Last Day of March Music News You Can Use

Happy Easter!

Hawaiian music legends heading to Kaua'i

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/night-life/hawaiian-legends-bring-musical-magic-back-to-kaua-i/article_776f12aa-99a2-11e2-a9ef-001a4bcf887a.html

Sometimes the mood makes the music

http://www.austindailyherald.com/2013/03/30/sometimes-the-mood-makes-the-music/

Springsteen Down Under

http://www.tauntongazette.com/community/blogs/bruce-springsteen/x1893344714/FIRST-PERSON-Epic-nights-in-Melbourne-with-Springsteen-shows-2-and-3

Guns N' Roses return to Dubai

http://gulfnews.com/about-gulf-news/al-nisr-portfolio/tabloid/review-guns-n-roses-in-triumphant-uae-return-1.1164553

Checking out the new release by The Strokes

http://chimes.biola.edu/story/2013/mar/29/strokes-comedown-machine-proves-be-letdown/

Billy Joel sighted

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/billy-joel-still-the-king-of-music-decades-on-but-piano-man-now-considering-retirement/story-e6frf9hf-1226609595625

Blues @ Byron Bay

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/smooth-acts-dominate-bluesfest-right-down-to-the-last-follicle-20130330-2h0a8.html

R.I.P. to legendary producer Phil Ramone

http://www.examiner.com/article/phil-ramone-legendary-producer-for-mccartney-ringo-julian-lennon-dies

Celebrating Jazz April

http://www.kplu.org/post/celebrate-jazz-april

And British Ookeleles are coming to Ogden!

http://www.standard.net/stories/2013/03/29/examine-video-brit-ukulele-orchestra-coming-ogden

Elite 8 Music News You Can Use

Hawaii's Merrie Monarch Hula Festival turns 50

http://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/alohafriday/article/Hawaii-s-Merrie-Monarch-Festival-celebrates-50-4393150.php

Turkish Jazz goes to Kosovo

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-jazz-goes-to-kosovo-for-a-week.aspx?pageID=238&nID=43906&NewsCatID=383

New Orleans' House of Blues releases its late-night schedule for the weeks of JazzFest

http://livemusicblog.com/2013/03/29/house-of-blues-nola-releases-late-night-jazz-fest-schedule/

Bringing Vital Information to Boston

http://www.milforddailynews.com/entertainment/x711939757/MUSIC-PREVIEW-Jazzman-Steve-Smith-brings-Vital-Information-to-Boston

Sax and the City

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/sax-and-the-city-city-of-derry-jazz-and-big-band-festival-29160055.html

Jose Feliciano Talks Story

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/29/175691046/jos-feliciano-on-song-travels

A visit to Bluesfest at Byron Bay

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/thousands-of-people-attend-bluesfest-at-byron-bay-for-a-series-of-amazing-musical-experiences/story-e6freoof-1226609143936

Gibson Guitars is buying TEAC

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/29/us-gibson-teac-purchase-idUSBRE92S03R20130329

Michelle Shocked gets herself in hot water

http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_22901968/hicks-michelle-shocked-stages-sit-outside-santa-cruz

And this year's French Quarter Festival adds a film festival offshoot

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/03/french_quarter_festival_adds_f.html

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

Bringing Mule-Drawn Music to the masses

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10571522.htm

Greg Lake Talks Story

http://www.examiner.com/article/greg-lake-ringo-starr-a-no-nonsense-guy-with-all-starr-band

Free Guitars for Future Stars

http://www.nwherald.com/2013/03/21/strummerfest-to-benefit-guitar-playing-youth/adt5swj/

"Upon an Epidemic Scheme"

http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=90392

When jazz and salsa fuse

http://www.recorder.com/home/5315617-95/jazz-music-latin-byrne

The American Roots Music Series starts its 2013 season in Milwaukee

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/musicandnightlife/charles-allis-music-series-spotlights-traditional-blues-km9bfvr-200461921.html

A preview of this year's French Quarter Fest in (where else?)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/03/28/2013-french-quarter-festival-new-orleans/2026551/

A preview of this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/03/26/usher-carole-king-spike-lee-added-to-rock-hall-of-fame-ceremony/2020183/

Moniker Guitars tries a new way to raise funds

http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/28/moniker-is-looking-to-crowdfunding-to-create-a-custom-guitar-business/

And the latest sighting of Ookelele King Joe Brown

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/lifestyle/ukulele-king-joe-brown-back-at-royal-derngate-1-4944292

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Bowling Green State gets ready for Jazz Week

http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theater-Dance/2013/03/28/Jazz-Week-to-begin-Monday-at-BGSU.html

Meet Bilal

http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/soul-jazz-and-randb-impresario-bilal-makes-his-area-debut/Content?oid=3460890

Will Cape Town lose its Jazz Fest?

