Last Day of August Music News You Can Use

The month before last is June for one more day. But tomorrow, the month after next will be November!

Jack DeJohnette sighted at the Chicago Jazz Fest

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0831-jazz-fest-20130831,0,7095105.column

Guitar Shop 101: Tuning Keys

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19548-a-players-guide-to-tuning-keys

The Ookelele Renaissance reaches Morristown

http://www.njtvonline.org/njtoday/2013/08/30/ukulele-renaissance-reaches-morristown/

Sheila E talks percussion

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/23295648/one-on-one-sheila-e-drums-up-decades-of-success

Dale Watson leads today's hot music picks in The City That Care Forgot

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_130.html

Jazz with a Jamaican Accent

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2013/08/29/217012274/jazz-with-a-jamaican-accent

A visit to this year's 25th Illinois Blues Festival

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1343095629/Energy-cool-vibe-felt-at-Illinois-Blues-Fest

Shakespeare and Music this weekend in Vermont

http://rutlandherald.com/article/20130831/THISJUSTIN/708319973

Some vintage New Orleans music photos rediscovered

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/September-2013/The-Photos-of-John-Kuhlman-Rediscovered/

And the Top 10 electric guitar colors for 2013

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5028-top-electric-guitar-colors-of-2013.html

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

The Lowell Summer Music Series winds down

http://www.lowellsun.com/lifestyles/ci_23971575/soft-acoustics-celtic-sounds-provide-coda-lowell-summer

David Clayton-Thomas sighted heading to Big Muddy

http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/blood-sweat-tears-singer-brings-the-blues-to-big-muddy/article_e60b3dce-e556-53ec-9ca7-24e771a6d0f7.html

The best Labor Day music in the Aloha State

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Lei-Chic/August-2013/Weekend-Picks-August-29-2013/

A new project from The Concord Music Group

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1442128

Time for the Wirrall Guitar Festival

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/10642510._King_of_the_Ukelele__returns_for_Wirral_Guitar_Festival/?ref=nt

Big Stars, Bright Nights

http://www.broadwayworld.com/salt-lake-city/article/St-Regis-BIG-STARS-BRIGHT-NIGHTS-Concert-Series-to-Kick-Off-with-Los-Lonely-Boys-Today-20130703

A preview of September's Aloha Festivals

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-hawaii-oahu-aloha-festivals-20130827,0,1184359.story

Music from another era

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56774876-223/band-music-love-members.html.csp

Time for the Boulder Music and Art Fest

http://helenair.com/entertainment/yourtime/boulder-music-and-art-fest-zydeco-bluegrass-blues-more/article_1f492430-113e-11e3-8f04-001a4bcf887a.html

And Louisville's Guitar Emporium lives!

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130829/SCENE04/308290059/Guitar-Emporium-grand-opening-Highlands?nclick_check=1

Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use

That's a "No", then?

http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/world/video-thats-a-no-then-mans-very-public-marriage-proposal-ends-badly-with-clout-in-the-head-from-a-ukulele

The first appearance of "Doctor Robert"

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-introduces-beatles-to-marijuana/

Meet guitar maker Andrew White

http://www.wboy.com/story/23282019/morgantown-guitar-maker-gains-national-acclaim-for-crafting-custom-guitars

A Beatles secretary breaks her silence

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/08/28/long-serving-beatles-secretary-freda-kelly-finally-breaks-her-silence/

Masters of Jazz join forces in South Africa

http://www.iol.co.za/tonight/music/southern-masters-of-jazz-join-forces-1.1569152

Thursday New Orleans tuneage

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_128.html

Time again for Big Muddy

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2013-08-29/music/big-muddy-blues-festival-david-clayton-thomas-a-blues-for-a-new-world/

Elder statesmen with a message

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-0828-jazz-premieres-20130828,0,7148058.column

A man from Kansas wins the World Air Guitar title

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/27/kansas-man-wins-air-guitar-top-title/

And R.I.P. to New Orleans grunge drummer Joseph LaCaze

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2013/08/28/rip-joseph-lacaze-of-eyehategod

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt remembers Sid Bernstein

http://www.midweek.com/sid-bernstein-la-toya-jackson-chris-brown-and-more-celebrity-news/#8949

R.I.P. to British folk singer Lou Killen

http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2013/08/lou-killen-british-folk-song-and-shanty-singer-dies-at-79/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OldSaltBlog+%28Old+Salt+Blog%29

Meet Salt Lake City's Phoenix Jazz and Swing Band

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/56789233-53/band-music-love-members.html.csp

It's Big Muddy Blues Fest time

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2013-08-29/music/big-muddy-blues-festival-david-clayton-thomas-a-blues-for-a-new-world/

Wednesday music in the Crescent City

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_127.html

Another Andrea Martin sighting

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130827-910305.html

3 Ways Brian Epstein made The Beatles

http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2013/08/27/3-ways-brian-epstein-made-the-beatles/

Time Passes Slowly

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/08/video-bob-dylan-and-george-harrisons-time-passes-slowly/

