Trypotophan Saturday!

Taking a day off-back on December 1st!

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Black Friday music in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_215.html

Jazz listings for the week ahead in the Big Apple

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/29/arts/music/jazz-listings-for-nov-29-dec-5.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1385737399-sigwYY66Ry3fbuVe/Qp+kg

Dave Rotundo's true blues

http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2013/11/28/dave-rotundos-true-blues

Will Rocksmith find its niche?

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/205796/With_Guitar_Hero_in_the_rearview_Rocksmith_just_might_find_its_niche.php

James Hill's Ookelele Epiphany

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/9454408/James-Hills-ukulele-epiphany

A New Orleans music lover's Christmas List

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/December-2013/A-New-Orleans-Music-Lovers-Christmas-List-Music-as-a-gift/

Crossroads is a global smash

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-claptons-crossroads-guitar-festival-2013-global-smash

Latest from the Fab Two

http://www.rttnews.com/2230234/paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-to-join-ed-sullivan-50th-anniversary-special.aspx?type=ent

Rockin' Polynesia returns to Yuba College

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/spotlight/local_entertainment/article_6871c9ee-57e0-11e3-9992-0019bb30f31a.html

And wishing a Happy 70th to Walter "Wolfman" Washington

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/12/01/walter-wolfman-washington-celebrates-70th-birthday/

Turkey Day Music News You Can Use

Jazz made possible

http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Jazz-made-possible-333316

French-Swiss trumpeter Eric Truflaz loves Indian Music

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Erik-Truffaz-loves-Indian-music/SP-Article1-1156593.aspx

While Flamenco singer Jafelin sings Latin Jazz Boleros

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1613375

Reviving African Jazz Village

http://www.ethiosports.com/2013/11/27/reviving-african-jazz-village/

Latest news from Beale Street Blues

http://www.memphisflyer.com/SingAllKinds/archives/2013/11/27/lafayettes-returning-to-overton-square

R.I.P. to Kaua'i Slack Key guitarist Peter Nakamura

http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/a-kind-and-gentle-soul/article_4ed63664-572c-11e3-8136-001a4bcf887a.html

"108 Rock Star Guitars"

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/57189534-223/guitar-rock-art-book.html.csp

12,000 Ookelele strings a strummin'

http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/9447672/12-000-ukulele-strings-a-strummin

Smooth drinks, smokey tunes

http://www.sundayworld.co.za/shwashwi/2013/11/27/smooth-drinks-smokey-tunes

And New Orleans gets ready for its very first Krampus Gras

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/celebrate_krampus_gras_for_a_g.html

"Turkeys Away!"

"Turkeys Away!"

Thanksgiving Eve Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs back to 1974, when Bonnie Raitt made her Honolulu debut opening for Jackson Browne

http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-five-0-stylistics-celebrity-news/

R.I.P. to jazz great Chico Hamilton

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jazz-great-chico-hamilton-dies-at-92-20131126,0,333720.story?track=rss#axzz2lrg9QGdh

John Fahey sighting

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/26/john-fahey-blues-folk-guitar-pioneer

Maliean Music by moonlight

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/26/sahel-music-idUSL5N0JB2TM20131126

Texas Platters

http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2013-11-29/birdlegg/

Los Lobos on the fly

http://www.saratogian.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131126/the-egg-los-lobos-on-the-fly

Remembering the very first Beatles hit

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/11/26/3-things-to-know-about-the-beatles-first-no-1-hit-please-please-me/

Skype Ookelele lessons!

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/11/prweb11288211.htm

Florida's Sea-Blues Fest announces its 2014 lineup

http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/local_entertainment/concerts/content_articles/112613_leconcert-03.txt

And a final digestion of London Jazz 2013

http://www.bdlive.co.za/life/entertainment/2013/11/27/jazz-music-and-the-message

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Starkey meets the teenagers he photographed in 1964

http://www.today.com/entertainment/ringo-starr-reunites-mystery-beatles-fans-photograph-2D11650628

A peek at this season's Southeast Guitar Ensemble

http://www.lionsroarnews.com/a-e/guitar-ensemble-performs-a-mix-of-different-period-music-1.3124423#.UpSShidXx30

A visit to the Edmonton Ookelele Circle

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Edmonton+ukulele+circle+celebrates+cherished+instrument/9210539/story.html

Tuesday's Hot Music in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_212.html

Broooce has a new single

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/bruce_springsteens_brand-new_s.html

Hawaiian Music heads to Ann Arbor

http://www.michigandaily.com/arts/makawalu-november-25

The Speakeasy

http://www.theyorker.co.uk/arts/music/gigs/14478-review-speakeasy

Latest news from Knagg's Guitars

http://www.guitarworld.com/knaggs-guitars-introduce-creation-series-2014-winter-namm-show

Missing a date with John Williams

http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/missing-a-date-with-john-williams-master-of-music-250587.html

