11e3-bc19-001a4bcf887a.html

Let's go to the Sun Valley Jazz Festival, which starts next Wednesday

http://magicvalley.com/entertainment/bask-in-music-and-dance-at-the-sunvalley-jazz-festival/article_fdab6ede-6255-5fc0-ba8c-389fc6980176.html

More on Starkey's rare car

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/photos/9272531

A stolen Rickenbacker reappears after 17 years

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/stolen-rickenbacker-360-found-17-years-article-1.1481908

Ookelele and Cello in harmony

http://www.cochranetimes.com/2013/10/10/ukulele--cello-in-harmony

A rare autographed copy of the White Album goes on the auction block

http://www.examiner.com/article/rare-fully-signed-u-s-beatles-white-album-to-be-auctioned

Today's hot music picks in the Crescent City

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_171.html

Meet Big Harry and the Back Alley Blues

http://www.newspressnow.com/life/st_joe_live/music/article_d9806a3c-ec1e-5c48-9224-02cba0b8d805.html

Time for the 17th annual Brownsville Latin Jazz Fest

http://www.valleymorningstar.com/coastal_current/news/article_a26b339e-31dc-11e3-9a78-0019bb30f31a.html

And Taj Mahal and his World Blues Tour hit Utah

http://news.hjnews.com/cache_magazine/article_b339ee1c-31f6-11e3-a851-001a4bcf887a.html

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Bob Wills' Triple B Ranch is saved from demolition by a dedicated Stupid Music Fan

http://theboot.com/bob-wills-house-museum/

A new music gadget from Moog

http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/article/Moog-Announces-Minifooger-Analog-Effects-for-Guitar--Bass-2852259

A musical elephant

http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2013/oct/09/musical-elephant/

A jazz celebration in honor of Uncle Chickie

http://www.chicoer.com/entertainment/ci_24278934/jazz-celebration-honors-corea

The Brothers Caz get warm and fuzzy in Napa

http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/audience-gets-warm-and-fuzzy-treat-from-hawaii-s-brothers/article_1efe4068-3142-11e3-9391-001a4bcf887a.html

A visit to the Dew Drop Music Hall

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/louisiana-news/new-orleans-news/item/535143-heart-of-louisiana-dew-drop-jazz-hall

Out and about this week in SLC

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56978282-223/salt-lake-tickets-opening.html.csp

Almost time for this year's Chanute Blues Blast

http://www.chanute.com/news/article_34ad8710-3139-11e3-92c2-001a4bcf6878.html

9 Lennon B-Day Tributes

http://www.popmatters.com/post/175729-its-johnnys-birthday-nine-lennon-tributes/

And the demise of the electric guitar in music

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2013/10/08/the-demise-of-the-electric-guitar-in-music/

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about Crosby, Stills & Nashy at the Waikiki Shell in 1988

http://www.midweek.com/chelsea-handler-emma-stone-mindi-abair-and-more-celebrity-news/

Remembering Fela on what would have been his 75th birthday

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20131009/ent/ent4.html

Previewing this year's Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree

http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/sun-valley-jazz-jamboree/Content?oid=2995590

Philly's 424 Blues Cafe gets ready to reopen

http://neshobademocrat.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=297&ArticleID=30510

Indonesia's guitar-strumming chief

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/329841/lifestyle/design/indonesia-s-guitar-strumming-chief-leads-apec-fashion-parade

A new 4-book set explores the solo careers of The Beatles

http://www.gotham-news.com/news/2013/10/08/beatles-solo-four-book-set-examines-fab-fours-solo-careers

Elton John's Yellow Brick Road is 40

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/October/08Look_At_Elton_Johns_Goodbye_Yellow_Brick_Road_40_Years_Later.shtml#.UlWARFOvPIM

Another musician discovers the Ookelele

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/10/kevin_hufnagel.html

Big Star finally gets a film documentary

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/10/music_doc_on_the_band_big_star.html

And today's hot music in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_169.html

Sunny Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Lots of New Orleans music news today. Geaux Saints!

Guitars are stars for photographer Lisa Johnson

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/07/lisa-johnson-108-rock-star-guitars/2884757/

Los meet the Fab Faux

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/119607/Fab-Faux-Welcomes-Members-Of-Los-Lobos-In-San-Francisco

Some Beatles albums go on the auction block

http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/entertainment/story.php?id=1354389

Another Ookelele Fest here in NH

http://www.newhampshire.com/article/20131007/NEWHAMPSHIRE01/131009488/0/news

Allen Toussaint's "Songbook" opened

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/10/07/2864243/critics-picks-allen-toussaint.html

Tuesday Hot Picks for music in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_168.html

A sibling success story

http://www.tauntongazette.com/blogs/mobileghmne/x1406975117/Wild-Belles-music-a-sibling-success-story