Frampton's Guitar Circus finally makes it to LA

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/peter-frampton-guitar-circus-review-2013/

And a jazz club in San Francisco closes

http://www.sfweekly.com/2013-08-28/music/rassela-s-historic-jazz-preservation-district-the-fillmore-yoshis/

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Quincy Jones heads to Dubai

http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/quincy-jones-dubai-music-week-516261

A new exhibit about the Mississippi Blues Trail

http://www.reflector-online.com/sports/mississippi-s-music-1.2831638#.UhysC3-vPIM

Uncle Hugh Masekela goes over Victoria Falls

http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/entertainment/21971

The new La Bamba restaurant dances to a fresh, spicy beat

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Bamba+dances+fresh+spicy+beat/8832780/story.html

Today's musical goodies in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_125.html

An Ookelele Picnic here in New Hampshire

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/1014299-469/versatile-ukulele-the-star-of-nashua-picnic.html

A 3-D guitar concert

http://www.wickedlocal.com/arts/x403021575/3-D-Guitar-Concert-Excerpts-from-August-25-2013

Paying tribute to India's golden voice of jazz, Pam Crain, who died August 14th at the age of 80

http://gulfnews.com/opinions/bloggers/music-my-notes-1.1179792/tribute-to-india-s-golden-voice-of-jazz-1.1224515

Exploring the blues at the Oklahoma History Center

http://newsok.com/oklahoma-history-center-will-host-blues-exploration/article/3876095

And another update on Noise in New Orleans

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/noise-about-noise/Content?oid=2244470

Stormy Monday Music News You Can Use

Kauai's Music Men

http://thegardenisland.com/lifestyles/kauai-s-music-men/article_d3cdb0d8-0d56-11e3-bb1b-001a4bcf887a.html

More guitars than people?

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130825/NEWS/308250326/-1/NEWS

The top 50 Led Zeppelin songs-#37

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/led-zeppelin-rain-song/

Today's music picks in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_126.html

Happy #80 to Wayne Shorter

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-wayne-shorter-hollywood-bowl,0,5059354.story

A belated R.I.P. to Scottish blues legend Big George Watt

http://news.stv.tv/west-central/237212-glasgow-musicians-in-tribute-to-blues-legend-big-george-watt/

John Mayer returns to Massachusetts

http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/reviews-john-mayer-at-the-comcast-center-mansfield-massachusetts-on-august-17-2013/

Linda Ronstadt announces she has Parkinson's Disease

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=9217771

The top 5 Ookelele covers

http://www.tntmagazine.com/entertainment/music/top-5-ukulele-covers

And the Chinn Guitar Project is strumming along

http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/columnists/michael-granberry/20130824-chinn-guitar-project-at-childrens-medial-center-is-strumming-along.ece

Gone Fishin'

Back on Monday!

Saturday Music News You Can Use

11 for the price of 10 today.

A report from the recent Baton Rouge Blues Foundation shindig

http://www.nola.com/music/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/08/baton_rouge_blues_foundation_g_1.html

Gary Burton finally gets around to writing his autobiography

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/arts/music/gary-burton-author-and-resurgent-jazz-musician.html?_r=0

Music in the Park in Los Gatos

http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_23927776/los-gatos-music-park-jazz-plazz-seasons-wrapping

New Stupid Music from The Turnpike Troubadours

http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1712895/turnpike-troubadours-celebrate-oklahomas-musical-history-on-concrete-country.jhtml

5 best covers on the Ookelele

http://www.tntmagazine.com/entertainment/top-5-ukulele-covers

Slash makes a horror movie

http://www.brandonsun.com/entertainment/breaking-news/guitar-hero-slash-produces-first-horror-movie-but-doesnt-dig-gore-220850731.html?thx=y

Strolling and playing, but no more saluting

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/nyregion/strolling-and-playing-but-no-more-saluting.html

The 10 best Beatles musical performances on film

http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/top-10-beatles-musical-performances-in-film/

Today's hot music picks in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_123.html

A jazz band leader files a huge lawsuit against some rappers

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/aug/23/lawsuit-sampling-paul-batiste-t-pain

And a guitar pedal entrepreneur goes global

http://www.wearecentralpa.com/story/guitar-pedal-entrepeneur-goes-global/d/story/drwKD3UeVke-aiPMZZl0oQ

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

Sorry for the tardy post!

A British band named after a New Orleans music landmark

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/singer_and_pianist_of_the_engl.html

A preview of the upcoming Hawaiian Culture Fest in Seattle

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtravel/article/Seattle-Center-Festal-to-Host-Live-Aloha-Hawaiian-Cultural-Festival-98-20130823

A whole new vibe at the Chicago Jazz Festival

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-0823-jazz-fest-20130822,0,4193134.column

Blues on the Red wraps for another year

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/271361/

Attendance is up at the Sacramento Music Fest

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/22/5672522/sacramento-music-fests-attendance.html

An Ookelele Festival in...Prague?

http://www.praguepost.com/night-and-day/stage/16965-brewery-near-prague-to-host-ukulele-festival.html

A preview of this weekend's River Rocks Festival

http://www.summitdaily.com/news/7820550-113/music-band-jazz-buckner

Yet another gathering of cigar box guitars

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/entertainment/ci_23916495/cigar-box-guitar-fest-celebrates-tinkering-toward-perfection

Tonight's Hot Music picks in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_122.html

And the latest Jools Holland doings

http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/ulverston/ulverston-saxophonist-to-play-with-jools-holland-1.1079758

Sunny Thursday Music News You Can Use

Yes, they DO come in 3's...

