Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Last Day of April Music News You Can Use

In this week's exciting episode, Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about Bruno Mars

http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/uncle-toms-gabbin/bruno-mars-entertainment-news/

While Hawai'i mourns the passing of Slack Key Legend Rev. Dennis Kamakahi, who lost his battle with cancer Monday

http://khon2.com/2014/04/28/legendary-slack-key-musician-dennis-kamakahi-dies/

Los Lobos dissolve the age barrier

http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2014/04/29/tucson-favorites-los-lobos-dissolve-the-age-barrier

"A Hard Day's Night" heads back into movie theatres

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-beatles-a-hard-days-night-headed-back-to-theaters-20140428,0,3796750.story#axzz30MqEl0ec

The Fender Strat turns 60

http://clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/2014/life-style/music/the-fender-stratocaster-space-age-guitar-still-rocking-at-60/

Meet String Stretcha

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/04/29/forget-guitar-tuning-problems-with-the-stretcha/

Max Schneider talks about his favorite Ookelele App

http://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/2014/04/29/8462119/

Who are the heaviest rock bands in Portland?

http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2014/04/portland_heaviest_rock_bands.html

A preview of Lei Day

http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/May-Day-in-Waikiki-to-feature-Hawaiian-music-5437873.php

And New Orleans Music for the last day of April includes a ton of shows at Louisiana Music Factory

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Tuesday live tuneage in New Orleans includes Alabama Slim at Bamboula's

http://classic.wunderground.com/blog/shauntanner/comment.html?entrynum=268

Vampire Weekend does JazzFest

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/vampire_weekend_brought_shapel.html

While the New Orleans Guitar Quartet also did their thing

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/guitar_quartet_shows_off_the_v.html

A visit to the Gospel Tent

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/ruby_ray_and_the_new_orleans_s.html

While Astral Project just celebrated

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/astral_project_celebrates_a_gr.html

The Blind Willie McTell Blues Fest loses one of its headliners

http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2014-04-28/los-lobos-cancels-concert-blind-willie-mctell-blues-festival

Previewing this year's Wireless Fest

http://www.wwntradio.com/news/news.php/displayType/article/16020/2014/04/wiregrass-blues-fest

Guthrie Trapp's True Grit

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/guthrie-trapps-true-grit-20140428

Looks like Hawai'i won't get an Official Musical Instrument, at least for now...

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/584939/Officials-sing-praises-of-ukulele--steel-guitar--but-Hawaii-instrument-bills-die.html?nav=5031

And today is International Jazz Day in Urbana

http://www.dailyillini.com/lifeandculture/arts_entertainment/article_9b816d7a-cf28-11e3-b882-0017a43b2370.html

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Sunday Music News You Can Use

A limited edition today, all JazzFest stuff

Today's live WWOZ broadcasts

http://www.wwoz.org/programs/live-events

A JazzFest chat with Ruben Blades

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/ruben_blades_interviewed_at_ne.html

While Public Enemy muted its presence

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/public_enemy_muted_its_musical.html

"Injuns, Here They Come"

http://wgno.com/2014/04/25/cha-wa-injuns-here-they-come/

And what the national media are saying about JazzFest

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/what_the_national_media_are_sa.html

Friday, April 25, 2014

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

All roads in New Orleans today head to the Fair Grounds, as it's JazzFest Day 1

http://www.wwoz.org/programs/live-events

The 2014 Chicago Blues Festival is announced

http://www.theintelligencer.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_daa84b38-cbde-11e3-b727-001a4bcf887a.html

While next month's Crawfish Fest in New Jersey is also ready to roll

http://www.nj.com/warrenreporter/index.ssf/2014/04/crawfish_fest_set_for_may_30-j.html

Joe Satriani talks about Mick

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/04/24/guitar-giant-joe-satriani-on-making-strange-beautiful-music-and-jamming-with/

Cool Job 101

http://www.metromodemedia.com/features/zachgreenreverandguitar0343.aspx

Remembering a 1974 George Harrison show in Tulsa

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/throwback-tulsa-critic-found-tulsa-rock-fans-appalling-in/article_fa7a8236-cb35-11e3-9ff1-001a4bcf6878.html

Los Lobos get Elementary

http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/music/los-lobos-recruit-white-elementary-mariachi-program-members-to-open/article_0fa639f7-7607-5f6b-a354-6c4bacfd1a79.html

A new book about Huey "Piano" Smith

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2014/04/the_reclusive_huey_piano_smith.html