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/cape-town-could-lose-jazz-fest-1.1492726

Great Britain's Ookelele Orchestra makes its Santa Barbara debut

http://www.noozhawk.com/article/032713_ukulele_orchestra_of_great_britain_santa_barbara_debut/

Chasing perfection (and profits)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/03/27/paul-reed-smith-guitars-chasing-perfection-profits/

Russian stage invasions are crazy

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/russian_stage_invasions_are_crazy.html

It's New Orleans JazzFest Cube Time!

http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-entertainment/2013/03/new_orleans_jazz_fest_releases_lineup_for_2013_shows.html

The return of the musical "Evangeline"

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-evangeline-remixed-play-los-lobos-20130326,0,4883582.story

Some Aloha Music in D.C.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2013/03/cant-afford-a-trip-to-hawaii-heres-some-aloha-right-here-in-d-c/

And Talking Story with Brah Hugh Masekela

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/9956557/Hugh-Masekela-interview-TV-and-the-media-have-Africans-believing-that-our-own-heritage-is-barbaric.html

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt gets ready to say "Aloha" to Patty Duke

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-7/

Molly Ringwald morphs into a jazz singer

http://www.examiner.com/article/molly-ringwald-debuts-jazz-voice-with-cd-release-world-tour

Hear an instrument from the future

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/industry_roundup_hear_an_instrument_from_the_future.html

"2013 is not the year of the guitar bands."

http://www.gigwise.com/blogs/80523/2013-is-not-the-year-of-the-guitar-bands---and-never-was-it-going-to-be

This year's JazzFest Cubes are out!

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/new_orleans_jazz_fest_cubes_to.html

Songs for Junior Rangers

http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2013/03/songs-junior-rangers-interview-jeff-wolin22967

"Blue Jay Way" sells for Big Bucks

http://www.hauteliving.com/2013/03/george-harrison%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98blue-jay-way%E2%80%99-former-rental-sells-for-3.8-million/348124/

Filling a guitar shop void in Colorado

http://csbj.com/2013/03/26/moondog-slips-in-to-fill-guitar-shop-void/

Another report from this year's Cairo Jazz Festival

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/67747/Arts--Culture/Music/-Cairo-Jazz-Festival-shows-the-colours-of-jazz.aspx

And New Hampshire's Seacoast Jazz Society is looking for new members

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130327-OPINION-303270345

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

"I'm baaaaaack...."

Big Band Fest time in England

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/travel/londonderry-city-culture/9948104/music-festival-jazz-big-band.html

Checking out this year's Cairo Jazz Festival with Ribab-Fusion

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/33/67661/Arts--Culture/Music/Interview-with-Moroccan-RibabFusion-at-Cairo-Jazz-.aspx

Polish jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko adds a rhythm section from New York

http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/music/music-review-polish-jazz-trumpeter-tomasz-stanko-gets-lift-from-new-new-york-rhythm-section-1.97850

A new carbon-fiber guitar from Alpaca

http://technabob.com/blog/2013/03/25/carbon-fiber-guitar/

Some new releases are announced

http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2013/03/25/record-store-day-releases-for-pink-floyd-david-bowie-ringo-starr-announced/

Slow Hand hits the Big Easy

http://theadvocate.com/news/5527148-123/review-eric-clapton-and-crew

To be followed by Leonard Cohen

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/preview-leonard-cohen/Content?oid=2170340

Sad guitar news from Southern California

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/Edward-Larry-Robinson-Musician-Dies-After-Being-Brutally-Beaten-in-Temecula-Guitar-Shop-Robbery-199806101.html

Coldplay does the charitable thing

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/chris-martin-donates-guitar-for-hurricane-relief-efforts_3575371

And Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian reveals his favorite metal songs

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/scott_ian_reveals_his_favorite_metal_songs.html

"No Music News You Can Use For You!"

Believe it or not absolutely NO notable headlines have come in over the past 24 hours. Hopefully we'll be back tomorrow with some!

Palm Sunday Music News You Can Use

Ookelele Gangsters invade Toronto

http://www.citynews.ca/2013/03/23/ukulele-gangsters-to-shake-up-public-transit-commutes-next-month/

Yet another new guitar app

http://gigaom.com/2013/03/23/riffstation-an-app-to-help-you-learn-guitar-parts-by-ear/

A preview of this year's Stephen Foster Big Easy Sacred Music Festival

http://www.nola.com/society/index.ssf/2013/03/sacred_music_festival_steven_f.html

Troy's Jazz Gallery finds its niche

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/troy-s-jazz-gallery-is-finding-its-niche-in-local/article_303fe05f-835b-5bb5-a64c-ca834ade1891.html

Anders Osborne sighted

http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20130322/LIFESTYLE/303220303/Osborne-gives-all-concert-guitar-lyrics?nclick_check=1

How much work goes into building a guitar

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/03/22/this-makes-you-appreciate-how-much-work-goes-into-building-a-guitar/

A new release from Nintendo

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/03/23/the-genesis-of-the-nintendo-famicom-shaped-guitar-the-family-comguitar/

Meet another teen guitar slinger

http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2013/03/24/entertainment.081584.tms

More on that new Zombie Guitar

http://technabob.com/blog/2013/03/23/zombie-guitar/

And The Beach Boys do some Shredding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0CS-T1HUQ

Windy Saturday Music News You Can Use

Rounding up some new music releases

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/22/grimes-montreal-scene-tops

Jazz and Poetry

http://blogs.voanews.com/music/2013/03/22/jazz-and-poetry/

Latest Ookelele News from San Diego County

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/22/tp-ukulele-player-a-staple-in-the-scene/

A Nissan mobile guitar workshop

http://jalopnik.com/nissan-built-a-mobile-guitar-workshop-458355217

Morrissey Retires?