R.I.P. to jazz pianist Marian McPartland

http://www.thestate.com/2013/08/21/2932656/jazz-legend-marian-mcpartland.html

Talking Story with the Wellington Ookelele Orchestra

http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/article/54129-interview-wellington-ukulele-orchestra-on-how-they-do-edinburgh/

Yet another great new band name-meet The BiPolar Bears!

http://www.dailybulletin.com/arts-and-entertainment/20130821/teen-rockers-the-bipolar-bears-to-play-at-anaheim-house-of-blues-on-saturday

John Mello knows his axes

http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_23911326/kensington-guitar-maker-has-feel-classics

Ronnie Wood has a new student

http://www.theindychannel.com/entertainment/ronnie-wood-teaching-niall-horan-to-play-guitar_56466660

A preview of next month's Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival in Soweto

http://www.mediaupdate.co.za/?IDStory=55901

New Orleans' Piety Street recording studio is no more

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/after_12_years_music_man_mark.html

Doug Kershaw Talks Story

http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/doug-kershaw-on-collapsing-ceilings-and-cultural-identity/Content?oid=2743408

R.I.P. to another great jazz pianist, Cedar Walton

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/cedar-walton-pianist-and-nea-jazz-master-dies-at-79/2013/08/20/0afb75da-09b1-11e3-b87c-476db8ac34cd_story.html

And also leaving the building: Sid Bernstein, the man who brought The Beatles to Shea Stadium and Carnegie Hall

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765636310/Sid-Bernstein-who-brought-Beatles-to-Shea-dies.html

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1969, when Blind Faith played their last-ever US show at HIC

http://www.midweek.com/charlize-theron-marlo-hampton-and-more-celebrity-news/#8857

From Cuba to America

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/20/213801653/from-cuba-to-america-arturo-sandoval-is-an-ambassador-for-jazz

Amanda Shires heads to the Mountain Stage to play some Stupid Music

http://www.npr.org/event/music/213886169/amanda-shires-on-mountain-stage

Blues on the Beach

http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/freetime/community/42981-blues-on-the-beach.html

News about an upcoming guitar auction in St. Augustine

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/324570/483/Guitar-auction-set-for-St-Augustine-Amphitheater-

Hal Leonard releases the Martin Ookelele Book

http://www.premierguitar.com/blogs/5-daily-news/post/19528-hal-leonard-releases-the-martin-ukulele-book

Yet another volume of Dylan Bootlegs

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/08/20/bob-dylan-the-bootleg-series-vol-10-another-self-portrait-2013/

A preview of this year's Rite of Summer Fest on Governors Island

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Rite-of-Summer-Presents-Rite-A-Thon-Ft-Pam-Goldberg-Blair-McMillen-20130819

Bill Cosby talks Jazz

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23902518/bill-cosby-speaks-5-thoughts-about-jazz

And are you ready for the "Treme" cookbook?

http://www.nynow.org/post/treme-cookbook-captures-flavor-show-and-city

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to music critic Albert Murray

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_23893954/author-critic-albert-murray-dead-at-97

A present before Christmas in Lagos

http://www.spyghana.com/lagos-jazz-series-2013-a-present-before-christmas/

Music comes alive at the Mississippi Children's Museum

http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20130819/NEWS01/308190014/Yep-s-playtime-Blues-jazz-come-alive-Miss-Children-s-Museum?nclick_check=1

In natural light

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Arts/Frame-Up/2013/08/20/In-natural-light.aspx

Guitar but no cigar

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/08/19/3828943.htm?site=brisbane

A new album from Rotary Downs

http://www.nola.com/music/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/08/rotary_downs_takes_a_new_direc.html

Gretsch remembers its roots in Brooklyn

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/gretsch-famed-guitar-and-drum-firm-remembers-b%E2%80%99klyn-roots-2013-08-19-120000

Huntington Blues is in search of some players

http://www.huntingtonnews.net/70005

Off to Istanbul

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-to-turn-into-city-of-jazz.aspx?pageID=238&nID=52830&NewsCatID=383

And "Professor Shorthair" gets a new reissue

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/james-booker-classified-remixed-expanded-coming-rounder

Monday Music News You Can Use

Jazz on a Summer's Day

http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1467652/

Mississippi Blues meets Brazilian Poetry

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/18/4407198/project-melds-miss-blues-brazilian.html

Remembering George Harrison's Handmade Films

http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/423097/HandMade-films-The-very-naughty-boys-of-the-British-film-industry