A preview of next week's Mele on the Beach

http://waikiki.hawaiinewsnow.com/news/events/356163-first-ever-waikiki-may-day-mele-beach

And Happy 20th to Aloha Joe!

http://www.dailybulletin.com/arts-and-entertainment/20140423/aloha-joe-celebrating-20-years-of-island-music

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Last day before JazzFest starts in New Orleans; Kermit Ruffins plays at Louis Armstrong Park

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

A preview of this weekend's Jazz & Fusion Festival in Ghana

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=306991

Another preview of Bob Wills Day

http://newsok.com/byron-berline-red-dirt-rangers-monica-taylor-and-more-to-play-stillwater-concert-honoring-bob-wills-thursday/article/4412400

Boogie Stomp!

http://www.qgazette.com/news/2014-04-23/Features/Boogie_Stomp_100_Years_Of_American_Piano_Music.html

Alligator Records' founder gets his due

http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/04/23/bruce-iglauer-to-be-presented-with-a-lifetime-achievement-award-by-a2im/

Ovation is closing its guitar factory in Connecticut

http://www.kswt.com/story/25317214/ovation-guitar-factory-in-conn-closing

Should the Ookelele be the Hawai'i State Instrument?

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20140422_Choosing_Hawaii_state_instrument_proves_difficult.html

13 famous Merseysiders named George

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/st-georges-day-gallery---7021894

Joe Louis Walker gets ready to ramble

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/beaucoup/8942912-171/joe-louis-walker-rambled-with

And R.I.P. to Steve Backer, who helped guide several jazz labels

 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/arts/music/steve-backer-advocate-for-jazz-records-dies-at-76.html?_r=0

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Monday, April 21, 2014

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Easter Sunday Music News You Can Use

Easter Sunday music in New Orleans includes Duke Heitger's Steamboat Stompers doing an Easter Sunday Buffet on the Steamboat Natchez

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Next weekend is Bob Wills Day in Turkey (the one in Texas)

http://lubbockonline.com/travel/2014-04-20/bob-wills-day-celebrated-next-weekend-turkey

Teaching kids the Blues with Hawkeye Herman

http://kunc.org/post/hawkeye-herman-teaches-children-how-blues-had-baby

Jake heads to Pocatello

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/ukulele-wizard-jake-shimabukuro-to-perform-in-pocatello/article_d3723b94-c742-11e3-9986-0019bb2963f4.html

Blue Note remembers the late Jim Hall

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/showandtell/blue-note-jim-hall-tribute-show-missing-man-formation-guitar-giant-blog-entry-1.1761636

Starr of the show

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/postcard-starr-of-the-show-20140417-36t0h.html

The schedule is set for Shorty Fest 2014

http://www.jambands.com/news/2014/04/19/schedule-set-for-shorty-fest-2014

The art of great sax playing

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/north-wales-jazz-art-themen-7010862

A report from this year's Deni Blues and Roots Fest

http://www.noise11.com/news/deni-blues-and-roots-festival-increases-numbers-20140420

And a sighting of the California Guitar Trio

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/performance/article_9811bc24-c66f-11e3-9432-0019bb2963f4.html

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Saturday Music News You Can Use

Saturday music in New Orleans includes the Gaynielle Neville CD release party at the Maple Leaf

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Bringing bass guitar to the Lebanese music scene

http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/meii/features/2014/04/18/feature-03

Eight totally bizarre guitar solos

http://www.musictimes.com/articles/5555/20140417/eight-totally-bizarre-guitar-solos-led-zeppelin-neil-young-and-more.htm

McCartney's brother says it's good  he was never a Beatle

http://www.fox23news.com/entertainment/story/McCartneys-brother-says-its-good-he-wasnt-a-Beatle/PEhXOoKoVkeB6FKLDz7CZw.cspx

The Spirit of 'Fess lives on at JazzFest

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/spirit-of-professor-longhair-alive-at-new-orleans-jazz-and-heritage-festival/2014/04/17/fa5da3e8-be6d-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html

A new music series takes shape in Hawai'i

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/cf41041225ff4c02aeb926139ac3b789/HI--Hawaiian-Music

Talking about Jazz at Berklee

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/04/17/what-talk-about-when-talk-about-jazz/v71FdmtZYALvT58NN6iejP/story.html

Some new drum and guitar loops

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2014/04/18/guitar-and-drum-loops/