And it's Bayou Classic Festival time in (where else?)

http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2013/11/celebration_in_the_oaks_bayou.html

Monday Music News You Can Use

Beatles music in a funeral home

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/funeral-home-to-get-lively--during-beatles-focused-set-233270141.html

Today's hot music picks in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_211.html

Building eco-friendly instruments

http://news.wjct.org/post/building-eco-friendly-instruments-paths-women-tech

Japan's Guitar Wolf head Down Under

http://musicfeeds.com.au/features/guitar-wolf-talk-beast-vibrator-b-grade-horror-and-australian-tour/

Remembering Mary Osborne, the first woman in the US to play the electric guitar professionally

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/jazz-guitarist-played-with-a-variety-of-musicians/article_a4153e3c-53ac-11e3-ad33-0019bb2963f4.html

A look back at "The Last Waltz"

http://www.thepilot.com/calendar/film/free-movie---the-last-waltz/event_a935cc48-5211-11e3-ba7c-10604b9ffee2.html

A parade of hats in New Orleans for St. Catherine's Day

http://theadvocate.com/news/7628566-123/for-st-catherines-day-in

Link Wray sighting

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/23/3396540/link-wray-dunn-native-and-rock.html

And one of (Mister) Acker Bilk!

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/jazz-review-bilk-and-barber-roll-back-the-years-with-a-concert-hall-double-bill-29777435.html

Finally, uniting French Jazz and Vietnamese tradition

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/89956/concert-unites-french-jazz--vn-tradition.html

Sunday Music News You Can Use

17 Degrees!

Previewing January's Blues Alive Awards

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20131124/NEWS01/311240036/Blues-Foundation-honor-several-Mississippians?nclick_check=1

An Ookelele Thief gets nabbed in Hilo

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20131122_Hilo_man_21_charged_in_theft_of_Kamaka_ukulele_burglaries.html

Celebrating West Texas Music

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/23/guitarist_archivist_celebrates_west_texas_music.htm

Los Lobos heads to The Fillmore

http://www.mxdwn.com/2013/11/22/san-francisco/los-lobos-the-fillmore-1220-1221/

A Typhoon Haiyan musical benefit in New Orleans

http://www.noladefender.com/content/frenchmen-street-club-hosts-benefit-typhoon-haiyan-victims

A preview of today's 3rd annual Berkshire Ookelele Festival

http://www.thetranscript.com/communitynews/ci_24584844/youth-center-host-third-annual-ukulele-festival

Molly Ringwald does some jazz gigs in Maine

http://www.thestate.com/2013/11/23/3117109/molly-ringwald-performs-jazz-shows.html

Piano Masters from Brazil and Cuba

http://audaud.com/2013/11/chucho-valdes-the-afro-cuban-messengers-border-free-jazz-villagepiano-masters-series-vol-4-brazil-jovino-santos-neto-solo-piano-adventure-music/

A new book about Duke Ellington

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/book-reviews/2013/11/24/Duke-Ellington-didn-t-necessarily-want-to-be-known/stories/201311240042

And a Juke Joint Bash in central Vermont

http://www.mountaintimes.info/news/cool-things-happening/2013/11/juke-joint-bash-brings-local-culinary-stars-and-manhattan-blues-singer-to-barnard/

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Sandoval Sez: Music " keeps you alive!"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=246733374

Blues Control has moved away from noise

http://missoulian.com/entertainment/music/blues-control-has-moved-away-from-noise/article_68f96fbc-537f-11e3-aea3-001a4bcf887a.html

Yer Blues

http://www.musictimes.com/articles/2436/20131122/freaky-friday-elliott-smith-covers-beatles-yer-blues-white-album.htm

Showing some Pluck

http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/music/282437/showing-some-pluck

The rise and fall of Paramount Records

http://www.centredaily.com/2013/11/22/3903915/rise-and-fall-of-paramount-records.html

Latest Slack Key news from Kaua'i

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/tgif/ki-ho-alu-masters-honor-mike-young-at-sold-out/article_30ace14c-5344-11e3-894f-0019bb2963f4.html

Where Los Lobos will also be tomorrow

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/tgif/los-lobos-kauai-rhythm-kings-team-up-sunday/article_f59d2bd0-5342-11e3-bebe-0019bb2963f4.html

A night with jazz legends

http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2013/11/22/a-trip-down-memory-lane-with-legends-hugh-masekela-and-larry-willis

A preview of next week's George Harrison tribute

http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201311220926/george-harrison-to-be-remembered-in-hollywood-next-friday.html

And meet Jake Hertzog, the latest Next Big Guitar Kid

http://www.pottsmerc.com/arts-and-entertainment/20131121/guitar-phenom-jake-hertzog-makes-his-philly-debut

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Yet another music festival heads to New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2013/11/words_music_festival_brings_st.html

London Jazz 2013 rolls on

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/10462271/GoGo-Penguin-Jaimeo-Brown-London-Jazz-Festival.html

Ookelele Protest!