Anthrax gets a new guitarist

http://www.rttnews.com/2174739/jon-donais-to-join-anthrax-as-full-time-guitarist.aspx?type=rk

Remembering the day Ringo joined The Beatles

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ringo-starr-first-beatles-show/

Loyola gets a new director for its music school

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/17/5658419/loyola-appoints-director-for-music.html

A report from this weekend's Lawn Jazz Party on G.I.

http://www.stylebistro.com/Fashion+Forum/articles/-C4t9JNEpVD/15+fun+stylish+photos+Jazz+Age+Lawn+Party

Previewing September's Aloha Festivals in Hawai'i

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/aug/18/tp-oahu-events-celebrate-hawaiis-voyaging-history/

Pennsylvania's Willingboro Jazz Fest turns 30

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130819_Willingboro_Jazz_Festival_marks_30_years.html

And it's time for the Bean Blossom Blues Fest in Indiana

http://www.wbiw.com/local/archive/2013/08/bean-blossom-blues-festival-kicks-off-thursday.php

Sunday Music News You Can Use

Yes, they do come in threes...

R.I.P. and Aloha to Lahaina music legend Auntie Edna

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/575586/-End-of-a-generation-.html?nav=10

Hugh Laurie sings the blues

http://www.theolympian.com/2013/08/17/2676726/hugh-laurie-sings-the-blues-after.html

George Duke's final bow

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/pulse/3/spotlight/1341/legendary-jazz-artiste-george-dukes-final-bow

Previewing this week's annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

http://culturekiosque.com/jazz/best/parker_bird_festival821.html

A look at a vintage guitar from 1958

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19512-vintage-vault-1958-danelectro-guitarlin

R.I.P. to longtime Willie Nelson guitarist Jody Payne

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/August/ts13Long_Time_Willie_Nelson_Guitarist_Jody_Payne_Dead_at_77.shtml

A new art show remembers the early East L.A. music scene

http://www.dailynews.com/general-news/20130804/reseda-art-show-recalls-communitys-rock-n-roll-days

A second-year LPGA pro takes her ookelele on the tour

http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/ukulele-playing-golfer-sings-a-happy-tune-on-a-tough/article_16d78f88-46da-585e-b119-f05b8cd3f260.html

Catching up with The Royal Southern Brotherhood in CT

http://www.newcanaandarienmag.com/n/calendar/index.php/name/Royal-Southern-Brotherhood/event/7866/

And R.I.P. to jazz vocalist Jane Harvey

http://www.thestate.com/2013/08/16/2924018/jazz-vocalist-jane-harvey-dies.html

Sunny Saturday Music News You Can Use

A Deke Dickerson sighting. Do tell!

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/a/164565/hometown-guitar-virtuoso-deke-dickerson-returns-for-free-concert/

Another NAMM 2013 report

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19499-summer-namm-13---electra-guitars-omega-electric-guitar-and-usa-custom-shop-bass

A new album from Sir Paulie?

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

Still making music: David Bromberg

http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/page-1/david-bromberg-the-master-craftsman-still-making-music-24939

Music listings for the coming week on the Cape of Cod

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130816/ENTERTAIN/130819769

Balcony TV comes to New Orleans

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/08/balconytv-expands-music-network-to-new-orleans-and-athens-more-us-cities-to-come.html

The Flappers flock to Governors Island

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324823804579014621482404090.html

A charity ride for a guitar tech

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Guitar-tech-humbled-by-support-for-charity-ride-20130816121038.htm

How much did The Beatles make last year?

http://news.ph.msn.com/entertainment/the-beatles-make-%C2%A3435m-1

And time for yet another festival in New Orleans

http://www.wwl.com/pages/17077277.php?contentType=4&contentId=13616993

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

NYC Jazz listings for the upcoming week

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/arts/music/jazz-listings-for-aug-16-22.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The Baton Rouge Blues Foundation gets ready for the Muddy Waters Centennial

http://www.nola.com/music/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/08/baton_rouge_blues_foundation_g.html

J. Geils heads to P-Town

http://www.wickedlocal.com/provincetown/news/x1676647561/Guitar-great-J-Geils-joins-headliners-in-annual-Provincetown-jazz-fest

This year's dates for New Orleans' Ponderosa Stomp are announced

http://theadvocate.com/utility/homepagestories/6781575-129/ponderosa-stomp-music-festival-set

"Storyville" will end its off-Broadway run on Saturday

http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/York-Theatre-Companys-STORYVILLE-to-End-Off-Broadway-Run-817-20130815

The first season of the Hawai'i Pops gets underway

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/hawaii-pops-first-season-gets-underway-with-country-music-superstar-jo-dee-messina/123

Getting ready for Neil Young's new PONO music system

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/August/15Neil_Youngs_Pono_Digital_Music_System_Coming_Soon.shtml

The Fargo Blues Festival turns 18

http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/409108/group/Life/

A brilliant week in Chicago Jazz

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-0816-jazz-scene-20130815,0,6144272.column

