Aloha Friday live Muzit in New Orleans includes Dr. Sick and His Twisted
Septet @ Buffa's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
My favorite bassist sighted!
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/mc-bakithi-kumalo-paul-simon-godfrey-daniels-20141030-story.html#page=1
Even poor guitar players have their day
http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2014/10/even_poor_guitar_players_have_their_days.html
Upcoming music from the New Zealand Wireless
http://www.listener.co.nz/entertainment/radio-week/on-radio-november-8-14-including-the-wellington-international-ukulele-orchestra/
Los Lobos head to the Wolf Den
http://www.theday.com/article/20141030/ENT10/310309570/1151/ENT
Who sang it first?
http://wwno.org/post/who-sang-it-first-mockingbirds-and-musicians-cover-each-other-new-orleans
Another new Guitar Gadget
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/10/easy-guitar-system-uses-led-lights-to-teach/
A Ween sighting!
http://missoulian.com/entertainment/music/live-in-missoula-freeman-formerly-of-ween-and-a-custom/article_2ebf3f0e-67e2-53c8-8e4d-8a0f5bcc005b.html
Remembering Lowell Fulsom in OK
http://kosu.org/post/once-derided-his-uptown-blues-lowell-fulson-now-celebrated
And Robert Johnson's deal with the devil
http://dailycollegian.com/2014/10/30/robert-johnsons-deal-with-the-devil/
Friday, October 31, 2014
All Hallow's Eve Music News You Can Use
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Thursday Music News You Can Use
Thursday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes Mem Shannon @ Bamboula's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
The Blues Foundation is losing its CEO
http://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2014/oct/30/blues-foundation-ceo-to-step-down-in-2015/
Moses gets the party started
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/moses-gets-the-party-started-at-akbank-jazz-festival.aspx?pageID=238&nID=73617&NewsCatID=383
A Time Jumpers Sighting is always good Stupid Music News
http://www.countylinemagazine.com/November-December-2014/The-Time-Jumpers-Set-To-Perform-in-Greenville/
The Top 10 Fuzzy Guitar Hits
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/10/29/the-top-10-list-fuzzy-guitar-hits/
Curtain Call
http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/curtain-call-jake-shimabukuro-rock-n-roll-ukulele-star/
How the Ookelele took Britain by storm
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/ukulele-took-Britain-storm/story-23720234-detail/story.html
An old master in fine fettle
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/29/hugh-masekela-somi-barbican-review
Meet Jive Flamingo!
http://www.wafb.com/story/27152454/jive-flamingo-serves-as-cheerleaders-for-undiscovered-baton-rouge-music-scene
And this Doctor treats injured horns
http://wgno.com/2014/10/28/this-doctor-fixes-injured-horns/
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Hump Day Music News You Can Use
Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about the new show he's doing with Elton John
http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/uncle-toms-gabbin/elton-john-renee-puente-kanye-west-entertainment-news/
Wednesday live Muzit in New Orleans includes T Bone Stone & The Happy
Monsters @ Checkpoint Charlie
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Who's playing at the 2015 Blast Furnace Blues Festival
http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/lehigh-valley-music/mc-heritage-blues-orchestra-shemekia-copeland-who-competed-for-2013-blues-grammy-award-will-headline-a-20141028-column.html
The Hawai'i Film Festival kicks off year 34
http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2014/10/28/hawaii_international_film_festival_hiff_2014
A jazz seminar at Pitt
http://triblive.com/aande/music/6977541-74/jazz-allen-university#axzz3HXiGqJlr
3D printed guitars hit the road
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/klaxons-sheffield-university-3d-printed-guitars-1.415231
George Harrison: The notes you never hear
http://www.videtteonline.com/index.php/2014/10/27/george-harrison-the-notes-you-never-hear/
Uncle Hugh plays London's Barbican Hall
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/hugh-masekela-barbican-hall--music-review-9823206.html
A new documentary about New Orleans Music
http://nolavie.com/documentary-director-concentrates-on-the-lives-of-new-orleans-influenced-musicians-42821/
And R.I.P. to Staten Island's Mandolin Brother Stan Jay
http://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation-stan-m-jay-staten-islands-mandolin-brothers-dies-71
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Stormy Tuesday Music News You Can Use
Tuesday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes the Smoke & Bones R & B All
Stars @ Chickie Wah Wah
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
A roundup of some new recordings
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2014/10/27/a-jazz-retrieval-a-beatles-translation-cat-stevens-redux-new-recordings/
Another Blues club closes its doors
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/kalamazoos_home_for_the_blues.html
Why pop-turned-jazz stars just ain't got that swing
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/27/pop-turned-jazz-stars-lady-gaga-annie-lennox
Another member of the Bob Wills clan enters the realm of Stupid Music
http://www.menafn.com/1093991959/Vancils-new-album-took-an-interesting-turn-when-Wills-showed-up
"When dogs hear my album, they get soppy"
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/sylvie-simmons-when-dogs-hear-my-album-they-get-soppy-1.1973111
Someone is missing a guitar (and a goat)
http://www.ocala.com/article/20141027/ARTICLES/141029698?Title=Live-goat-and-Blake-Shelton-autographed-guitar-reported-stolen
George Harrison remembers...