This fall's live jazz lineup at Ray's Jazz in London

http://www.jazzjournal.co.uk/jazz-latest-news/650/live-jazz-at-ray-s-this-autumn

Pullman Rail Journeys kicks off a new Chicago-to-New Orleans train ride with folk music on the menu

http://www.chicagomag.com/travel/October-2013/Old-Town-School-of-Folk-Music-Now-Playing-Backup-on-Train-Trips-to-NOLA/

And a report from this weekend's Festival Miami

http://www.examiner.com/article/music-legend-dr-john-adds-voodoo-funk-to-festival-miami

Stormy Monday Music News You Can Use

NRBQ does Stockholm

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

Billy Cobham Talks Story

http://www.depauliaonline.com/arts-life/jazz-giant-billy-cobham-talks-past-present-and-future-1.3073639#.UlLLNVOvPIM

Blues for Engineers

http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/rowe-s-and-columns/4422215/Blues-for-engineers

Guitar strings VS Chicken wings at Squaw

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

Ookeleles invade Bingley's High Rise

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/airelocal/10721041.Ukulele_festival_is_top_of_the_locks_at_Bingley_s_Five_Rise/

What's up for music today in New Orleans. Saints are now 5-0!

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_167.html

A bumper crop of new Roots Music releases

http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-06/news/42766191_1_ry-cooder-piano-social-justice

Soweto Kinch heads to London

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/food-for-thought-soweto-kinch-jazz-and-hip-hop-artist-8858813.html

Honda Jazz

http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/lifestyle/story.php?id=1352547

And 8 Ball avoids life's banana skin

http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/8-ball-aitken-avoids-lifes-banana-skin-airlie-bill/2041537/

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Wilford Brimley cuts a jazz album

http://www.denverpost.com/music/ci_24234404/wilford-brimleys-latest-project-jazz-album-from-capri

George Harrison's fear of being shot

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2442688/The-Beatles-George-Harrison-feared-shot-hated-pushed-Paul-McCartney.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Glenn Haworth does it!

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/1822478/gallery-glenn-strings-25hrs-of-ukelele-jam/?cs=300

Texas & Neighbors

http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/regional/20131004-texas-neighbors-music-festivals-in-new-orleans-ballooning-in-albuquerque.ece?nclick_check=1

A report from Day 2 of the SCV Jazz and Music Festival

http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/scv-jazz-music-festival-continues-rock-day-two-38184

Imagine a magical guitar in your hands

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-met-schmich-1006-20131005,0,2701797.column

What wine pairs with Santana?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/experience/las-vegas/vegas-buzz/food/2013/05/27/carlos-santana-wine-2006-supernatural-rose/2363583/

Jazz Vespers kicks off its third season

http://thealternativepress.com/articles/jazz-vespers-third-season-kicks-off-at-pleasantda

Jon Batiste talks "Social Music"

http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=807429

And R.I.P. to New Orleans music professor Phillip Frohmayer

http://www.loyolamaroon.com/mobile/2.6710/music-professor-dies-1.2839104

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Exploring Jazz from Eastern Kentucky

http://surfky.com/index.php/communities/123-general-news-for-all-sites/38765-the-dailey-dose-communicating-between-cultures-with-jazz-music

Saturday's music doings in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_165.html

Keiko Matsui talks tsunami

http://wamc.org/post/jazz-artist-keiko-matsui-rebuilding-after-tsunami

A Catherine O'Hara sighting is always welcome

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-catherine-ohara-acod-20131005,0,3845654.story

Some Fighting Irish players turn to the Ookelele

http://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/college/notredame/multimedia/videos/video_8934d178-2c37-11e3-94d9-001a4bcf6878.html

Sitarist to the stars

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/leisure/music/10718401.Between_the_Scales/

A preview of the new Los Lobos album

http://www.fit4talent.com/news/los-lobos-to-release-new-album-this-month/1810/

Slack Key quilting?

http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Santa-Cruz-quilter-imbues-aloha-into-kapa-cloth-4869373.php

Duane Allman-Guitar Hero

http://www.legacy.com/news/legends-and-legacies/duane-allman--guitar-hero/1342/

And it's almost time for this year's Windhoek Jazz Fest

http://allafrica.com/stories/201310040861.html

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

T.G.I.F. music picks for the Large Easy

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_164.html

Wayne Shorter, without a net

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56955166-223/shorter-jazz-hancock-music.html.csp

Kenny Neal returns home

http://www.nola.com/music/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/10/kenny_neal_baton_rouge_blues.html

The Buffalo Music Hall of Fame inducts its Class of 2013

http://news.wbfo.org/post/buffalo-music-hall-fame-inducts-former-wbfo-blues-host

Release notes for this year's Crossroads Guitar Fest

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/10/03/crossroads-guitar-festival-2013-to-be-released-on-cd-dvd-and-blu-ray#.Uk7fa1OvPIM