The story of how Kevin Moore changed his name

http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-511115/

And JazzFest for Beginners

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/travel/article/Jazz-Fest-for-beginners-Negotiating-New-Orleans-5413640.php

Friday, April 18, 2014

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Friday's live music in New Orleans includes Guitar Slim Jr. at Bullet's

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

A first peek at this year's lineup for the Lowell Folk Festival

http://lowellsummermusic.org/page.php?wpage=root/eventdetail.htm&Event=LSMS-E40796&utm_source=Lowell+Folk+Festival+-+Fri%2C+July+25+-+Sun%2C+July27&utm_campaign=Folk+Festival&utm_medium=email

Talking about Jazz at Berklee

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/04/17/what-talk-about-when-talk-about-jazz/v71FdmtZYALvT58NN6iejP/story.html

The 12 Points Plan

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-12-points-plan-a-high-risk-jazz-venture-where-all-acts-are-equal-1.1765423

A Blues Challenge in CT

http://www.dolphin-news.com/articles/2014/04/17/entertainment/doc534ea9ca0ef38976127985.txt

Carolyn Martin remembers a pioneer of Stupid Music

http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/peter-cooper/2014/04/17/nashvilles-carolyn-martin-pays-tribute-milton-brown/7798875/

More than the strum of its parts

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/ukulele-more-than-strum-of-its-parts-20140416-36s48.html

A new video from Neal Schon

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/journey-guitarist-neal-schon-what-you-want-video-released/

All Ringo's got is a Photograph

http://www.genesis-publications.com/News/all-ive-got-is-a-photograph-ringo-starr/1704

And R.I.P. to legendary Tulsa guitar teacher Dick Gordon Sr.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/dick-gordon-sr-legendary-tulsa-guitar-instructor-and-musician-dies/article_cdfd61d6-c646-11e3-89c8-001a4bcf6878.html

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Thursday music in New Orleans includes Susan Cowsill @ Chickie Wah Wah

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar?start_date=2014-04-17

Taj Mahal heads to Lake Tahoe

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/southshore/11012530-113/taj-blues-mahal-music

Minglewood turns 50

http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/2014-04-16/article-3691760/Minglewood-marks-five-decades-of-Rockin%26rsquo%3B-the-Blues/1

Celebrating Mingus in Nogales

http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/music/nogales-jazz-music-festival-strengthens-mingus-legacy/article_d768db41-f807-5c4a-8d77-bdb50912f3ab.html

Music at Main returns to Visalia

http://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/article/20140416/ENTERTAINMENT04/304160043/Jazz-classical-music-combine-Music-Main?nclick_check=1

How musicians stay original

http://www.examiner.com/article/jazz-comp-how-musicians-stay-original

Uncle Hugh is fooling around with steel drums again...

http://www.panonthenet.com/news/2014/apr/masekela-siparia-deltones-project-4-16-2014.htm

Eugene Levy gets a new TV show

http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/pins+hopes+Eugene+Levy+comedy/9742703/story.html

Tulane launches a new music website

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/04/tulane_launches_expansive_new.html

And another report from Coachella 2014

http://www.pe.com/iguide/coachella-music-arts-festival/coachella-music-arts-festival-headlines/20140416-coachella-2014-preservation-hall-jazz-band-seasons-indio-with-new-orleans-flavor.ece

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1967, when Herb Talbot and the Tijuana Tin came to Honalula

http://www.midweek.com/bruno-mars-traveling-party-town/

Hump Day New Orleans music includes Acoustic Jam Night at the All American Sports Saloon

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Can Jazz Music help you slim down?

https://ca.shine.yahoo.com/blogs/shine-on/jazz-music-help-slim-down-strange-tricks-keep-185642044.html

Odyssey of the mind

http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-20987-odyssey-of-the-mind.html

The Waukesha Blues Fest announces its 2014 lineup

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/userstoriessubmitted/255376991.html

Running from the Taxman

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rock-bands-taxes/

JamPlay launches online guitar lessons

http://www.consumerelectronicsnet.com/article/JamPlay-Launches-Online-Guitar-Lessons-3184947

The Reading Ookelele Group is looking for new members

http://www.getreading.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/reading-ukulele-group-invites-new-6990926

Record Store Day in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/04/record_store_day_in_new_orlean.html

And last but certainly by no means least, new music from NRBQ!

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2014/04/song-premiere-nrbq-im/

Monday, April 14, 2014

Friday, April 11, 2014

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

They say it's MY Birthday...