http://kearth101.cbslocal.com/2014/10/27/radio-com-minimation-george-harrison-recalls-paul-mccartneys-trumpet-playing-days/
Soundtrack of a Nation
http://worldmusiccentral.org/2014/10/27/oslo-world-music-festival-to-present-soundtrack-of-a-nation-seminar/
And Eric Clapton's tribute to Jack Bruce
http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=2855196
Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday Music News You Can Use
Saints fans are happy this morning! Monday live Muzit in NOLA includes
Pup @ The BEATnik
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
"The Hickenlooper Blues"
http://thegunwriter.blogs.heraldtribune.com/18202/video-the-hickenlooper-blues/
Jazz music gets a Russian flavour
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/jazz-music-gets-a-russian-flavour/article1-1279206.aspx
Stratocasters are making waves
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/stratocaster-639751-fender-guitar.html
A Wishbone Ash sighting
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/what-s-on/leisure-lifestyle/music-twin-guitar-rock-pioneers-head-for-bourne-1-6374545
Don't walk alone
http://www.thestar.com.my/Travel/Europe/2014/10/27/Dont-walk-alone-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-The-Beatles-in-Liverpool/
A preview of the Metro Halloween Bash in New Orleans
http://www.myneworleans.com/My-New-Orleans/Calendar/index.php/name/The-Metropolitan-Halloween-Bash-2014/event/11210/
The Godfather returns
http://www.lep.co.uk/what-s-on/music/the-godfather-returns-1-6915608
Annie Lennox: The Jazz Singer
http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/annie-lennox-jazz-singer
And meet the next generation of steel guitarists
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/next-generation-of-steel-guitarists-show-their-stuff-at-annual/article_6ecc7848-2928-5412-8651-bf52cdc6ed0a.html
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Sunday Music News You Can Use
Sunday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes Hit It & Quit @ BMC
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
R.I.P. to the great Jack Bruce
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/us/jack-bruce-creams-adventurous-bassist-dies-at-71.html?
Jazz for the Soul
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/jazz-for-the-soul/15711155
Deep Blues from Madagascar
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29748134
Bob Dylan does Bob Wills!
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-bob-dylan-review-night-one-three-hollywood-dolby-grim-20141025-column.html
Playing guitar just got easier
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/playing-guitar-just-easier-its-4501628
Remembering Geoff Nugent
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/musician-friends-pay-tribute-undertakers-7994282
30 years of Hawaiian Music, Mau'i Style
http://mauinow.com/2014/10/24/kpoa-celebrates-30-years-of-hawaiian-music-maui-style/
Herbie Hancock gets honored at The Apollo
http://www.modbee.com/2014/10/25/3609927_hancock-honored-at-jazz-benefit.html?sp=/99/2628/1514/&rh=1
And Ringo remembers Jack Bruce
http://www.examiner.com/article/ringo-starr-other-friends-pay-tribute-to-bass-player-jack-bruce
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Saturday Music News You Can Use
Saturday live Muzit in New Orleans includes Little Freddie King @
Audubon Charter School
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Guy Davis sighting...next stop, Brattleboro!
http://www.reformer.com/news/ci_26794976/multifaceted-blues-musician-guy-davis-be-at-next
A visit to Wally's Heritage Jazz Cafe in Boston
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/10/24/the-boston-music-scene-wallys-heritage-jazz-cafe/
Flamenco, Jazz and Folk music on the streets of Hanoi
http://tuoitrenews.vn/features/23529/flamenco-jazz-and-folk-music-on-the-streets-of-hanoi
Los Lobos get ready to perform yet another one of their classic albums live
http://www.stardem.com/entertainment/music/article_5f452050-6dda-54e3-af80-3a4bb5c46ab9.html
Duke of the Uke
http://www.thereporter.com/billboard_old2/ci_26788988/holokahi-is-duke-uke
Scorsese is doing a Grateful Dead documentary
http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/12285-martin-scorses-to-jam-out-with-a-comprehensive-grateful-dead-documentary.html
Go snowboarding on a Martin Guitar!