One of Dick Starkey's cars goes on the auction block

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2442649/Ringo-Starrs-Facel-Vegal-Facel-II-car-auction.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Meet Aldrine Guerrero and the Ookelele Underground

http://concertblogger.com/2013/10/aldrine-guerrero-and-the-ukulele-underground/

Ravi Shankar's Rock 'n' Roll

http://www.legacy.com/news/legends-and-legacies/ravi-shankars-rock-n-roll/1266/

Governors Island saw a bump in weekend visitors this season

http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2013/10/03/governors-island-visit/

And R.I.P. to photographer Bill Eppridge

http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Bill-Eppridge-iconic-New-Milford-photographer-4866464.php

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Bach + Blues in the Napa Valley

http://www.broadwayworld.com/san-francisco/article/BACH-and-BLUES-Set-for-the-NAPA-VALLEY-Opera-House-20131001

Along with the Brothers Caz

http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/brothers-cazimero-bringing-hawaii-s-aloha-spirit-to-napa-valley/article_e597795e-2bd1-11e3-a08e-001a4bcf887a.html

Remembering Benny Goodman's epic show at Carnegie Hall

http://www.theledger.com/article/20131002/ENT/310025006?Title=Orchestra-Clarinetist-Pay-Tribute-to-Goodman-8217-s-1938-Carnegie-Hall-Jazz-Show

How playing Air Guitar inspires creativity in musicians

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/playing-air-guitar-improves-creativity-in-musicians-113100200354_1.html

Joe Brown Talks Story about Ookeleles and George Harrison

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/musicvideo/10348225/Joe-Brown-on-ukuleles-and-George-Harrison.html

Today's hot music picks in N'Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_163.html

Time for the Paoli Blues Fest

http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2013/10/03/main_line_suburban_life/life/doc524d516b1343d425316015.txt

Rockport remembers Nat King Cole

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/lifestyle/x1442576062/Rockport-Music-gala-features-jazz-of-Nat-King-Cole

Saint Blues Guitar Workshop releases a new model

http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2013/10/02/memphis-guitar-maker-releases-eric.html

And a report from TED X in Toronto

http://www.yongestreetmedia.ca/inthenews/TEDxToronto100213.aspx

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about the legendary Lippy's Chevron station

http://www.midweek.com/stevie-wonder-bradley-coope-emma-hearst-and-more-celebrity-news/

Dave Holland sighting

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-dave-holland-prism-20131001,0,3829792.story

Working Class Hero Kim Simmonds

http://www.free-times.com/music/100213-carolina-downhome-blues-festival-camden-kim-simmonds-savoy-brown

Previewing this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass fest

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/10/1/hardly_strictly_bluegrass_13_must-see_acts.htm

Uncle Hugh Masekela kicks off his tour of the townships

http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2013/09/29/trumpeting-his-love-for-sa-languages

Molly Hatchet's guitarist gets his stolen axe back

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/molly-hatchet-guitar-recovered-after-mclean-theft/article_65b91286-2a3e-11e3-a0a0-001a4bcf887a.html

Nicky Romero shuts down Governors Island

http://joonbug.com/newyork/frequency/Nicky-Romero-Shuts-Down-Governors-Island/u71hiFwdogR

A preview of this weekend's GretnaFest across the river from NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/gretna_fest_2013_kicks_off_fri.html

Time for yet another Ookelele world record attempt

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1498840

And some upcoming music doings in Beantown. Go Red Sox!

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/2013/10/01/boston-area-list/B2jwI1ysKRges1VcGxvSEO/story.html

October 1st Music News You Can Use

Meet the jazz-playing German language teacher

http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=62391

A rare Blues record sells for big bucks

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rare-Tommy-Johnson-1930-Blues-78-Rpm-Record-Goes-for-37100-on-Ebay-20130930

Martin Short heads to Milwaukee

http://www.avclub.com/milwaukee/articles/martin-short-to-perform-at-pabst-theater-january-1,83905/

Starkey's Shea Stadium drum kit goes on display at Bloomy's

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130930-910017.html

Inventing the American Guitar

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/09/book-review/

"Breaking Bad" signs off with the Badfinger classic "Baby Blue", which then goes viral

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-ending-song-badfingers-baby-blue-climbing-itunes-chart

A preview of this year's Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/preview-ponderosa-stomp/Content?oid=2258977

Checking out a vintage guitar

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19685-vintage-vault-1937-gibson-eh-150-guitar-and-amp

The Sunshine Music & Blues Festival will return in 2014

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/sunshine-music-blues-festival-returns-january-2014

And R.I.P. to Canadian jazz bassist Peter Dyksman

http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/music/Dyksman+integral+part+Regina+jazz+scene/8978995/story.html