Hot music in New Orleans today includes Raw Oyster Cult
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/12/hot_picks_for_friday_dec_13_20.html
Freddy Cole gets ready for the holidays
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2013/12/13/Jazz-pianist-Cole-ready-for-test-here/stories/201312130077
"Attack Machine Blues"
http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ExclaimTV/famines-attack_machine_blues_on_exclaim_tv
Ookeleles invade Walla Walla
http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/dec/12/ukelele-takes-center-stage-whitman-theater-product/
More tributes to Jim Hall pour in
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/12/the-quietly-revolutionary-guitar-of-jim-hall.html
Los Lobos will have some special guests in 'Frisco
http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/12/12/taj-mahal-blondie-chaplin-to-join-los-lobos-in-san-francisco#.UqslbSdXx30
The Beatles among those getting Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2014
GRAMMY Awards
New Orleans musicians pitch in to help Colorado flood victims
http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/7804484-129/no-musicians-pitch-in-to
NYC Jazz listings for the coming week
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/arts/music/jazz-listings-for-dec-13-19.html?_r=0
And gift suggestions for that Roots Music fan on your list
http://metroland.net/2013/12/12/folk-blues-bluegrass-and-celtic/