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10825360.Musician_s_ukulele_protest_song/

Using Guitars in the classroom

http://www.dailypress.com/news/hampton/dp-tsq-hpt-cp-hampton-teacher-music-guitar-1121-20131120,0,4607777.story

Instant Karma 101

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/instant-karma-schooldays-with-john-lennon-1.1601484

If you were in a bar in New Orleans 50 years ago today listening to music, this one's for you

http://www.nola.com/drink/index.ssf/2013/11/5_ish_bars_that_figure_in_jfk.html

Just Say Wayne

http://baystatebanner.com/news/2013/nov/20/jazz-icon-wayne-shorter-still-force-longevity-infl/

Cheap Skype Ookelele

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1600029

ESP Guitar is opening a new factory

http://northhollywood.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/guitar-maker-esp-opening-factory-in-north-hollywood

And you can tune a guitar, but...

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/you-can-tune-a-guitar-but-you-cant-tune-a-fish-with-roadie/

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Over the river, through the states

http://www.lavernianews.com/article.php?id=1022&n=featured-column-over-river-through-states

"Lost Voices" in Michigan

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/11/michigan_folk_musicians_to_hel.html

The Dustbowl Revival

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-29118-music_the_dustbowl_r.html

Meet Born Custom Guitars

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19972-builder-profile-born-custom-guitars

The Ookelele Orchestra of Great Britain hits Texas

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-and-arts/2013/11/20/ukulele-orchestra-stops-in-austin

George Harrison is getting a hospital memorial

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-25004259

A New Orleans Christmas playlist

http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/Nola-Newbie/November-2013/A-Maybe-Too-Early-New-Orleans-Christmas-Playlist/

The Rhode Island Philharmonic gets ready for its annual Celebration of Music

http://www.cranstononline.com/stories/Rhode-Island-Philharmonics-Annual-Celebration-of-Music-at-Rhodes,87589

Joshua Redman, unplugged

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2013/11/21/Redman-stays-true-to-acoustic-roots-preview/stories/201311210125

And a preview of next year's Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/chicago-bluegrass-blues-fest-returns-multiple-venues-2014

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1968, when The Turtles came to Honolulu. Opening acts? Canned Heat and Buffalo Springfield!

http://www.midweek.com/robert-pattinson-jake-shimabukuro-celebrity-news/

A new Guitars Not Guns program gets underway in California

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131119/A_LIFE1201/311190302/-1/A_LIFE

More info on that upcoming CBS Beatles special

http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2013/11/18/report-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-to-join-young-stars-on-cbs-50th-anniversary-beatles-salute/

Ry Cooder, live again.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/11/ry-cooder-live-again.html

The 2014 Norfolk & Norwich Festival announces his first acts

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/first_acts_confirmed_for_norfolk_and_norwich_festival_2014_1_3013149

New Orleans' Big Top is closing

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2013/11/the_big_top_folds_tent_after_1.html

Los Lobos throw a 40th Birthday bash at the Whiskey A Go Go

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/11/los-lobos-celebrate-40-years-whisky-go-go/

"Under the Milky Way"

http://www.popmatters.com/feature/176342-journey-of-a-song-the-churchs-under-the-milky-way/

The Fab Faux sighted in Jersey

http://ns.gmnews.com/news/2013-11-21/Front_Page/Fab_Faux_brings_Beatles_classics_to_New_Brunswick.html

And the story of Duane Allman's long-lost 1957 guitar

http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-lust-story-duane-allmans-long-lost-1957-gibson-les-paul-goldtop

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

New Orleans Funk 3

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/new-orleans-funk-3-the-original-sound-of-funk-20131118

Some new Jazz biographies reviewed

http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/review-biographies-bring-jazz-giants-ellington-parker-to-life/2153032

A preview of "Le Petit Noel"

http://www.broadwayworld.com/new-orleans/article/LE-PETIT-NOEL-Jazz-Tribute-to-Holiday-Season-Set-for-127-20131118

Bill Wyman has a warning for Blues Fans

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/November/18Bill_Wyman_Has_Warning_For_Blues_Fans.shtml#.Uot8byevPIM

Globe-trotting acoustic guitars

http://www.chron.com/entertainment/music/article/Globe-trotting-guitar-project-comes-to-Motown-4991938.php

The coming of age of George Harrison

http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-11/18/george-harrison-the-beatles-concert-for-bangladesh-pictures

A review of Volume 2 of The Beatles at The Beeb

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/18/2938737/critics-pick-the-beatles-on-air.html

David Hidalgo hopes he didn't piss off Bob Dylan

http://www.bigissue.com/features/interviews/3231/david-hidalgo-interview-i-hope-i-didn-t-piss-bob-dylan