http://www.sonicstate.com/amped/2014/10/24/go-snowboarding-on-a-martin-guitar/
Remembering Steve and Cassie Gaines of Lynyrd Skynyrd
http://grandlakenews.com/features/article_5cf75770-f94a-532b-b94a-288eb1966f6e.html
And Foo Fighters get the "60 Minutes" treatment this Sunday
http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/orleans/2014/10/23/see-foo-fighters-play-pres-hall-on-60-minutes-sunday/17800001/
Friday, October 24, 2014
Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use
Friday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes The Topcats @ Mid-City Rock
'n' Bowl
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Professor Al Kooper's weekly lecture includes a rare Chet Atkins cut
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/new-music-for-old-people-joe-bonamassa-chet-atkins-lady-gaga-leonard-cohen-more/
The Boston music scene: The difference between Jazz and Blues
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/10/23/the-boston-music-scene-the-difference-between-jazz-and-blues/
Music under the stars
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/coastal_current/entertainment/article_83ba0bf2-5abf-11e4-8d60-001a4bcf6878.html
A new Halloween anthology album
http://worldmusiccentral.org/2014/10/24/blues-blues-hoodoo-halloween-scary-blues-jazz-1925-1961/
The Ookelele comes to Custer
http://rapidcityjournal.com/blackhillstogo/arts-music/sound-check/ukulele-group-in-custer-gains-momentum/article_eae1731c-9baa-55a1-8667-c7bb91213866.html
Midge Ure's guitar is up for auction
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/midge-ures-guitar-up-auction-4493367
Meet another Los
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/music/la-santa-cecilia-carries-on-the-los-angeles-music-tradition/article_1abff696-5a44-11e4-ab48-001a4bcf6878.html
Who sang it first?
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/23/358317690/who-sang-it-first-mockingbirds-and-musicians-cover-each-other-in-new-orleans
And R.I.P. to Liverpool legend Alvin Stardust
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/alvin-stardust-dies-at-72-7985765
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use
Thursday live Muzit in NOLA includes Black Pot Kick-Off @ Blue Moon
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
"George is a Hero"
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/shepard-fairey-on-george-harrison-poster-george-is-a-hero-20141021
Three to See in Sacramento
http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/music-news-reviews/article3272726.html
Los Lobos return to "Austin City Limits"
http://kenw.org/post/los-lobosthao-get-down-stay-down-austin-city-limits-november-8th
Remembering Sir Paul's flop from 30 years ago
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-give-my-regards/
Middle schoolers help restore New York Harbor
http://www.greenpointnews.com/news/6508/williamsburg-middle-schoolers-help-restore-new-york-harbor
Meet the Survivor Girl Ookelele Project
http://hometown-pasadena.com/creative-types/laurie-kallevigs-survivor-girl-ukulele-project/90565
Confessions of a Beatlemaniac
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/real-lives/evening-read-confessions-beatlemaniac--7974110
"Guitar in the Space Age!"