And R.I.P. to Blue Oyster Cult's co-founder, Allen Lanier.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/blue-oyster-cult-co-founder-allen-lanier-dead-at-67-20130815

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Los Lobos are heading to Hawai'i for 4 shows

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130814_Los_Lobos_coming_to_Hawaii.html?id=219586881

Blues music returns to Fern Island

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20130815/WDH04/308150094/Blues-music-returns-Fern-Island?nclick_check=1

Making Slack Key history

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

New Orleans Sax man Clarence Johnson III releases his first album in 15 years

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/jazz_saxophonist_clarence_john.html

A new film about the late guitarist John Fahey

http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/specialty-releases/e3i19489d40513260afc6f6bf11eb10afb2

Guitar lessons in Where the Hell is Marcellus

http://videos.syracuse.com/post-standard/2013/08/teens_teach_ukulele_lessons_at.html

Uncle Hugh Masekela and his longtime partner in crime Larry Willis will tour the UK this fall

http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/news-mainmenu-139/70-2013/12813-hugh-masekela-and-larry-willis-tour-the-uk-in-november-

Today's hot picks for NOLA music

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_114.html

Almost time for the annual Concord (CA) Hawaiian Fusion Luau

http://concord-ca.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/concord-senior-center-to-hold-12th-annual-hawaiian-fusion-luau-sept-6

And "Help!" will be restored for Blu-Ray

http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/local-cgi-firm-to-revamp-beatles-film-1-5387218

Midweek Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt is bummed about the new Brian Wilson/Jeff Beck tour

http://www.midweek.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-johnny-depp-and-more-celebrity-news/

Hidalgo gets ready to join The Circus

http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/blog-4953-qa_with_peter_frampton.html

Time again for Guitar Center's Drum-Off

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/56728523-53/drum-center-guitar-lake.html.csp

An Open Ookelele Jam in Ann Arbor

http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/ukelele-players-invited-to-jam-at-conor-oneills/

Today's hot music picks in The City that Time Forgot

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_113.html

The Axe Men cometh

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/crossroads-top-picks-msg-guitar-showcase-article-1.1424935

Big Band Music is making a comeback in New Orleans

http://www.wwno.org/post/big-band-music-make-comeback-crescent-city

Smoke on the Water in Alabama

http://www.gulfcoastnewstoday.com/area_news/article_1f166862-01e2-11e3-9d6b-001a4bcf887a.html

Portable solid fun

http://www.prweb.com/releases/Teton/Ukuleles/prweb11011170.htm

And it's the end of the line for a guitar shop in Cork

http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/index.php/news/read/cork-guitar-shop-closes/017999

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

From opera to blues man

http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/jamie-n-commons-from-opera-to-blues-man/Content?oid=2543872

Pumping music into L.A.'s Union Station rush hour

http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/pumping-music-into-the-union-station-rush-hour/article_161d8450-0388-11e3-a764-0019bb2963f4.html

Late night jazz

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/219302801.html

We saw Buddy Guy live the other night here in New Hampshire; here's a review of his stellar new album

http://blindedbysound.com/reviews/review-buddy-guy-rhythm-blues/

The Moody Blues are going on a sea cruise

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1410372

Rusty Anderson picks 14 essential guitar albums

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/rusty-anderson-picks-14-essential-guitar-albums-582100/1

A new Ookelele club

http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1321368

A cathedral of music in the Big Easy

http://nolavie.com/2013/08/katrina-ravaged-church-restored-into-cathedral-of-music-16323.html

Benny Goodman lives!

http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/what-s-on/jazz-legend-benny-goodman-s-music-still-swings-double-time-1-5374271

And a visit to Canada's Kitchener Blues Fest

http://www.therecord.com/living-story/4027631-kitchener-celebrates-the-blues-under-fair-skies-all-weekend/

Sunny Monday Music News You Can Use

Jewish Soul hits the road

http://www.jewishpress.com/home/promotional-content-product/jewish-soul-hits-the-road-israeli-bluesrock-guitarist-lazer-lloyd-in-us-for-new-cd-release-concerts/2013/08/12/

Another great new band name: meet Heavy Glow

http://newsok.com/movies-inspire-the-music-of-heavy-glow/article/3871165

A new Afro-Gospel Jazz album from Zodwa Samboko

http://www.times.co.sz/entertainment/90293-zodwa-samboko-launches-afro-gospel-jazz-album.html

Another report from NAMM 2013

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19469-summer-namm-13---towner-usa-down-tension-bar-and-vblock

R.I.P. to "Cowboy" Jack Clement

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/321521/showbiz/showbizabroad/country-music-legend-cowboy-jack-clement-dies-at-82

Previewing this week's new music releases

http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/music/219150111_New_music__being_released_Aug__13.html

Connecticut's Litchfield Jazz Fest turns 18

http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2013/08/11/news/doc52083b4f7cf47287224878.txt

It's all about the music

http://www.mtairynews.com/news/home_top-news_lifestyles-news_local_features/2393908/Its-all-about-the-music