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/morrissey_retires_from_music.html

Unfinished Blues and Ernie K-Doe

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/mar/22/book-review-unfinished-blues-and-ernie-k-doe/

First photos from this year's edition of BUKU

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/117521/Review-Photos-BUKU-Music-and-Art-Project-New-Orleans

When Paul photobombed George

http://starcrush.com/paul-mccartney-photobomb/

More on "Kalamazoo Gals"

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/03/kalamazoo_gals_book_to_inspire.html

And Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus gets ready to hit the road

http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2013/03/22/peter-frampton-schedules-new-guitar-circus-tour-dates/

TGIF Music News You Can Use

A Beatles Guitar hits the auction block

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/sns-rt-us-beatlesbre92k0e6-20130321,0,2889262.story

A preview of this weekend's Tempe Guitar Show

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/20130318tempe-guitar-show-gretsch-stray-cats-bassist.html?nclick_check=1

Broadway in New Orleans announces its 2013-2014 lineup

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2013/03/broadway_in_new_orleans_announ.html

Latest Brah Hugh sighting

http://www.newsday.co.zw/2013/03/21/chiwoniso-engages-hugh-masekela/

A new amp from Marshall

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/guitars/amplification/instrument-amps/guitar-combo-amps/sl5-572460

Deep Purple gets snubbed again

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/deep_purple_respond_to_hall_of_fame_snub.html

A Lotto winner in Ireland gets lucky

http://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/lotto-winner-claims-bono-guitar-at-bod-dinner-29143183.html

David Finkel goes out for the final time with the Emerson Quartet

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2013/03/emerson_quartet_scores_a_new_o.html

Styx and Slayer get loud

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/styx-slayer-guitar-summit-pic-of-the-week/

And a little Friday Night Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-tneIr432w&feature=em-uploademail

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt shows up a day late to warn us about Godzilla

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-6/

Some NRBQ members help FitzGerald's celebrate an anniversary

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/18971317-421/fitzgeralds-concert-marks-please-please-me-anniversary.html

Striking the right Chord

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2013/03/21/2003557592

How to build a carbon fiber guitar

http://www.wired.com/design/2013/03/making-a-carbon-fiber-guitar/

Guitar Center names their new CEO

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/guitar-center-names-mike-pratt-new-ceo-1770374.htm

San Diego inaugurates a new music festival

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/sandiego/article-11600-first-annual-authentic-street-food-market-san-diego-experimental-guitar-show-and-beatniks.html

JazzFest in New Orleans gets a new cable TV outlet

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-new-orleans-jazz-heritage-festival-axs-tv-broadcast-20130320,0,3063571.story

The joyous sounds of Soweto Jazz

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/join-in-the-joyous-sounds-of-soweto-jazz-1.1489315

Bryan Ferry Talks Story

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/bryan-ferry-talks-recasting-roxy-music-songs-on-the-jazz-age-572486

And a preview of the 2013 Tennessee Williams Festival

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/2013-tennessee-williams-festival/Content?oid=2166164

First Day of Spring Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt is Lost in the Ether this morning. I'll try to see what happened to him later.

Saving a New Orleans music icon

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1133631

An Aural Vacation in San Jose

http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_22819811/evening-cultural-arts-offers-an-aural-vacation

This year's Woodlands Waterways Fest announces its headliner

http://fatcatwebproductions.com/the_paper/content/grammy-nominee-and-blues-music-award-winner-ruthie-foster-perform-8th-annual-woodlands-water

George's Hari Krishna friends celebrate an anniversary

http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/united_kingdom/10296991.Temple_which_was_assisted_by_George_Harrison_celebrates_fourtieth_anniversary/

A preview of BUKU 2013

http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/Uptown-Life/March-2013/The-2013-Buku-Music-Art-Project-in-Four-Parts/

Guitar Heroes featured in some new releases

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/03/18/rock-guitarists-roundup/1993963/

The history of Epiphone Guitars featured in a new book

http://www.guitarworld.com/new-book-chronicles-140-year-history-epiphone-guitars

All HMV Music stores will be sold next week

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/all_hmv_stores_to_be_sold_next_week.html

Learn guitar with Sweet Baby James

http://marthasvineyard.patch.com/articles/learn-guitar-with-james-taylor#youtube_video-13720563

And yet another Ookelele Video goes viral

http://news.insing.com/tabloid/student-singing-playing-ukulele-makes-rounds/id-a36f3f00

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

A new model from Knaggs Guitars

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/03/16/new-pink-and-black-steve-stevens-signature-model-from-knaggs-guitars/

The San Francisco Symphony cancels their East Coast tour

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-san-francisco-symphony-cancels-tour-20130317,0,1244528.story