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/10/21/3492702_critics-pick-bill-frisells-guitar.html?sp=/99/684/&rh=1
And this Swedish rocker can make the ugliest guitar sounds possible
http://www.avclub.com/article/swedish-rocker-can-make-ugliest-guitar-sounds-poss-210823
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Hump Day Music News You Can Use
Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1974, when Joe Cocker came to
Honalula
http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/uncle-toms-gabbin/jason-mraz-lhey-bella-entertainment-news/
Live Muzit for Hump Day in New Orleans includes Macy Gray @ Tip's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
The R & B Hall of Fame is looking for a home
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/2183877b2f3746e2a563189a525e8813/MS--R-and-B-Museum-Clarksdale/
A new perspective on Jazz
http://www.thecherawchronicle.com/news/opinion-opinion_columns/150245831/A-new-perspective-on-jazz
Hawaiian Independence through art
http://www.kaleo.org/features/ea-mai-ka-p-mai-expresses-hawaiian-independence-through-art/article_f4da20be-5976-11e4-b46c-001a4bcf6878.html
Les Paul on electrifying his guitar
http://www.mojo4music.com/17033/les-paul-inventing-electric-guitar/
Ringo's Top 6
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2014/10/top_six_best_ringo_starr_appearances_on_tv_or_in_the_movies.php
The Wellington International Ookelele Orchestra sell out
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1410/S00445/wellington-international-ukulele-orchestra-sell-out.htm
Oslo celebrates World Music
http://theforeigner.no/pages/entertainment/oslo-celebrates-world-music/
And the little-known musicians behind some of music's most famous moments
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/21/little-known-musicians-famous-moments-baker-street
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Tuesday Music News You Can Use
Tuesday live Muzit in New Orleans
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Brian Setzer is giving an axe to the Smithsonian
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/10/brian-setzer-stray-cats-musician-to-donate-guitar-to-the-smithsonian-108253.html
Leon Live is still a treat
http://www.kitsapsun.com/entertainment/music/music-leon-live-is-still-a-treat_77884476
While Ringo is the new face of Skechers
http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2014/10/20/ringo-starr-skechers-ad-campaign/
Los Lobos do Yardley Hall
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article3077273.html
Checking out this year's New Orleans Film Festival
http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/10/new_orleans_film_festival_2014_3.html
A new HBO music show (It's great, by the way)
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/life/2014/10/19/dave-grohl-hbo-series/17584891/
George Clinton solves a Funkadelic guitar solo mystery
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/funkadelic-get-off-your-ass-and-jam-solo/
Earl Klugh heads to Saginaw Valley
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/10/saginaw_valley_state_universit_18.html
And a recap of this past weekend's BBQ and Blues Fest in NOLA
http://www.nola.com/festivals/index.ssf/2014/10/crescent_city_blues_bbq_festiv_1.html
Monday, October 20, 2014
Monday Music News You Can Use
Monday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes Sweet Deluxe @ Bamboula's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Polish Jazz travels to Istanbul
http://www.todayszaman.com/arts-culture_polish-jazz-and-experimental-music-fest-visits-istanbul_362065.html
Get some "Big Apple Blues"
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/10/19/tomas-doncker-big-apple-blues/
Exploring where the Fab Four lived in Liverpool
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-29642223
Hugh Masekela heads to County Cork
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/jazz-hugh-masekela-and-the-cork-jazz-festival-30672136.html
Another new guitar gadget
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/city/inventor-lewin-day-creates-new-single-guitar-pedal-to-replace-multiple-gadgets/story-fni9lkxa-1227095396750?nk=33f5a92f1027f16b18f923ee63d35e5b
Play that Funky Ookelele, White Boy!
http://www.capitalgazette.com/lifestyle/ph-ac-cn-hiaasen-1019-20141019,0,3044362.column
A visit to New Orleans' Live Oak Cafe
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2014/10/19/live-oak-cafe-focuses-on-emerging-musicians
More than just a garage band
http://www.fltimes.com/lifestyle/article_8c8dd614-5560-11e4-ac2c-a75108a4b37f.html
And yet another new online guitar lesson
http://digitaljournal.com/pr/2267031
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Sunday Music News You Can Use
Sunday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes the Abita Springs Farmers
Market @ Abita Springs Trailhead
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
R.I.P. to Manhattan Transfer founder Tim Hauser
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/arts/music/tim-hauser-the-founder-of-the-manhattan-transfer-dies-at-72.html?_r=0
A new book about the Blues reviewed
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/life/2014/10/18/book-review-tune-charley-patton-jimmie-rodgers/17515769/
Jazz on Tap
http://www.theintell.com/life-style/arts-entertainment/jazz-on-tap/article_5f5e2adf-c4f4-575b-a04b-3c65f6e06383.html
Got Poi?
http://www.latimes.com/travel/hawaii/la-tr-taro-hawaii-20141019-story.html
Next stop Brattleboro!
http://www.sentinelsource.com/business/business_news/brattleboro-musician-offers-online-guitar-lessons/article_b80a5eee-2703-5458-a443-8aa75cb9d95c.html
The Ohio State Marching Band has a new viral video
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2014/10/41917/video-the-ohio-state-university-marching-band-rocks-out-smashes-guitar-in-halftime-show
A New Orleans school band in Paris
http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20141018-post-katrina-new-orleans-school-band-talkin-loud-paris
Jazz Sax from Israel
http://qctimes.com/entertainment/israeli-jazz-sax-player-melds-world-rhythms/article_52750c0f-c261-525b-8fa0-52955d7ecb1f.html
And 7 great artists who switched genres early in their careers
http://www.musictimes.com/articles/12763/20141018/7-great-artists-who-switched-genres-early-careers-pink-floyd-beastie-boys-more.htm
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Saturday Music News You Can Use
Say Aloha to Foliage Season!