A new documentary about "Professor Shorthair"

http://www.nsnews.com/news/james-booker-s-wide-world-of-music-captured-in-new-documentary-1.700698

And yet another report from the London Jazz Festival

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/music-review-london-jazz-festival-jazz-voice-barbican-8947200.html

Monday Music News You Can Use

"The Biggest Jazz Riff Ever Written"

http://news.wypr.org/post/biggest-jazz-riff-ever-written-jeremy-denks-goldberg-variations

Checking out Aberdeen's Sound Festival 2013

http://www.list.co.uk/article/56544-aberdeens-sound-festival-2013-takes-in-classical-jazz-electronics-and-world-music/

Randy Weston sighted

http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/10949/118/

Meet the Love Dogs, who have a pack mentality

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x915444815/Music-Love-Dogs-have-a-pack-mentality

A globe-trotting guitar project comes to Motown

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20131117/PC1201/131119560/1002/globe-trotting-guitar-visits-motown

Brah Hugh does London

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/17/hugh-masekela-london-jazz-festival-review

Hawaiian Music is coming  to Noho's Hawaiian Cafe in Oregon

http://www.wweek.com/portland/event-135300-hawaiian_music.html

Meet the Guitar Man

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/health-family/the-guitar-man-1-6238510

Talking jazz with Denise Donatelli

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-homepage-1109-9-20131117,0,7800939.story

And another great new band name- it's Twenty One Pilots

http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2013/11/twenty_one_pilots_at_house_of.php

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Talking Story with Courtney Pine

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/17/courtney-pine-jazz-music-saxophone

Today's best music in New Orleans, whose Saints will be hosting the 49ers this afternoon

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_203.html

Bringing autumnal shades to Sydney

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/melbourne-pianist-brings-autumnal-shades-to-sydney-20131117-2xosp.html

Turning rare wood into unique sound

http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Santa-Cruz-Guitar-Co-turns-rare-wood-into-unique-4986385.php

Johnny Marr finally cuts a solo CD

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/smiths-guitar-ace-johnny-marr-back-cd-tour-article-1.1515524

Great Britain's Ookelele Orchestra strums into Louisiana
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/D2/20131116/ENT01/311160014/Ukulele-Orchestra-strums-good-melody?nclick_check=1

Starkey to get an award from David Lynch

http://www.examiner.com/article/exclusive-ringo-starr-to-be-honored-with-award-at-special-david-lynch-event

Marcia Ball sighting

http://kunc.org/post/marcia-ball-pulls-austin-new-orleans-music-scenes-together

Latest Tree News from GI

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/360594-with-green-initiatives-on-pace-nyc-mayor-plants-milestone-tree/

And meet Kainani Kahaunele

http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=6134

Saturday Music News You Can Use

All This Jazz

http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/next-all-jazz-music-rodgers-and-hammerstein

Meet The Rides

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1589677

The Kaua'i Slack Key Festival starts another decade

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/music/slack-key-salute/article_6eba2d76-4dce-11e3-9f6c-001a4bcf887a.html

Guitars and their stories

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131115/TEMPO/311150311/-1/NEWSMAP

Sir Paul gets political

http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/national_news/notable-people-mccartney-urges-putin-to-free-detainees/article_e9496d80-4e15-11e3-9241-0019bb2963f4.html

What's happening on the Roots Music scene

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music/alan-nichol-round-up-whats-6309849

Glen David Andrews pursues "Redemption"

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/glen_david_andrews_pursues_red.html

Humboldt gets a Jazz lesson

http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_0318018e-18ff-5ff6-b939-3b9d1759c6d2.html

And L.A.'s radio show "Breakfast With The Beatles" will turn 30 next month

http://www.examiner.com/article/l-a-s-breakfast-with-the-beatles-to-celebrate-three-decades-of-fab-music

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

10 acts to see at London Jazz 2013

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/14/london-jazz-festival-2013-ten-acts-to-see

Steve Vai reflects on the soundtrack of his childhood

http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/7558214-129/guitar-wiz-steve-vai-reflects

Andrea Martin gets a new TV show

http://www.thewrap.com/nbc-co-producing-working-engels-starring-sctv-vet-andrea-martin/

Time for the Waimea Ookelele and Slack Key Guitar Institute

http://northhawaiinews.com/sections/news/kahilu-theatre-welcomes-3-day-11th-annual-waimea-ukulele-and-slack-key-guitar?i

Beat the black canvas

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/nov/15/playlist-music-to-inspire-creativity

Elvin Bishop heads to Modesto

http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/14/3026543/deep-blues-elvin-bishop-returning.html

A new special from CBS about The Beatles

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/spotlight/entertainment/national/tv/article_04260d82-8dd8-5ba3-8812-4273127ebd64.html

KCSN hits the airwaves with a live performance by Los Lobos

http://sundial.csun.edu/2013/11/kcsn-launches-the-first-24-hour-latin-alternative-rock-station-in-los-angeles/