Friday Music in New Orleans includes Dry County Whiskey at Checkpoint Charlie

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Latest Stupid Music News

http://setexasrecord.com/arguments/295521-texas-times-celebrating-the-king-of-western-swing

Jazz singer, meet big band

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/arts/music/jane-monheit-and-friends-at-birdland.html?_r=0

Bangalore's Ode to the Blues

http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/bangalores-ode-to-the-blues

A preview of this weekend's Reggae Fest in Palm Beach

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/entertainment/reggae-fest-exotic-car-auction-among-top-events-th/nfXZf/

John Mayall, the grandfather of British Blues

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/article4059001.ece

Hanck's a lot happier behind the sax

http://www.timesheraldonline.com/thearts/ci_25544282/hancks-lot-happier-behind-sax

A preview of this year's Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Fest

http://www.pressregister.com/news/article_7d9190cc-c0c5-11e3-acbc-0019bb2963f4.html

These Zebra Finches play Les Paul guitars

http://www.slate.com/blogs/wild_things/2014/04/10/bird_guitar_art_exhibit_c_leste_boursier_mougenot_zebra_finch_guitar_installation.html?wpisrc=burger_bar

And Maha plays for Palestine

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/life-style/art-and-culture/2014/04/10/Jazz-guitar-legend-John-McLaughlin-plays-for-Palestine.html

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Thursday Music News You Can Use

Thursday live music in New Orleans includes Fat$inatra at the Apple Barrel

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

R.I.P. to Jazz Crusader Wayne Henderson

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/10/arts/music/wayne-henderson-a-founder-of-the-jazz-crusaders-dies-at-74.html?_r=0

A preview of this year's Tampa Bay Blues Fest

http://www.wtsp.com/story/entertainment/television/studio10/2014/04/10/b3-tampa-blues-festival/7467503/

James Hill sighted in Edmonton

http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/music/Concert+preview+Lowly+ukulele+reaches+heights/9720091/story.html

Kiss off, Rock Hall of Fame!

http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Kiss+rock+hall+fame/9719640/story.html

The worst Fake Guitar playing you will ever see on TV

http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Worst-Fake-Guitar-Playing-You-Ever-See-Happened-Live-TV-63317.html

In a drummer's beat, the sounds of old New Orleans

http://www.theneworleansadvocate.com/beaucoup/8820005-171/in-a-drummers-beat-the

Hawaiian Music on O'ahu: a lush scene

http://www.newsday.com/travel/hawaiian-music-on-oahu-a-lush-scene-1.7655965

A first look at the lineup for 2014 at Mondavi

http://napavalleyregister.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/jazz-swing-and-pop-music-in-the-mix-for-mondavi/article_89bf99ac-c057-11e3-b605-001a4bcf887a.html

And the Thelonious Monk Institute shuffles off to Buffalo

http://www.buffalonews.com/gusto/tuned-in/thelonious-monk-institute-brings-peer-to-peer-jazz-program-to-buffalo-20140409

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Congrats to the UConn Lady Huskies on a perfect season! 40-0.

Poi Boy Uncle Tom Moffatt gabs about Hawaii's new surf rock band, Men in Grey Suits

http://www.midweek.com/sheldon-simeon-heather-locklear-entertainment-news/

Hump Day live music in New Orleans includes Walter "Wolfman" Washington at d.b.a.

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

A report from this year's Southside Music Fest in MI

http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20140408/ENTERTAINMENT08/304080017?nclick_check=1

A new 60 Minutes music poll is out

http://www.spin.com/articles/jazz-more-important-than-hip-hop-60-minutes-poll/

Previewing this weekend's Baton Rouge Blues Festival

http://www.nola.com/music/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2014/04/blues_events_in_baton_rouge_su.html

R.I.P. to Arthur Smith, who composed "Dueling Banjos"

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/smith-guitarist-who-wrote-guitar-boogie-and-dueling-banjos-dies/article_76842aa3-94b4-5704-a8d9-993f679bd49d.html

Sir Paul will play Albany in July

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20140408/ENT/140408010/Paul-McCartney-play-Albany-July?nclick_check=1

Hugh Masekela: 75 and counting

http://mg.co.za/article/2014-04-08-hugh-masekela-75-and-counting

A 1723 Stradivarius heads to NOLA

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/04/philippe_quint_brings_star_pow.html

And R.I.P. to Bluegrass guitarist George Shuffler

http://www.acousticguitar.com/News/Bluegrass-Guitarist-George-Shuffler-1925-2014

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use

Congrats to the UConn Huskies! Given up for dead 3 weeks ago...