More info on this weekend's Congo Square Fest

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/915308f83f1c44a4ac529013ebf3155b/US--New-Orleans-Congo-Square

Where photography meets jazz

http://gapersblock.com/ac/2013/03/18/the-power-of-music-where-photography-meets-jazz/

Time for Spring Break Ookelele Camp

http://wcfcourier.com/calendar/music/spring-break-ukulele-camp/event_a0d93726-81c7-11e2-be6c-101f742c2de4.html

A new Zombie Apocalypse Guitar

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57574879-1/rock-the-undead-with-zombie-apocalypse-guitar/

10 essential semi-acoustic guitar tips

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/10-essential-semi-acoustic-guitar-tips-572412/1

A guitar-building class for adults in MA

http://www.wickedlocal.com/marblehead/newsnow/x766882032/Guitar-building-class-for-adults-offered-at-Marbleheads-Tower-School#axzz2NzetZsz6

Blur adds some of its songs to a new kid's album

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/blur_songs_re-recorded_for_childrens_lullaby_album.html

And a guitar maker Talks Story

http://www.breezejmu.org/life/article_c8923a0e-8f5c-11e2-afc4-0019bb30f31a.html

Monday Music News You Can Use

Jazz shuffles off to Buffalo

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130317/CITYANDREGION/130319274/1031

Pittsburgh's MCG Jazz announces its 2013 lineup

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/tuning-up-mcg-jazz-2013-2014-subscription-series-concerts-679749/

Swedish band Deathmember posts a new online playthrough video

http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=90086

What, no "Layla"?

http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/03-17-13-what-no-layla-eric-clapton-still-excels-at-guitar-but-concert-leaves-audience-wanting-more-1/

John + George get a Blue Plaque

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21821753

Ever seen a man play a guitar with a hair comb?

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/03/16/ever-seen-a-man-play-a-guitar-with-a-hair-comb/

Gibson frees The Beast

http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2013/03/13/gibson-sets-the-beast-free/?utm_source=more_amped&utm_medium=storiesbox&utm_campaign=more_stories

A new film explores the life of New Orleans piano legend James Booker

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1552277/tumultuous-life-of-legendary-new-orleans-pianist-james-booker-explored-in-new

Exploring some Louisiana Music at SXSW

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/at_sxsw_a_pair_of_panel_discus.html

And remember The Ruts DC?

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/education/university_and_college_news/2013/03/15/the-ruts-dc-john-peel-lfc-and-george-harrison-100252-32991827/

St. Paddy's Day Music News You Can Use

Steven Tyler poses with his Ookelele

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2294428/Steven-Tyler-clutches-ukulele-boards-flight.html

Remembering the guitar playing of Duane Allman

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/16/174426576/duane-allman-guitar-playing-that-gets-inside-of-you

A new printed 3D guitar

http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/16/visualized-americana-guitar-3d-systems/

New Orleans gets ready for next weekend's Congo Square Fest

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/03/16/2494515/congo-square-rhythms-fest-kicks.html

More on the top-secret Joe Walsh project

http://www.rttnews.com/2078028/joe-walsh-in-the-studio-with-mick-jagger-ringo-starr-and-others.aspx?type=all

The Sacramento Music Festival announces this year's lineup, and lowers its pricing

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/15/5266953/sacramento-music-festival-lowers.html

Jazz-Grass and Psycho-Billy

http://www.swoknews.com/styles-new/entertainment/item/5699-music-mixture-of-jazz-grass-psycho-billy

Corea meets Fleck

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/03/15/corea-fleck-fuse-jazz-bluegrass-styles-at-schermerhorn/

Cream City Music's coolest guitar treasures

http://brookfield-wi.patch.com/articles/awesome-axes-see-cream-city-music-s-guitar-treasures#video-13664258

And Happy St. Paddy's Day from Hicksville!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37oIVmtcLjY&feature=em-uploademail

Erin Go Bragh!

Saturday Music News You Can Use

All's well that Jazz well...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Music/All-s-well-that-Jazz-well/Article1-1027264.aspx

Visiting a Mingus Workshop

http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/entertainment/music/x595149750/Jazz-workshop-jams-to-sounds-of-famed-bassist-Charles-Mingus

Happy #75, Charles Lloyd

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2013/03/15/174440963/75-years-of-charles-lloyd-jazzs-spirit-warrior

An update on the saga of Ann Arbor's Herb David Guitars

http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/top-floor-of-the-old-herb-david-guitar-studio-will-become-ann-arbor-guitars/

Black Sabbath announces their first US tour date

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/black_sabbath_announce_first_north_america_tour_date.html

Springtime in New Orleans means music

http://www.tampabay.com/features/travel/springtime-music-festivals-in-new-orleans/2108428

Remembering George Harrison's 1969 pot bust

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/03/15/cops-and-rockers-george-harrison-raided-for-marijuana-in-1969/

Bringing musicians into classrooms in MA

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20130315/LIFE/303150002/blues-society-pleasant-view-middle-school-springfield?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Entertainment|p&nclick_check=1