More on the effort by Guitar Center employees to unionize

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/guitar-center-unionization-effort-spreads-to-chicago-20130811

And Gibson honors the great Scotty Moore

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/August/ts09Gibson_Honor_Guitar_Pioneer_Scotty_Moore.shtml

Sunday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to singer Eydie Gorme

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/eydie-gorme-known-for-ballads-and-big-band-numbers-dies-at-84/2013/08/10/7c9bf9ce-0229-11e3-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html

Church music with a touch of jazz

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Faces-of-Faith-Church-music-with-a-touch-of-jazz-4721265.php

A new Blues festival in Pennsylvania

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/new-blues-fest-takes-advantage-of-picturesque-local-setting-1.1534439

Yet another new iPad guitar gadget

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2013/08/pearl-guitar-offers-music-fans-a-dedicated-6-string-experience-for-ipad

Fireworks at Hilton Hawaiian Village

http://www.travelweekly.com/Hawaii-Travel/Hilton-Hawaiian-Village-kicks-off-second-weekly-fireworks-show-in-Waikiki/

Live music meets live hacks

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5645545/outside-lands-live-music-meets-live-hacks

Got Vivaldi?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/proms/10233718/Proms-2013-Vivaldi-The-Four-Seasons-review.html

Spiro Gyra is headed to Joplin

http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/gdrennon1376189869

A Fat City guitar jam @ Trout Forest

http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/2013/08/10/kenoras-fat-city-jamming-at-trout-forest-music-festival

And a visit to NAMM 2013

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/19470-summer-namm-13---devilcat-amplifiers-jean-and-terry-models-and-cmg-guitars-ashlee-and-mark-solidbodies

Sunny Saturday Music News You Can Use

Checking out this year's 12th annual Brews, Jazz and Funk Fest @ Squaw Valley

http://www.theunion.com/entertainment/7648097-113/funk-com-squaw-band

Meet The Rides

http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/news-blues-supergroup-the-rides-set-tour-itinerary-boston-concert-wilbur-theatre-september-2013/

Gibson Guitar honors the great Scotty Moore

http://www.antimusic.com/news/13/August/09Gibson_Honor_Guitar_Pioneer_Scotty_Moore.shtml

A truly terrible rock cover

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/duran-duran-watching-the-detectives-terrible-classic-rock-covers/

The first-ever Utah Ookelele Festival is history

http://news.hjnews.com/cache_magazine/article_5378d69c-0108-11e3-b870-001a4bcf887a.html

Ringo is Tweeting again

http://www.examiner.com/article/beatle-news-briefs-ringo-shadows-himself-spite-of-all-the-danger-cover

A new show remembers the all-too-brief heyday of Tom Lehrer

http://crosscut.com/2013/08/09/theatre/115920/those-innocent-days-poisoning-pigeons-and-dancing-/

A look back at Willie "The Lion" Smith

http://www.vaildaily.com/news/7645430-113/stride-jazz-lion-music

The Elgin Marbles of Music

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-298491/

And traveling the Blue Guitar Highway

http://www.hometownfocus.us/news/2013-08-09/Blue_Guitar_Highway

Stormy TGIF Music News You Can Use

Get ready for the 2013 Healdsburg Guitar Festival

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

Play along with 'Ookelele Mele

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/511597/Play-Along-With--Ukulele-Mele.html?nav=39

Hidalgo in the spotlight

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/21787486-421/in-the-spotlight-david-hidalgo.html

Idaho State announces its 2013-2014 "Season of Note" series lineup

http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=4537

Making music on a biscuit tin guitar

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/8/7/he_makes_sweet_music_on_a.htm

Hot Friday music in the Big Easy

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_108.html

Cloud communing on Governors Isle

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2013/08/130806--STUDIOKCA-Creates-Pavilion-for-Governor8217s-Island.asp

The best Ookelele rock covers

http://www.baeblemusic.com/musicblog/8-7-2013/Ukuleles-Gone-Wild-The-Best-Rock-Covers.html

No animals, just great guitar at this Circus

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/musikfest/mc-musikfest-review-frampton-20130806,0,4468043.story

And Dave Mustaine has a  new line of guitar strings

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=193482

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Previewing some upcoming live music in Colorado

http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/major-concerts-in-colorado/Content?oid=2734719

Los + Los head to Frisco

http://www.ktvu.com/news/entertainment/los-lobos-los-lonely-boys/nZHQp/

A visit to a guitar-building camp

http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Guitar-Building-Camp-Introduces-Students-To-Manufacturing-218716971.html

Ringo Starr between music and literature

http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1744131&Itemid=1

A preview of Sunday's inductions at the New York State Blues Hall of Fame

http://saratogian.com/articles/2013/08/07/entertainment/doc52028ea49163b753153288.txt

Stravinsky heading to Governors Isle this weekend

http://govislandblog.com/2013/08/07/this-weekend-on-governors-island-rite-of-summer-civil-war-weekend/

Best bets for live music today in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_107.html

Electra Guitars adds to its Phoenix series

http://www.vintageguitar.com/14518/electra-guitars-adds-to-phoenix-series/

A restaurant in Truckee puts jazz on its menu

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/7612403-113/music-really-moody-jazz

And who's ready for a Guitar Hero-style eating game?

http://www.creativeapplications.net/openframeworks/pixelate-guitar-hero-style-eating-game-which-detects-food-you-are-eating/

Midweek Music News You Can Use

How about a nice Hawaiian Punch?