Jake travels light

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/D2/20131114/ENT04/311140023/Ukulele-virtuoso-Jake-Shimabukuro-travels-light?nclick_check=1

And 10 things to do in New Orleans this weekend

http://www.myneworleans.com/My-New-Orleans/November-2013/10-Things-To-Do-in-New-Orleans-This-Weekend-Nov-14-16-2013/

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Thursday music in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_200.html

Stupid Music News from here and there

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/11/13/the-time-jumpers-explain-their-chemistry-and-vince-gill-talks-taylor-swift/

The Kentuckiana Blues Society keeps  the music in the spotlight

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20131113/SCENE04/311130096/Kentuckiana-Blues-Society-concert-anniversary?nclick_check=1

More Hawaiian Slack Key in Napa

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1585465

An old guitar finds new life on the internet

http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/an-old-guitar-finds-new-life-on-the-internet/?_r=0

Pop goes Formula One

http://www.statesman.com/news/lifestyles/pop-goes-formula-one/nbqNW/

Los Lobos' bandmates reflect on a Trippy Ride

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-los-lobos-20131113,0,5950085.story

Time once again for the Jimi Hendrix Guitar Competition

http://www.guitarworld.com/jimi-hendrix-guitar-competition-win-cash-gear-and-spot-2014-experience-hendrix-tour

Herbie Hancock heads to Taipei

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201311130033.aspx

And meet Jerrod "Blind Boy" Paxton

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/Preview+Paxton+taps+into+traditional+American+music/9161457/story.html

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffett Gabs about this week in 1992, when Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefers came to town

http://www.midweek.com/jessica-simpson-makana-makua-rothman-celebrity-news/

Jazz rises in popularity in Knoxville

http://utdailybeacon.com/arts-and-culture/2013/nov/12/renewed-culture-helps-jazz-popularity-rise-knoxvil/

Remembering the Blues and Gospel artists of the 1920s

http://news.psu.edu/story/295019/2013/11/12/research/blues-and-gospel-recording-artists-1920s-left-imprint-todays-music

Now that's a record collection!

http://www.bradenton.com/2013/11/12/4825405/ore-record-dealer-amasses-400000.html

A tropical breeze blows into Oregon

http://www.beachconnection.net/news/ukelele111213_517.php

Starkey adds a new percussion instrument

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-ringo-starr-played-peruvian-cajon-at-his-lima-concert-101415

The 2014 Ann Arbor Folk Festival announces its lineup

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2013/10/folk_festival_mixes_traditiona.html

Hugh 'N' Larry

http://www.nottinghampost.com/Review-Hugh-Masekela-Larry-Lakeside-Arts-Centre/story-20066321-detail/story.html

Checking out the Liverpool Ookelele Ceilidh

http://www.novanewsnow.com/Community/2013-11-12/article-3477888/On-Cloud-Nine-after-attending-the-Ukulele-Ceilidh/1

And Rickie Lee Jones is selling her clothes

http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2013/11/12/rickie-lee-jones-is-selling-her-clothes-and-address-book/

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

"Canadian Cold Front, Movin' In..."

Talking Story with Magic Flight

http://www.thebaybridged.com/2013/11/11/the-bay-brewed-artist-qa-magic-fight-on-ukuleles-beer-and-post-breakup-recording/

A Red Hot Chili Peppers-signed guitar goes on the block for charity

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/guitar-signed-by-red-hot-chili-peppers-to-be-auctioned-for-cancer-fighting-blackhall-toddler-1-6235306

Toilets of the World, beware!

http://www.technologytell.com/entertainment/31686/toilets-of-the-world-beware-a-keith-moon-biopic-is-in-the-works/

Yet more Beatles memorabilia up for sale

http://www.wiltshirebusinessonline.co.uk/news/10799916.Beatlemania_memorabilia_up_for_sale/

Roll With It

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/preview-roll-with-it-brass-bands-in-the-streets-of-new-orleans/Content?oid=2275685

A review of last week's NJPAC Jazz epic

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/11/dianne_reeves_christian_mcbride_among_standouts_at_njpac_jazz_fest.html

Latest Ookelele News from Tasmania

http://www.examiner.com.au/story/1900571/string-king-stops-by-george-town/?cs=94

Stringing together a hit guitar

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/stringing-together-a-hit-guitar-1.1588696

Latest from the Church of Beethoven

http://oakpark.suntimes.com/submit-content/church_of_beethoven_presents_guitar_around_at_open-OAK-11112013:article

And hanging out with The Beatles

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57611681-10391709/hanging-out-with-the-beatles/

Veteran's Day Music News You Can Use

Thank you for your service!