Megadeath finish their new album

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/megadeth_finishes_the_recording_of_super_collider.html?no_takeover

And checking out some stained glass guitars

http://marietta.patch.com/articles/marietta-guitar-artist-combines-stained-glass-mosaics-music-imagery

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

The arrival of Jazz in Christian churches

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/03/gods-love-supreme-the-arrival-of-jazz-as-christian-worship-music/273898/

What's cooking at The Barns of Wolf Trap

http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/Jazz-Duo-Bassoonist-and-Hawaiian-Music-Troupe-Set-for-The-Barns-at-Wolf-Trap-April-2013-20130314

Scotland's National Jazz Orchestra does Sir Duke

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/14/scottish-national-jazz-spirit-duke-review

Meet The Bijoux Toots

http://www.halsteadgazette.co.uk/news/10291078.Halstead__Pop_favourites_given_a_ukulele_twist/

Joe Ely gets his guitar back, then nearly loses it again!

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-joe-ely-stolen-guitar-theft-burglary-20130313,0,7713031.story

The Canadian guitar-playing astronaut takes command of the International Space Station

http://www.9news.com/news/world/323587/347/Guitar-playing-Canadian-takes-helm-of-space-station

Bryan Lee celebrates his 70th in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/blues_guitarist_bryan_lee_bids.html

Previewing next week's opening of the Tennessee Williams Fest

http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2013/03/tennessee_williams_fest_opens.html

All that jazz in Delhi

http://hillpost.in/2013/03/15/all-that-jazz-from-across-the-world-in-delhi/62265/latest-news/hp_bureau

And a fond R.I.P. to Boston's newspaper of musical record, the Boston Phoenix

http://bostonherald.com/business/media_marketing/2013/03/boston_phoenix_stops_the_presses

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Time for Pizza Express Jazz Club

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/jonathan-kreisberg-pizza-express-jazz-club--music-review-8532333.html

Amanda Palmer plays her Ookelele at SXSW

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1551820/amanda-palmer-talks-new-business-models-plays-ukulele-at-sxsw

Treehouse building and naked guitar playing

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/03/12/treehouse-building-and-naked-guitar-playing-a-talk-with-the-new-tree/

R.I.P. to the founding guitarist of YES, Peter Banks

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/founding_yes_guitarist_peter_banks_found_dead.html

Two ships and a toy guitar

http://www.redandblack.com/variety/two-ships-and-a-toy-guitar-how-an-unexpected-voyage/article_dd930cf6-81c1-11e2-9e8e-001a4bcf6878.html

Get ready for the official Ramones Movie

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/official_ramones_movie_is_coming_soon.html?no_takeover

JazzFest announces this year's official lineup

http://www.incentivetravel.co.uk/news/venuesevents/12513-new-orleans-jazz-fest-announces-incredible-line-up

Playing at Work

http://www.citizen.co.za/citizen/content/en/citizen/cd-reviews?oid=404516&sn=Detail&pid=146826&Hugh-Masekela-%E2%80%93-Playing-At-Work

Meet the winner of this year's Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter Contest

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/jeff-campbell-wins-guitar-center-s-singer-songwriter-contest/10410786

And Joe Walsh goes into the studio

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/03/11/cooking-up-something-here-joe-walsh-is-in-the-studio-with-mick-jagger-ringo-starr-don-was-others/

Midweek Music News You Can Use

 A little Lagniappe today...11 for the price of 10

Uncle Tom Moffatt gets ready to welcome Bonnie Raitt to the Waikiki Shell

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-5/

Jazz It!

http://hometownstation.com/santa-clarita-news/college-canyons-jazz-it-features-music-late-professor-33800

Punk Rock is Bullsh*t?

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2013/03/the_jazz_age_is_bullshit_a_res.php

Harry Hill takes an Ookelele Lesson

http://tyneandwear.sky.com/events/event/59457/harry-hill-takes-a-ukulele-lesson-at-jg-windows-metrocentre

Guitar Hero for real guitars?

http://www.cultofmac.com/219354/tabrider-like-guitar-hero-for-real-guitars/

A legendary Ann Arbor music store to close

http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/herb-david-guitar-studio-closing-after-50-years-in-downtown-ann-arbor/

Van Halen announces a massive European tour

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/van_halen_set_for_massive_european_tour_in_2013.html

Joe Ely gets back an old guitar

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2013/03/joe_ely_to_be_reunited_with_gu.php

Howard Jones forms a new supergroup

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/former_killswitch_engage_singer_howard_jones_fronts_new_supergroup.html?no_takeover

The Doctor is  In

http://blogs.mcall.com/lehighvalleymusic/2013/03/dr-john-diverts-praise-for-new-disc-with-black-keys-guitarist-grammy-rock-hall-to-others.html

And a Hoboken concert in memory of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/the_monroe_center_in_hoboken_t.html

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

A review of the new album by Blue Hawaii

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/03/album-review-blue-hawaii-untogether/

Latest news from Leighton Buzzard

http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/lifestyle/leisure/music/leighton-jazz-1-4885044