Uncle Tom Moffat remembers the 1974 Hawaiian Jazz Fest

http://www.midweek.com/anuhea-jake-shimabukuro-john-travolta-and-more-celebrity-news/

A new album from...Paul Allen?

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-06/in-case-you-forgot-paul-allen-is-living-the-dream-he-just-released-a-rock-album

Chowing down on Armenian hamburgers at this year's Lowell Folk Festival

http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/08/05/lowell-ars-clubhouse-celebrates-50th-year-with-sizzle/

The beat goes on at the Long Beach Jazz Festival

http://www.presstelegram.com/entertainment/ci_23805796/music-26th-annual-long-beach-jazz-festival-beat

A preview of this week's Gabby Fest in Waimanalo

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2013/8/6/Hawaii_Oahu_Gabby_Pahinui_Waimanalo_Kanikapila

Previewing the 2013 Navasota Blues Fest, which kicks off this weekend

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/article_92290313-e330-5ac7-a5e6-eb473378a358.html

Mick Jones talks story

http://www.guitarworld.com/dear-guitar-hero-mick-jones-talks-foreigner-producing-van-halens-5150-and-hanging-out-beatles

Some Bob Dylan portraits go on display in London

http://www.monroenews.com/news/2013/aug/06/dylan-portraits-go-display-london-gallery/?in-other-news

Today's New Orleans hot music picks

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_106.html

And the Hawai'i PBS station creates an ono documentary about...Uncle Tom Moffatt!

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

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

R.I.P. to jazz legend George Duke

http://www.bet.com/news/music/2013/08/06/jazz-legend-george-duke-dies-at-67.html

Sirius/XM starts a new Jazz Hall of Fame

http://www.jazzcorner.com/news/display.php?news=3871

Some guitar loops for pop music

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2013/08/05/guitar-loops-for-pop-music/

The first U.S. Beatles concert in pictures

http://www.windsorstar.com/Photos+capture+first+Beatles+concert/8745199/story.html

Hot Tuesday tunes in NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/08/new_orleans_music_hot_picks_fo_105.html

Buddy Guy makes the blues radio-ready

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/21743293-421/buddy-guy-makes-the-blues-radio-ready.html

International jazz musicians head to Mongolia

http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/?p=5353

Guitars from the deep

http://poststar.com/news/local/guitars-from-the-deep-instruments-patiently-crafted-using-wood-from/article_ae5cce00-fd4e-11e2-8c54-0019bb2963f4.html

Drinking in the Wellington International Ookelele Orchestra

http://entertainment.stv.tv/onstage/235059-wellington-international-ukulele-orchestra-are-a-real-tonic/

And a very happy 35th B-day to the Dirty Dozen Brass Band

http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2013/07/2903.html

Monday Music News You Can Use

"Vapor Lock" with Pragmo in Uganda

http://allafrica.com/stories/201308050597.html

A new release from the Chicago Blues All-Stars

http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=166555

Teens hold a music summit at Tip's

http://theadvocate.com/news/6696130-123/teens-hold-summit-of-soul

A new line of guitar knobs

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20130804/NEWS/130809921/1291/NEWS03?Title=Business-owner-musician-invents-guitar-accessory

The new Doctor Who has a Beatles connection

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-doctor-who-starred-two-beatles-related-productions

A visit to the 2013 Midwest Ookelele Fest

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130804/LOCAL/308049905/1002/local

Hugh Laurie salutes 'Fess in a new PBS special

http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2013/08/hugh_laurie_salutes_professor.html

Summer jazz concerts kick off at Great Falls in Jersey

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Summer_jazz_concerts_kick_off_at_Patersons_Great_Falls.html

Robert Randolph sighting

http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20130805/NJENT/308050001/Guitarist-Robert-Randolph-brings-church-music-tradition-blues-Mayo-Center-Thursday?nclick_check=1

And Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey talks guitars

http://www.eagletribune.com/sports/x1750256211/Q-A-Lackey-talks-Boston-guitar-baseball-football-food-more

Sunny Sunday Music News You Can Use

"I Chews the Blues" is back for its 8th year

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2013/08/i_chews_the_blues_continues_fo.html

Jazz lovers celebrate Bix at his gravesite

http://qctimes.com/news/jazz-lovers-celebrate-bix-at-his-gravesite/article_c281eb9d-6a18-59a6-a6ef-93e680ba63ed.html

Another road update from Frampton's Guitar Circus

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/musikfest/mc-musikfest-peter-frampton-20130803,0,7482695.story