Allen Toussaint is singing the blues

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/jazz-music-maestro-is-singin-the-blues-29739023.html

An update on the Blues Museum coming to St. Louis

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/nov/10/tp-st-louis-hits-the-right-notes-to-land-blues/

Guitar music from Brasil on the Cape of Cod

http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/brasil-guitar-duo-to-bring-south-american-flair-to-coastal-concerts-nov-16/1079598

The day Jeff Lynne met George Harrison

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/11/09/it-was-like-a-dream-come-true-elos-jeff-lynne-his-career-changing-introduction-to-george-harrison/

Jazz and Colors fills Central Park

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/11/arts/music/jazz-and-colors-fills-central-park.html?_r=0

Guitars made the old fashioned way

http://www.mtairynews.com/news/home_top-news/2744013/Guitars-made-the-old-fashioned-way

Another Rolling Stones rumor bites the dust

http://www.thestate.com/2013/11/10/3089570/rockers-wood-taylor-play-blues.html

Previewing the 2014 Brubeck Festival

http://stockton-central.news10.net/news/arts-culture/227993-san-joaquin-usa-2014-brubeck-festival-spans-nation-jazz-styles

A report from last week's International Body Music Festival in San Francisco

https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/sf-jazz/incredible-bodies-of-music-and-all-that-jazz

And Canadian jazz great Bill King Talks Story

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/11/10/canadian-jazz-great-tuning-in-to-the-voice

Stormy Sunday Music News You Can Use

First 2" of snow of the season...

Almost time for the 2013 London Jazz Festival

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1577003

Celebrating "Little Rev"

http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2013/11/10/Ukulele-event-to-showcase-Little-Rev/stories/201311100034

Bonnie Raitt in search of that sacred exchange

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/music/Bonnie+Raitt+lives+sacred+exchange+with+audience/9145162/story.html

Starkey returns to Mexico

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/131109/ex-beatle-ringo-starr-returns-mexico-his-all-starr-band

How to eliminate your guitar pedal board

http://gigaom.com/2013/11/09/eliminating-my-guitar-pedalboard-with-ik-multimedias-blueboard-and-iloud/

Exploring the Ookelele Festival in Hawai'i

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/travel/exploring-the-ukulele-festival-in-hawaii/story-fnjjuxvu-1226755925339

Hugh Laurie gets a new NOLA gig

http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/House-star-Hugh-Laurie-to-reign-as-Bacchus-231223721.html

Hitting the Suite Spot

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/music/bassists-world-view-hits-suite-spot-231262961.html

The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame gets ready to induct the Class of 2013

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/features/x2109949658/West-Virginia-Music-Hall-of-Fame-inducts-5th-class-on-Nov-16

And a report from yesterday's Columbia Blues Festival in South Carolina

http://www.thestate.com/2013/11/09/3088237/snapshots-columbia-blues-festival.html

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Blog Post #5,001

Hot Saturday music in N'Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_198.html

The West Texas Jazz Orchestra gets ready to Play It Again

http://sanangelolive.com/events/music-and-nightlife/2013-11-08/west-texas-jazz-orchestra-perform-play-it-again-concert-art

The creators of Guitar Hero have a new project

http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/08/guitar-hero-creators-launch-singtrix-a-karaoke-lovers-dream/

First report from Starkey in South America

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/144681/ringo-starr

Over the Moon Music teaches kids how to play the Ookelele

http://www.scarsdale10583.com/201311083637/parenting/kids-learn-to-play-the-ukulele-at-over-the-moon-musis.html

A wrap of this week's Country Music Awards

http://music.terra.com/george-strait-blake-shelton-big-winners-at-country-music-awards,8fb6b3f00a622410VgnCLD2000000dc6eb0aRCRD.html

Singing for Justice

http://blog.nola.com/new_orleans/2013/11/singing_for_justice_event.html

A preview of today's Homegrown Hawaiian Music Festival on Kaua'i

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/music/homegrown-hawaiian-music/article_858e851e-4843-11e3-b1de-001a4bcf887a.html

How Verve Records helped spread Jazz around the world

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/10425647/Verve-Records-helped-spread-jazz-around-the-world.html

And film sketches from "Yellow Submarine" go on the auction block

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/beatles-yellow-submarine-film-sketches-being-auctioned-113110800652_1.html

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

A milestone! This marks Post #5,000 for this blog since it began 5 years ago.