A different jazz "Odyssey"

http://bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2013/03/11/saxophonist-chris-potter-presents-different-jazz-odyssey/SjMPoXIr7tPPQtwIu1MFzK/story.html

Yet another ookelele orchestra

http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/features/ukulele-orchestra-of-spalding-1-4884947

Nederland Guitar heads to Nashville

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/entertainment/article/Nederland-guitar-heads-to-Nashville-4345280.php

Neil Young heads Down Under

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/not-fading-away-guitar-hero-turns-it-up-to-11-20130311-2fw6y.html

The Rolling Stones ponder an 18 date US tour

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/the_rolling_stones_consider_18_date_us_tour.html

Get ready for Brazilian guitar amps in the US

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10511104.htm

Buku Music comes to the Big Easy

http://www.lsureveille.com/entertainment/music/article_0dc8a068-89f4-11e2-9ef4-0019bb30f31a.html

And Ringo's childhood home is in danger again?

http://www.examiner.com/article/ringo-liverpool-home-danger-of-being-demolished-again

Monday Music News You Can Use

Almost a full plate this morning, but not quite!

Wellington Ookelele Orchestra sighting

http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/248989/review-ukulele-orchestra-and-james-hill-thrill-captivated-audience

Meet One Floor Away

http://thedailyreview.com/news/county-commissioner-guitarist-in-rock-band-one-floor-away-to-release-first-single-this-week-1.1456253

Ten hands, one guitar

http://vernonhills.patch.com/articles/one-song-five-people-one-guitar#youtube_video-13606882

No Frets

http://union-bulletin.com/news/2013/mar/09/no-frets-guitar-festival-coordinator/

Almost time for yet another festival in N'Orleans

http://neworleans.broadwayworld.com/article/Tennessee-WilliamsNew-Orleans-Literary-Festival-to-Kick-Off-March-20-20130310

Tony Iommi remembers Alvin Lee

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/music/black-sabbath-star-tony-iommi-1733510

And some new guitar set-up tools

http://www.ephotozine.com/groups/weekly-macro-challenge-804/photos/guitar-set-up-tools-32664598

Spring Ahead Music News You Can Use

Sorry, I am an hour late...

Keeping Ookelele in the classroom

http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/2013/03/09/grumpy-young-man-keep-the-ukulele-inside-the-classroom-86081-32948535/

Playing guitar with Cirque de Soleil

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_summit/Hudson-musician-plays-his-guitar-all-over-the-world-with-Cirque-du-Soleil

A Guitar Fest in Russia

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_03_09/Moscow-hosts-Intl-Guitar-Virtuoso-fest/

R.I.P. to The Guitar Emporium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ_DzmaSK1Q

Brian Blade brings his drums to New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/drum_master_brian_blade_brings.html

Some kids get The Blues

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=294717&id=870064#.UTye0De_OSo

WOMAD turns 21 Down Under

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/festivals/womad-leaps-into-its-21st-anniversary-in-adelaide/story-e6free1u-1226593854786

"Song Travels"

http://www.npr.org/2013/03/06/173607112/jake-shimabukuro-on-song-travels

A Different Drum

http://brookfield-wi.patch.com/articles/a-different-drum-guitar-center-s-most-unusual-instruments

And a sneak peek at Guitar World for April 2013

http://www.guitarworld.com/april-2013-guitar-world-orianthi-talks-new-album-plus-jimi-hendrix-alex-lifeson-black-sabbath-and-more

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Just Say Los (X 2)

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/03/08/entertainment/doc513a4ff1cb3e9973902997.txt

Bringing Jazz to the Harmonica

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/03/08/2548041/passion-for-jazz-plays-out-on.html

Music on the Palace Lawn

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/3/8/Hawaii_Honolulu_Royal_Hawaiian_Band_Iolani_Palace

Viacom wins its Ookelele Lawsuit

http://www.law360.com/ip/articles/422288/viacom-beats-gibson-s-patent-suit-over-spongebob-ukulele-

T.R. Crandall opens his new guitar shop

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130308/east-village/antique-guitar-shop-with-century-old-axes-amped-open-east-village

New music from Iggy and The Stooges?

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/03/08/guitar-on-iggy-and-the-stooges-new-song-burn-is-thick/

A Different Drum

http://brookfield-wi.patch.com/articles/a-different-drum-guitar-center-s-most-unusual-instruments

Anders Osborne heads North to Alaska

http://www.adn.com/2013/03/07/2816093/new-orleans-based-musician-anders.html

Slack Key Guitar comes to Olympia

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/03/07/2451645/slack-key-guitar-festival-blows.html?storylink=weekendnav

And checking out this year's 7th Bonita Springs Blues Festival

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2013/mar/08/bonita-blues-fest-big-buck-biscuit-boys/

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

Previewing tonight's "Olomana by Moonlight" on Mau'i

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/511037/Hawaiian-music-icons-will-shine-at-MACC-this-weekend.html?nav=39

R.I.P. to British jazz trumpeter Kenny Ball

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/mar/07/jazz-trumpeter-kenny-ball-dies