Live Muzit for Saturday in New Orleans includes OK Go @ Tip's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Clearwater's Jazz Holiday kicks off
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/clearwater-jazz-holiday-kicks-off-with-earth-wind-and-fire/2202584
New music from Chance the Rapper
http://www.nme.com/news/chance-the-rapper/80457
Get ready for "Sonic Highways"
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/17/sonic-highways-premiere-review-foo-fighters-hbo/
Hawaiian Slack Key comes to NYC
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/arts/music/masters-of-hawaiian-music-play-at-subculture.html?_r=0
Shake it Down
http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/10/17/shake-listen-public-access-t-v-s-snazzy-new-guitar-rock-bopper-mirror/
A couple of concert webcasts for this weekend
http://www.forbes.com/sites/janelevere/2014/10/17/new-orleans-and-brazilian-ragtime-concerts-to-be-webcast-this-weekend/
Music on the Mile
http://stockton-central.news10.net/news/arts-culture/378483-music-mile
Latest Beatles News from Marinucci
http://www.examiner.com/article/next-george-harrison-rarities-set-won-t-be-soon-mccartney-atlanta-set-list
And new life for Governors Island's PS 26
http://news.artnet.com/in-brief/governors-island-schoolhouse-to-become-artists-studios-136695
Friday, October 17, 2014
Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use
Friday Live Muzit in New Orleans includes Soul Asylum @ Tip's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Our weekly music lesson from Professor Al Kooper!
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/new-music-for-old-people-zz-hill-rev-gary-davis-curtis-stigers-andy-stochansky-and-more/
R.I.P. to bluesman Chris Aaron
http://www.postcrescent.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/16/fox-valley-blues-artist-chris-aaron-dies/17352087/
Jazz electrified
http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/10/17/entertainment/jazz-electrified/396493.html
Bruce Hornsby goes...classical?
http://www.wisconsingazette.com/music/pop-and-jazz-artist-bruce-hornsby-goes-classical.html
Time for another Experience Hendrix tour
http://www.fresnobee.com/welcome_page/?shf=/2014/10/16/4182277_zakk-wylde-joins-other-guitar.html
Yet another viral Ookelele video
http://uproxx.com/webculture/2014/10/the-worlds-best-cat-ruined-this-womans-ukulele-solo/
Hugh Masekela is pining for the fjords
http://freemuse.org/archives/8281
Ringo practices the hospital handshake
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/columnists/hoffman/article/Ringo-practices-the-hospital-handshake-5825264.php
And Los Lobos remain hungry
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/after-40-years-of-reinventing-randb-and-rock-n-roll-los-lobos-remain-hungry/Content?oid=4738322
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Stormy Thursday Music News You Can Use
Back to a full plate today
Thursday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes a preview of this
weekend's Crescent City Blues and BBQ Fest @ Lafayette Square
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Another island in NYC gets ready for a redo
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/nyregion/on-an-island-under-vines-officials-see-a-future-park.html?_r=0
Smooth Recovery
http://www.medicaldaily.com/smooth-recovery-jazz-music-lessens-anxiety-patients-undergoing-surgery-307152
Time again for Jazzmandu
http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/10/16/entertainment/jazzmandu-kicks-off-from-today/396434.html
Meet the Hula Honeys
http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/532936/Hula-Honeys.html?nav=39
A visit to a guitar fix-it factory
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20141015000636
Remember The Flesh Eaters?
http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp/2014/10/15/39838/la-punk-experimentalists-the-flesh-eaters-remember/
6 new apps to tune your guitar
http://www.macworld.com/article/2826691/getting-in-tune-6-apps-for-tuning-your-guitar.html
Even for a pro, playing with a Beatle is a heady experience
http://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/news/2014-10-15/Arts_%28and%29_Entertainment_News/Even_for_a_pro_playing_with_a_Beatle_is_a_heady_ex.html
And Jason Mraz heads to Honalula
http://khon2.com/2014/10/14/jason-mraz-returns-for-three-hawaii-shows/
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Hump Day Music News You Can Use
Abbreviated edition today...
Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1986
http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/uncle-toms-gabbin/pamela-anderson-candice-swanepoel-entertainment-news/#16230
The LA Guitar Quartet goes Zen
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/los_angeles_guitar_quartet_to.html
First report from this year's Ubuntu Fest in NYC
http://www.travelpulse.com/news/destinations/south-africa-ubuntu-festival-kicks-off-at-carnegie-hall.html
Starkey heads to Ft. Lauderdale
http://www.southflorida.com/music/sf-ringo-starr-broward-center-20141013,0,639340.story
And dueling Ookelele Orchestras heading to court?
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/14/duelling-ukulele-orchestras-may-take-turf-war-to-high-court
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Tuesday Music News You Can Use
Tuesday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes Treme Brass Band @ d.b.a.
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Boulder is losing its Blues club
http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2014/10/blues_greens_boulder_outlook_closing.php
Clearwater Jazz gets ready to kick off
http://www.tbnweekly.com/editorial/local_entertainment/concerts/content_articles/101414_leconcert-01.txt
Music from Death's Doorstep
http://www.npr.org/2014/10/12/354599863/music-from-deaths-doorstep-a-conversation-with-flying-lotus
The metaphysical loneliness of George Harrison
http://pitchfork.com/features/overtones/9522-notes-you-never-hear-the-metaphysical-loneliness-of-george-harrison/
Joe Perry visits a guitar shop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141013/news/141019285/
Marinucci files a final report on this year's Beatles festival in LA
http://www.examiner.com/article/l-a-fest-for-beatles-fans-was-three-days-of-fun-and-music
A new Ookelele World Record set
http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/11531328.Ukulele_record_set_at_home_of_Saints/
Celebrating Jelly Roll Morton's birthday
http://www.myneworleans.com/My-New-Orleans/Calendar/index.php/name/Jelly-Roll-Mortons-Birthday-Celebration/event/11130/
And R.I.P. to Undertakers guitarist Geoff Nugent
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/death-undertakers-geoff-nugent-tributes-7928712
Monday, October 13, 2014
Columbus Day Music News You Can Use
Hare we go! Columbus Day Live Muzit in New Orleans includes Charmaine
Neville @ Snug Harbor
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Checking out this year's 18th and Vine Street Jazz & Blues Fest
http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article2689295.html
There's a guitar shop in Fairport!
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/local/communities/blogs/fairport-perinton/2014/10/11/theres-a-guitar-shop-in-fairport/17132675/
G.E. Smith sighting
http://danspapers.com/2014/10/g-e-smith-brings-guitar-mastery-to-bay-street/
Two Men, Two Scooters, Two Ookeleles
http://www.siouxlandmatters.com/story/d/story/two-men-two-scooters-and-two-ukuleles-for-a-good-c/71464/d9TBWVnCwEqbgbHNc9s2cg
Sir Paul does The Big Easy
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/10/paul_mccartney.html
Gypsy Jazz arrives at the Carnegie Arts Center
http://www.modbee.com/2014/10/11/3584853_gypsy-jazz-arrives-at-carnegie.html?sp=/99/2628/&rh=1
David Bowie goes in a new direction
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/12/david-bowie-records-with-maria-schneider-orchestra/
Happy 25th to the Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2014/10/12/rehoboth-jazz-festival-delaware/16868881/
And a Steve Cropper sighting
http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/local-news/guitar-legend-steve-cropper-set-7923534
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sunday Music News You Can Use
Sunday live Muzit in New Orleans includes brunch with the Pfister
Sisters @ Marigny
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Getting ready for Clearwater Jazz
http://tbo.com/arts_music/thousands-expected-to-groove-at-clearwater-jazz-festival-20141012/
Kenny Wayne Shepard Talks Story
http://upstatelive.com/2014/10/11/interview-kenny-wayne-shepherd-an-insight-to-music-career-and-family/
While one of his mentors, B.B. King, cancels the rest of his tour
http://www.timesofoman.com/News/41034/Article-Blues-legend-B%20B%20-King-cancels-tour
Steve Hackett heads to NH
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Guitarist-Steve-Hackett-to-Play-Concords-Capitol-Center-1116-20141010
A new book from Jimmy Page
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/383051/lifestyle/peopleandevents/led-zeppelin-s-jimmy-page-comes-up-with-a-whole-lotta-book
I Got Uke, Babe!