Jazz music this weekend in L.A.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-jazz-picks-fred-hersch-tigran-hamasyan-lead-a-full-weekend-20131106,0,6212098.story#axzz2k49KryIw

Uncle Cyril Pahinui heads to Seattle

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2013/11/07/slack-key-master-cyril-pahinui-to-play-town-hall-concert-preview/

Why music gives Bill Wyman the Blues

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/yorkshire-living/arts/music/why-music-gives-bill-wyman-the-blues-1-6225375

L.A. has a new alternative Latin music radio station

http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/124122/kcsn-launches-l-a-s-first-24-hour-latin-alternativ

Allen Toussaint, reluctant solo star

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/turnitup/chi-allen-toussaint-space-evanston-20131107,0,7427137.column

Music for the coming week in the Twin Cities

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/231035141.html

Previewing next weekend's Hamakua Hula Fest

http://northhawaiinews.com/sections/northern-notes/2nd-annual-hamakua-youth-foundation-hula-festival-nov-16.html

A jazz bromance

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-donald-harrison-willie-pickens-20131107,0,653046.column

The upcoming music week on the Cape of Cod

http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/fun/entertainment/x348806470/Music-and-Nightlife-Capewide-Nov-8-to-14

And a report from Wednesday's "Stand Up For Heroes" benefit concert

http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2013/11/07/rogers-waters-returns-to-benefit-for-wounded

Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use

Time is running out for Bob Wills' old Fresno home

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=9313813

Marcus Roberts does The Dakota

http://www.twincities.com/music/ci_24471902/review-jazz-pianist-marcus-roberts-brings-virtuosity-dakota

Blues People at 50

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/11/njpac_celebrates_blues_people_at_50_at_the_td_james_moody_democracy_of_jazz_festival.html

George Harrison as a child

http://www.thejournal.ie/beatles-dublin-harrison-1162677-Nov2013/

A Jim Morrison notebook surfaces

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jim-morrisons-handwritten-notebook-eddie-van-halens-guitar-up-for-auction-next-month/2013/11/06/d3676ad2-4701-11e3-95a9-3f15b5618ba8_story.html

Larry Willis time travels to the 60s with an old friend

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9a17c074-46ca-11e3-9c1b-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2jyOExDaN

Hugh Laurie talks Fess

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/hugh_laurie_discusses_his_love.html

From Hawai'i with Love

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/417431/

Going beyond 4/4 time

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/jazz-singer-engelken-going-beyond-44-time/Content?oid=2621243

And helping veterans with the healing power of music

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-29028-helping_veterans_with_the_healing_power_of_music.html

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt is Gabbin' about his two upcoming shows with Tower of Power and WAR

http://www.midweek.com/danielle-fishel-tim-belusko-celebrity-news/

Bill Frissell joins the School of Music

http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/11/05/music-is-an-infinite-thing-jazz-great-bill-frisell-joins-school-of-music/

Christmas Blues coming to Ottumwa

http://www.ottumwaeveningpost.com/9470/54493/a/ottumwa-symphony-christmas-ball-to-feature-blues-music

David Bromberg sighting

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131003/PUB03/310030361/-1/PUB03/

From Hawai'i with love

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/417431/

A visit to Kentucky's Cotten Acoustic Guitars

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/05/2913466/small-town-ky-guitar-shop-serves.html

A preview of this weekend's Treme Creole Gumbo Festival in (where else?)

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/treme-creole-gumbo-festival/Content?oid=2272862

When jazz and salsa fuse

http://www.recorder.com/home/5315617-95/when-jazz-salsa-fuse-dance

A 65-rose guitar

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-65-roses-martin-guitar-cystic-fibrosis-20131104,0,1549593.story

And World Boogie has arrived

http://www.examiner.com/review/world-boogie-has-arrived-so-don-t-miss-out

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Latest Beatles news

http://www.examiner.com/article/beatle-news-briefs-george-harrison-son-at-gala-macca-contest-yoko-interview

Strawberry Guitars Forever

http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20131104/BUSINESS/311040019/Strawberry-guitar-multicolored-carrots-among-Ranno-s-ag-inspired-creations?nclick_check=1

Ookeleles play from the top

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/1885770/ukuleles-play-from-the-top/?cs=3380

Not everything is peaches and cream

http://www.zalebs.com/post/hugh-masekela-not-everything-is-peaches-and-cream/

David Hidalgo looks back

http://au.news.yahoo.com/entertainment/a/19675109/hidalgo-looks-back-on-los-lobos-40-years/

Another report from New Orleans' VoodooFest

http://www.nola.com/voodoofest/index.ssf/2013/11/dr_john_and_friends_played_wit.html

Happy first birthday to Hooper Guitars

http://www.elkintribune.com/news/home_top-news/2716683/Hooper-Guitars-celebrates-first-birthday

Guitar Center workers in Vegas decide to unionize

http://www.reviewjournal.com/business/employees-guitar-center-town-square-vote-join-union

Hugh Laurie sighting

http://dailycollegian.com/2013/11/04/hugh-laurie-plays-the-blues-at-the-calvin-theater/

And out and about in Portland (the one in Maine!) this week

http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2013/11/04/out-about-music-pushes-boundaries-portland/178277

Monday Music News You Can Use

The Gator Jazz & Blues Fest returns

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20131103/ARTICLES/131109879/1109/sports?Title=-Gator-Jazz-and-Blues-Fest-returns-with-a-mellow-vibe

"The Ellington Suites"

http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Duke-Ellington-The-Ellington-4951060.php