And R.I.P. to Louisiana country singer Claude King

http://www.centredaily.com/2013/03/07/3529054/country-singer-claude-king-dies.html

Remembering Prince Kuhio with music on Kaua'i

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/3/7/Hawaii_Kauai_Kuhio

The Istanbul Jazz Fest turns 20 this summer

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-jazz-fest-to-start-in-july.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42518&NewsCatID=383

The Rolling Stones are booked for Glastonbury

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/kasabian_confirm_the_rolling_stones_for_glastonbury_set.html

Prince apologizes for smashing a guitar

http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2013/03/07/prince-apologizes-for-damaging-roots-stars-guitar/

Previewing this year's Summer Music Series in Lowell, MA

http://www.lowellsun.com/lifestyles/ci_22737250/lowell-summer-music-series

Almost BUKU time in New Orleans again

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/03/07/3272155/buku-music-fest-returns-to-nola.html

And Firesign Theatre's Phil Proctor gets ready to return to the Land O' Goshen

http://goshennews.com/breakingnews/x564671759/Goshen-native-Philip-Proctor-to-perform-at-GC-with-Los-Angles-Guitar-Quartet

Thursday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to British guitarist Alvin Lee of Ten Years After

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/arts/music/alvin-lee-guitarist-of-ten-years-after-dies-at-68.html?_r=0

Time to do away with the word "Jazz"?

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/03/nicholas_payton_jazz_black_american_music.php

Sliding into music with trombonist Wycliffe Jordan

http://tahlequahdailypress.com/local/x986704352/Sliding-into-music

Win a Puretone Kahana Ookelele

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/money/competitions/60937/win-a-puretone-kahana-ukulele

An amazing guitar solo

http://kotaku.com/5988685/an-amazing-guitar-solo-i-bet-you-havent-heard

What's new with the New Orleans Suspects

http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20130306/NEWS/130309917/1077&ParentProfile=1058

A Ringo Starr exhibit is coming to the GRAMMY Museum this summer

http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/2013/03/06/ringo-starr-exhibit-to-open-at-grammy-museum-june-12/

A new Radiohead video

http://www.spin.com/articles/radiohead-jonny-greenwood-steve-reich-guitar-australia-video

Making guitars from scratch

http://www.lewistownnews.com/articles/2013/03/06/entertainment/doc51378a004425b077250731.txt

And this weekend it's Canoe Festival Time in Hawai'i

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/3/5/Hawaii_Oahu_Kaneohe_Kualoa_canoe

Happy Birthday, Bob!

03-06-13 Music News You Can Use

 Got Poi? We start today in Aloha-Land...

Uncle Tom Gabs about Jake Shimabukuro

http://www.midweek.com/uncle-toms-gabbin-celebrity-news-4/

The Hawai'i Senate passes the "Steve Tyler Act"

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1550649/hawaii-senate-passes-steven-tyler-act-on-privacy

Elvis' "Aloha From Hawai'i" gets the Legacy treatment

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-elvis-presley-aloha-from2/

The UHMC Institute is looking for new students

http://mauinow.com/2013/03/05/uhmc-institute-of-hawaiian-music-seeks-new-students/

Meet an L.A. Music Guru

http://columbustelegram.com/news/local/la-music-guru-shares-talents-at-jazz-festival/article_c14b85e7-0ee6-5cf8-b7d1-89851fcbed68.html?comment_form=true

A review of last weekend's Melbourne Ookelele Festival

http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2013-03-05/melbourne-ukulele-festival-ode-to-the-cwa/1097198

A smashed KISS guitar is going for $5500 these days?

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/smashed-kiss-guitar-thatll-be-5500/story-e6frfn09-1226591317179

What's doing for music this week in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/music_in_new_orleans_for_the_w_5.html

When Clapton's guitar gently wept for George

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/flashback-clapton-performs-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-at-concert-for-george-20130305

And a new Flashback guitar pedal

http://www.cultofmac.com/218328/beam-new-sounds-to-the-flashback-guitar-pedal-with-your-mac-or-ios-device-review/

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Where you can-and cannot-dance on Mau'i

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/21480323/hawaii-senate-takes-up-maui-dancing-bill

Jazz Week is underway at the University of Memphis

http://www.dailyhelmsman.com/school-of-music-s-annual-jazz-week-to-start-tonight-1.3004194#.UTYHKTf4WSo

Why Kyle Eastwood chose Jazz over Cinema

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/worldfolkandjazz/9902928/Why-Kyle-Eastwood-chose-jazz-over-cinema.html

Johnny Depp picks up his guitar

http://www.eonline.com/news/393972/johnny-depp-plays-guitar-serenades-fans-in-small-washington-state-town

A glass guitar is constructed in Japan

http://japandailypress.com/tokyo-glass-manufacturer-crafts-a-glass-guitar-to-symbolize-disaster-recovery-0424499

"Mama Africa" gets a Google Doodle on what would have been her 81st Birthday

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/new-media/item/31710-miriam-makeba-81st/

Testing some guitar practice amps

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/02/test/state-of-play

Welcome to Green Throttle Arena

http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/04/guitar-hero-creators-green-throttle-arena-turns-android-gaming-into-a-hardcore-experience-exclusive-video/