Tuesday music in New Orleans includes The Italian Sax Quartet at UNO

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar?start_date=2014-04-08

Guitar Wood from Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-wood-processor-supplies-guitar-giants-1.2601496

Ookeleles invade Kalamazoo

http://www.wwmt.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wwmt_ukulele-enthusiasts-growing-group-kalamazoo-19802.shtml#.U0NfCaKvPIM

Almost time for the 2014 French Quarter Fest

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/2014-french-quarter-festival/Content?oid=2416649

Honolula's Iolani Palace gets a musical fundraiser. Book him, Danno!

http://khon2.com/2014/04/06/fundraiser-concert-held-for-iolani-palace/

Jazz for Justice in Tallahassee

http://www.wctv.tv/community/headlines/Jazz-for-Justice-in-Downtown-Tallahassee-254123131.html

The $20 Million Guitar Auction That Wasn't

http://observer.com/2014/04/the-twenty-million-dollar-guitar-auction-that-wasnt-guernseys-aims-high-with-artistry-of-the-guitar-comes-up-very-short/

How to learn guitar without actually owning one!

http://www.rttnews.com/2297882/soundgarden-s-ben-shepherd-learned-guitar-without-owning-one.aspx?type=alt

The Gipsy Kings turn 25

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/04/gipsy_kings_to_celebrate_25th.html

And R.I.P. to Jazzman Cliff Brunzell

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25508312/twin-cities-jazz-musician-cliff-brunzell-golden-strings

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Gone Fishin'

Back on Monday!

Friday, April 4, 2014

Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use

Friday Music in New Orleans includes Local Skank at Tip's

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Happy #75 to South African trumpet man Hugh Masekela; here's his brand-new video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoXEuJinoQ

Jazz in the public eye

http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/music/jazz-in-the-public-eye/article_39a76fab-da06-514f-b174-9510d688b7c8.html

Ramsey Lewis is keeping things Electric

http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-ramsey-lewis-electric-band-zoellner-20140403,0,306791.story

A preview of this weekend's Gray Sky Blues Fest in Tacoma

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/04/04/3132144/beat-the-blues.html?sp=/99/1683/165/

Guitar Center retools

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwgeeks/article/Guitar-Center-Announces-Improved-Capital-Structure-Now-Poised-to-Accelerate-Growth-20140403#.Uz7KW6KvPIN

Learning guitar licks in Kabul

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/rock-school-kabul/

Comforting mourners in Mexico with guitar and accordion

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/world/americas/with-guitar-and-accordion-comforting-mexican-mourners.html?_r=0

Lab Band Jazz, Ookeleles, and a Corvette

http://theworldlink.com/lifestyles/go/lab-band-jazz-ukuleles-and-a-corvette/article_c39e05a0-bb66-11e3-8d99-001a4bcf887a.html

And Los Lobos do the Fox in Boulder

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/los-lobos-fox-theater-boulder-co-3292014-review

Happy #75, Hugh!


Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Hump Day Music News You Can Use

Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1971, when Steely Dan came to Honalula for the very first time

http://www.midweek.com/britney-spears-kristen-bell-entertainment-news/

Hump Day live music in New Orleans includes Marcia Ball at Lafayette Square

http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar

Makana teams up with the Hawai'i Pacific University Symphony

http://mauinow.com/2014/04/01/makana-performing-with-hawaii-pacific-university-symphony-orchestra/

Los Lobos in the Rockies

http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/los-lobos

Happy 10th Anniversary to the Kiddeminster Ookelele Club

http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/11106322.Ukulele_club_strums_to_mark_10th_anniversary/?ref=nt

A 1930 Martin Guitar gets ready to fetch Big Bucks

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/vintage-acoustic-guitar-fetch-2-million-nyc-article-1.1741845

Leon Russell's life journey

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/04/leon-russell-life-journey-review.html

Hugh Masekela gets ready for The Big #75

http://www.classicalite.com/articles/7046/20140401/south-african-pride-paul-simon-joins-hugh-masekelas-75th-birthday-celebration-at-jazz-at-lincoln-center-on-april-4.htm

Flashing back to 40 years ago, when Starkey and Nilsson released "Son of Dracula"

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ringo-starr-son-of-dracula/

And Jake Shimabukuro wows them at The Egg

http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/A-ukulele-virtuoso-wows-crowd-at-Egg-5364005.php