A new Ookelele strap

http://www.gotaukulele.com/2013/08/neotech-ukulele-strap-review.html

Connick unleashed

http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Entertainment/Music/News/2013/08/03/Connick-unleashed.aspx

The Institute of Hawaiian Music announces fall auditions

http://mauinow.com/2013/08/02/uhmc-institute-of-hawaiian-music-holding-fall-auditions/

Becoming insane on Governors Island

http://joonbug.com/newyork/frequency/Go-Insane-on-Governors-Island/uHPFduVxYOg

NYC music with a Punjabi Beat

http://www.voanews.com/content/red-baraat-makes-nyc-music-with-a-punjabi-beat/1717638.html

John Popper Talks Story

http://www.darientimes.com/22289/blues-travelers-john-popper-talks-blues-stamford/

And making Latin jazz a local sound all summer

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/life/making-latin-jazz-a-local-sound-of-summer/article_189db9df-b3fd-5442-887e-00d12b2893ca.html

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Howard Levy talks about an harmonica

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-0802-jazz-scene-20130802,0,6869760.column

A new book about great Jazz guitarists

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130802/FEATURES06/308030029/Book-Review-Great-Jazz-Guitarists-?nclick_check=1

Miss Irma heads to Shreveport

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130802/ENT02/308010029/Jazz-songstress-Irma-Thomas-headline-Highland-festival?nclick_check=1

Joan Jett does the House of Blues

http://photos.mercurynews.com/2013/08/02/photos-joan-jett-at-the-house-of-blues/

Some rare Beatles pics go on display in Taos

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/02/3077144/taos-exhibit-shines-light-on-rare.html

Rare recordings by the later guitarist Tommy Bolin surface

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=193269

Guitar entertainment from Canada

http://www.alancross.ca/a-journal-of-musical-things/2013/8/1/canadian-dude-sings-plays-guitar-and-surfs-at-the-same-time.html

What's Jazzing up NYC this coming week

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/arts/music/jazz-listings-for-aug-2-8.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Baja Blues Fest time

http://www.bajatimes.com/articlesDetail.asp?sid=3303

And yet another great band name-meet Royal Teeth

http://theadvocate.com/entertainment/calendarsevents/6651889-123/royal-teeth-on-fast-track

Stormy Friday Music News You Can Use

A night at George's House

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Madhavan-is-excited-to-stay-at-George-Harrison-s-iconic-house/Article1-1101706.aspx

Air Guitar? Try Air Drumming!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/10215601/Air-guitar-Try-air-drumming.html

Two Old Hippies

http://www.twooldhippies.com/in-the-news/brand-new-kala-travel-ukulele/

The Big Apple has another jazz festival

http://music.broadwayworld.com/article/First-NEW-YORK-HOT-JAZZ-FESTIVAL-Set-for-825-20130801

Latest update from the Governor's Ball

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/08/governors_ball_25.html

How to make a cereal box guitar

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/make-a-cereal-box-guitar/story-fnivsv6l-1226684410027

Meet the Ukulocos!

http://www.rgj.com/article/20130731/MVN08/307310078/Matters-Contemplate-Ukulocos-Dayton-debut-80-year-old-autographs-found-Dayton-attic?nclick_check=1

Upcoming concerts of note in New Orleans

http://www.offbeat.com/2013/07/31/new-orleans-concerts-picks-week-august-1-7-2013/

A Barnful of Blues here in New Hampsha

http://www.newhampshire.com/article/20130801/NEWHAMPSHIRE01/130809938

And Jazz at Five returns for a 20th season

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/sounds-of-summer-jazz-at-five-returns-for-its-th/article_a674b33c-2fa8-5e2c-a946-7380f477291b.html

First Day of August Music News You Can Use

New Orleans Jazz heads to South Africa

http://www.gazettebw.com/?p=4199

The Sacramento Blues Society starts a new celebration

http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/85248/Sacramento_Blues_Society_hosts_inaugural_International_Blues_Music_Day

Hand-Picked with Earl Klugh

http://www.relix.com/blogs/exposed/2013/07/31/earl-klugh-with-jake-shimabukuro-at-the-blue-note-a-gallery

A roundup of some new guitar albums

http://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jul/31/guitar-heroes-new-albums-doc-watson-jenks-miller-a/

A new song from David Bromberg

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/song-premiere-david-bromberg-nobodys-fault-but-mine-20130731

Happy Birthday #1 to the Rye Ookelele Experiment

http://www.ryeandbattleobserver.co.uk/news/local/rye-goes-ukulele-crazy-1-5330741

While Satchmo Summerfest turns 13

http://www.nola.com/satchmofest/index.ssf/2013/07/now_in_its_13th_year_an_expand.html

Al Anderson heads home to Connecticut

http://www.courant.com/community/rocky-hill/hcrs-78000-greater-hartford-20130729,0,5764779.story

Tiki Oasis returns to San Diego

http://www.ecoronado.com/profiles/blogs/tiki-oasis-returns-to-san-diego-300720131443

And Blues from the Casbah

http://www.thejewishweek.com/arts/music/blues-casbah