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/i-got-uke-babe-1-6887916
R.I.P. to music teacher Syd Strom
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/beloved-windsor-educator-struck-a-chord-with-students
Hugh Masekela takes on New York
http://www.cctv-america.com/2014/10/10/legendary-south-african-musician-masekela-takes-on-new-york
And new streaming music from Childish Gambino
http://www.antimusic.com/news/14/October/ts07Childish_Gambino_Streaming_New_Kauai_EP.shtml
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Saturday Music News You Can Use
Sandwich Fair Time!
Saturday's live Muzit in New Orleans
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
A tale of two jazzmen
http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/oct/10/how-a-chinese-city-got-its-own-jazz-festival
Some streaming performances from the King Biscuit Blues Fest
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/web-extra-performances-from-king-biscuit-blues-fes/36230/pRWE9RyVykijcHWZWerbag
On Highway 61
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2014/10/10/on_highway_61_music_race_and_the_evolution_of_cultural_freedom_by_dennis_mcnally_review.html
Another new guitar exhibit opens
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2014/10/new_guitar_exhibit_unleashes_worlds_top_six-strings_at_liberty_science_center.html
Appraising Starkey's childhood home
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/ringo-starrs-childhood-home-now-7916939
Los Lobos play New Hampshire
http://www.glidemagazine.com/125161/los-lobos-lebanon-opera-house-lebanon-nh-93014-show-review/
A co-founder of the Lowell Folk Festival Talks Story
http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_26701293/author-and-lowellian-paul-marion-chronicles-spirit-soul
Meet the new Point Music Film Festival
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/oct/10/point-music-film-festival-to-debut/
And Space is the Place!
http://www.nooga.com/167994/record-bin-the-fractured-jazz-vibrations-on-sun-ras-space-is-the-place/
Friday, October 10, 2014
Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use
Friday live Muzit in New Orleans includes Marcia Ball @ 100 Men Hall
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Friday's weekly music lecture from Professor Al Kooper
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/new-music-for-old-people-sean-rowe-bobby-purify-jem-nat-king-cole-and-more/
Perfect for Homework
http://www.theintell.com/life-style/reality/jazz-music-perfect-for-homework-and-so-much-more/article_d9cb7686-e449-5f23-a39b-55b78880faf3.html
Neutral Ground
http://wgno.com/2014/10/09/neutral-ground-where-jazz-tap-collide-at-nocca/
A preview of Table Mountain Blues Summit 2014
http://www.channel24.co.za/Music/News/Table-Mountain-Blues-Summit-2014-set-to-give-music-lovers-their-fix-20141009
Better than Air Guitar!
http://www.cnet.com/news/better-than-air-guitar-now-you-can-conduct-the-music-on-your-phone/
Blame it on Age
http://www.musictimes.com/articles/11875/20141009/blame-it-on-age-bill-frisells-latest-lp-guitar-in-the-space-age-misses-mark-lacks-impact.htm
The Monterey Ookelele Club opens its weekly jam to the publick
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/831_tales/the-monterey-ukulele-club-s-weekly-jam-session-at-american/article_d950f5ac-4f12-11e4-83a3-0017a43b2370.html
Wanna adopt Ringo?
http://www.staffordcountysun.com/lifestyles/pets/article_3d14b5f0-4fb9-11e4-9f74-0017a43b2370.html
And Lowell gets ready to celebrate Kerouac
http://www.lowellsun.com/lifestyles/ci_26693930/take-another-look
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Thursday Music News You Can Use
What's playing for Thursday Muzit in New Orleans
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
John Lennon's solo catalog is now on Spotify
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2785389/John-Lennon-s-solo-catalogue-available-Spotify-music-The-Beatles-STILL-exclusive-iTunes.html
Another guitar video goes viral
http://7online.com/news/man-beaten-with-electric-guitar-on-brooklyn-subway/342349/
Learning to love George Harrison
http://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/christopher-owens-on-learning-to-love-george-harrison-and-sing-about-his-religious-upbringing
A roundup of some new releases
http://kmuw.org/post/new-releases-first-couple-banjo-jackson-browne-remembering-most-unusual-musician
Almost time for the Mau'i Ookelele Festival
http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/532924/9th-Annual-Maui--Ukulele-Festival.html?nav=39
A Musical Tale of Two Cities
http://www.broadwayworld.com/detroit/article/DSO-to-Explore-Detroit-New-Orleans-Renewal-Through-A-MUSICAL-TALE-OF-TWO-CITIES-Festival-20141007
Escape
http://www.amny.com/entertainment/escape-music-festival-enters-crowded-new-york-city-festival-scene-1.9477889
Hawaiian Week comes to Utah
http://www.desertsun.com/story/money/business/tourism/2014/10/07/modernism-week-preview-palm-springs/16880157/
And get ready for this year's BeatleFest!