Pete Townshend says he's sorry

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/pete_townshend_apologizes_for_swearing_at_child.html

And yet more Hendrix Genius

http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Jimi+Hendrix+disc+proves+guitar+genius/8047091/story.html

Monday Music News You Can Use

Meet Blue Hawaii, a new band from Montreal

http://prettymuchamazing.com/reviews/blue-hawaii-untogether

Steve Berlin from Los Lobos gets a new producing gig

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/03/03/los-lobos-steve-berlin-to-produce-new-deer-tick-record

Dangerous Dan Toler's Memorial Service is set for March 9th

http://www.jambands.com/news/2013/03/03/dan-toler-memorial-service-set-for-march-9

After Dark in the Park announces its March schedule

http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/03/03/hawaiian-cultural-after-dark-in-the-park-for-march/

A visit to the 2013 Java Jazz Fest

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/03/04/2013-java-jazz-festival-draws-full-house.html

The Quad City Ookelele Club marks its first anniversary

http://wqad.com/2013/03/03/ukulele-club-brings-cheer-to-the-quad-cities/

Some amazing guitar covers

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3221532/amazing-guitar-covers-of-silent-hill-and-chrono-cross-music/

A new John Lennon signature guitar amp

http://www.sonicscoop.com/2013/03/02/fargen-amplification-launches-jl-15-john-lennon-signature-guitar-amplifier/

R.I.P. to New Orleans rapper Awood "Mr. Magic" Johnson

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/new_orleans_rapper_awood_mr_ma.html

And here's the dude with the best guitar lessons in Dallas

http://www.newswire.net/newsroom/pr/71182-vic-duncan-best-guitar-lessons-dallas.html

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Slow news day!

In search of Indonesian Jazz

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/03/03/in-search-indonesian-jazz.html

Prince borrows a guitar

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-prince-plays-fallon-apparently-smashes-another-dudes-guitar-20130302,0,6757011.story

Remembering the song "Guitar Man"

http://www.texastribune.org/2013/03/02/playlist-guitar-man/

Blues music mixes with civil rights lessons

http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2013/mar/02/blues-concert-blends-music-civil-rights-lessons/?news

And a roundup of some new guitar gear

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/new-guitar-gear-of-the-month-review-round-up-march-2013-571727/1

Saturday Music News You Can Use

A supermarket chain starts buying HMV Music Stores

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/industry_news/supermarket_starts_buying_hmv_stores.html

A preview of today's Great Waikoloa Ookelele Fest

http://northhawaiinews.com/sections/news/13th-annual-great-waikoloa-ukulele-festival-march-2.html

Gary Clark Jr. Talks Story

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/gary-clark-jr-interview-i-got-the-twentyfirst-century-blues-8516917.html

New Orleans impresarios put on the shows

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/March-2013/New-Orleans-Impresarios-Put-on-the-Shows/

Play to become a surgeon

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-01/if-you-can-ace-guitar-hero-you-can-remove-a-pancreas

Peavey demos its new auto-tune guitar

http://www.guitarworld.com/video-peavey-posts-demo-200-guitar-auto-tune

"From Pong to Guitar Hero"

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/From+Pong+Guitar+Hero+exhibit+highlights+history+video+games/8037156/story.html

4 new jazz releases

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/03/new-jazz-releases-music-review

The Playboy Jazz Fest gets a new emcee

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=793611&affid=100055

And checking out Nordic Cool 2013

http://washingtonexaminer.com/subtle-jazz-vibes-mark-the-kennedy-centers-nordic-cool-2013-festival/article/2522932

March 1st Music News You Can Use

The 4 darkest months are over!

"Hawaii's music for a weary world"

http://blog.sfgate.com/hawaii/2013/02/28/maunalua-brings-hawaiis-music-for-a-weary-world-to-bay-area-this-weekend/

"Flashdance" invades New Orleans

http://www.bayoubuzz.com/component/k2/item/337145-flashdance-the-musical-invades-new-orleans

Some Clapton Guitars

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/gc_clapton_crossroads_collection_pt_1_fender_brownie_stratocaster.html?no_takeover

Curtis High School's Jazz Band is heading to Berklee

http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2013/02/staten_islands_curtis_hs_jazz.html

Slack Key coming to Washington State

http://edmondsbeacon.villagesoup.com/p/historic-slack-key-show-comes-to-edmonds/969059

Baton Rouge welcomes a new blues bar

http://www.lsureveille.com/news/article_6eaac9b0-813e-11e2-8366-001a4bcf6878.html

Rap Steel Guitar?

http://www.countryweekly.com/news/brad-paisley-adds-some-rap-steel-guitar-new-single

"Kalamazoo Gals"

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/02/gibson_guitar_book_kalamazoo_g.html

Jonny Lange takes some guitar lessons

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130228/SCENE04/302280048/blues-guitar-singing-music-God?nclick_check=1

And a preview of this spring's jazz and world music shows in Beantown

http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/152254-this-springs-jazz-andamp-world-music-shows/