Mardi Gras Music News You Can Use

Fat Tuesday Music in NOLA includes ReBirth at The Maple Leaf

http://www.nola.com/mardigras/index.ssf/2014/03/live_music_in_new_orleans_for_1.html

First report from Portland Jazz 2014

http://oregonmusicnews.com/2014/03/03/portland-jazz-festival-2014-janice-scroggins-sublime-solo-concert/

500 video lessons from JamPlay

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1768776

Meet Gibson's 2014 Bass guitar line

http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/Meet-the-2014-Gibson-Bass-Guitar-Line.aspx

A new film about James Booker

http://thebaybridged.com/2014/03/02/noise-pop-films-bayou-maharajah-tragic-genius-james-booker/#.UxXzXc6vPIM

Where did Louis Armstrong go to school?

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/where-did-louis-armstrong-go-to-school/Content?oid=2329339

The Doncaster Blues Festival gets underway

http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/what-s-on/things-to-do/doncaster-blues-festival-gets-under-way-1-6472636

Mining Jazz's oldest streams

http://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Music/Mining-jazzs-oldest-streams-344085

House of Blues has a new menu

http://m.craveonline.com/music/articles/654007-giveaway-house-of-blues-roll-out-new-menu-offer-100-gift-card

And R.I.P. to Corpus Christie Jazz Festival co-founder Beto Garcia

http://www.kristv.com/news/local-music-icon-dies-leaving-behind-huge-coastal-bend-legacy/