Disconnected

http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2013/10/31/los-lobos-disconnected-in-new-york-city

An early report from Voodoo 2013

http://theadvocate.com/news/7442414-123/nine-inch-nails-paramore-wow

"After Midnight"

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/03/2910905/review-after-midnight-celebrates.html

"New Orleans isn't really the South"

http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/11/voodoo-2013-preservation-hall-jazz-band

Java, Jive and Jewelry

http://www.kotanow.com/story/23863648/java-jazz-and-jewelry-event-celebrates-women-in-business

A preview of this weekend's Blues, Brews, and BBQ

http://www.thedestinlog.com/news/blues-brews-and-bbq-a-mix-of-down-home-barbecue-cold-beers-bourbon-and-live-music-1.228358

Latest guitar toy

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/ktone/5003?no_takeover

And Mick Jones finally gets his due

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/October/ts30Foreigners_Mick_Jones_Finally_Gaining_Recognition_For_Guitar_Playing.shtml#.Une6GVOvPIM

Sunday Music News You Can Use

10 Dos and Don't at a Preservation Hall Jazz Band show

http://www.fuse.tv/2013/11/voodoo-2013-preservation-jazz-hall-band

Blues, Bikes, and Toys

http://www.westcoastsentinel.com.au/story/1883613/blues-bikes-and-toys/?cs=12

Feet don't fail me now

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/02/3727260/guitarist-uses-feet-to-play-instrument.html

All Together Now

http://www.british-weekly.com/?p=13478

Bagpiping in New Orleans?

http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/01/3000129/new-iberia-natives-piping-creates.html

Oskar Blues has reopened

http://www.lyonsrecorder.com/index.php/lifestyle/music/3945-oskar-blues-reopens-in-lyons

Paul Winter sighting

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/11/3/jazz_master_paul_winter_returning_to.htm

Blues on the Hill

http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_8c11a81a-4421-11e3-9e54-0019bb30f31a.html

Voodoo after dark

http://www.noladefender.com/content/voodoo-after-dark-11213

And "Musicwood" opens in NYC

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/11/01/new-guitar-documentary-musicwood-opens-in-nyc#.UnZzLVOvPIM

Duck Boat Parade Music News You Can Use

Red Sox Parade time!

Today's hot music in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/11/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_193.html

Sergio Mendes sighted

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/11/sergio_mendes_to_heat_up_james_moody_jazz_festival.html

A preview of this year's Highland Festival in Shreveport

http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/travel/texas/20131101-texas-and-neighbors-shreveport-jazz-and-blues-festival-scheduled-and-more.ece?nclick_check=1

Hard to believe it, but happy 45th to George Harrison's "Wonderwall Music"

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/george-harrison-wonderwall-music/

A new guitar from Fretlight

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fretlight_guitar/fg-561_pro?no_takeover

Hugh Masekela sez: "Watch out for drugs!"

http://ewn.co.za/2013/11/01/Watch-out-for-drugs

A Ringo around a Starr

http://www.fansshare.com/news/ringo-starr-ringo-around-starr/

James Booker in the here and now

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/November-2013/James-Booker-in-the-Here-and-Now/

Latest news from the world of Jawaiian Music

http://www.dailyprogress.com/entertainment/kimie-is-part-of-hawaiian-contingent-bringing-reggae-show-to/article_bfa1322c-41ab-11e3-bb8d-001a4bcf6878.html

And Roomful of Blues celebrates 45 years with a show in central NH

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20131101/NEWHAMPSHIRE/131109924

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

T.G.I.F.

Lots of great music in New Orleans today, including the Rock 'n' Bowl 25th Birthday Party

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/10/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_192.html

Great Stupid Music News from California

http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/10/31/3583275/nonprofit-acquires-bob-wills-house.html

The Cotton Club goes Broadway

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-stage-aftermidnight-20131031,0,7987511.story

Mali Blues in California

http://www.losbanosenterprise.com/2013/11/01/218005/mali-blues-music-comes-to-los.html

Slack Key guitar in Napa

http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/slack-key-guitarist-makana-makes-napa-debut-saturday/article_013026bc-41d4-11e3-93a7-001a4bcf887a.html

The guitar Dylan played at Newport is going on the block

http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode-island/2013/10/31/dylan-newport-guitar-auctioned-nyc/66tOgqW8ULq3eep10Akp6O/story.html

A Ukenanny in Virginia

http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/anyone-can-join-the-ukenanny/article_39d0a174-7eff-59ca-a857-96ec037e4e0d.html

A Cheat Sheet for this year's Voodoo Fest in NOLA

http://www.fuse.tv/2013/10/voodoo-2013-cheat-sheet

Jazz Montana is celebrating Women in Jazz this season

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/go/music/article_4f6b9c46-4268-11e3-ae85-001a4bcf887a.html

And checking out the International Blues Competition in OK City

http://kosu.org/?id=1743&vid=636