http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201410071529/in-la-this-weekend-for-beatlefest-take-the-beatles-magical-history-tour.html
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Hump Day Music News You Can Use
Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1990
http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/uncle-toms-gabbin/pete-hernandez-jessica-biel-entertainment-news/
Hump Day live Muzit in New Orleans
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
A beloved Boston Blues club closes
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/music_news/2014/10/feeling_the_blues_artists_fans_mourn_effects_of_smoken_joe_s
New music from The Waterboys
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/10/the-waterboys-announce-new-album-modern-blues.html
A new single from David Bowie
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/new-david-bowie-single-sue-to-feature-jazz-orchestra-9781880.html
Slack Key guitar coming to New Jersey
http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2014/10/masters_of_hawaiian_music_tour.html
Ringo's Third All Starr Band looks better on paper
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/weekender/2014/10/flashback-ringos-third-all-starr-band-looks-better-on-paper/
A couple of Guitar Trios head to CityStage
http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/10/california_and_montreal_guitar.html
50 Best Guitar Solos
http://mashable.com/2014/10/06/best-guitar-solos-music-monday-playlist/
And previewing Canterbury Festival 2014
http://www.canterburytimes.co.uk/Canterbury-Festival-2014/story-23055168-detail/story.html
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Monday, October 6, 2014
Monday Music News You Can Use
Monday live Muzit in New Orleans includes Clyde & Iggy @ Checkpoint Charlie
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Hari's childhood home gets 100 grand (pounds)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article4227432.ece
You Broke My Guitar!
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/10/05/you-broke-my-guitar-why-musical-instruments-give-a.aspx
Do you want to know a secret?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/plus/ct-beatles-mono-mixes-lennon-edit-20141003-story.html
An Ookelele Slam in KC
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article2514847.html
Checking out this year's Richmond Folk Festival
http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/richmond-folk-festival-is-everything-you-think-it-is-and/article_bee222d2-2e00-5bae-adc4-cbb260c8900c.html
The First Printer of Music
http://wwno.org/post/continuum-petrucci-first-printer-music
New music from Childish Gambino
http://www.mtv.com/news/1953641/childish-gambinos-kauai-ep/
Another review of the new George Harrison box
http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-George-Harrison-s-Apple-Albums-5802615.php
And five Best Walter Becker Guitar Moments
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2014/10/05/steely-dan-sunday-five-best-walter-becker-guitar/
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Sunday Music News You Can Use
Sunday live Muzit in New Orleans includes Beck @ House of Blues
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Jazz goes to school in Colorado
http://www.vaildaily.com/entertainment/13265266-113/jazz-goes-vail-program
Tulsans can find lots to love in Music City
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scenehomepage3/portrait-of-nashville-tulsans-can-find-lots-to-love-in/article_0ec13256-8058-5763-ba1a-a90c921b31f3.html
R.I.P. to Oregon Blues Lady Linda Hornbuckle
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2014/10/linda_hornbuckle_obit.html
Shake "Em On Down
http://buffalorising.com/2014/10/shake-em-on-down-a-new-blues-opera/
Jazz meets Shakespeare
http://www.abqjournal.com/474473/entertainment/ja-zzinspired-by-shakespeares-plays.html
A new guitar museum at the Liberty Science Center
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/10/liberty_science_center_offers.html
Battling Ookelele groups fight it out in court
http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Ukulele-group-perform/story-23033232-detail/story.html
Marinucci serves up the latest on The Beatles
http://www.examiner.com/article/paul-mccartney-tops-concert-list-honors-buddy-holly-meets-with-george-s-sister
And R.I.P. to Paul Revere
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2014/10/paul_revere_raiders_rocker_die.html#incart_most-comments
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Stormy Saturday Music News You Can Use
Saturday live Muzit in New Orleans includes pal Mem Shannon @ Bamboula's
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Helping the music makers
http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/x1221645160/Helping-the-music-makers
Cuban Jazz heads to Beantown
http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20141003/ENTERTAINMENT/310049983/11748/ENTERTAINMENT
Coo Coo for Coconuts on Kaua'i
http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/coo-coo-for-coconuts/article_073d07bc-4acc-11e4-813f-f75edd4d9d89.html
A new Beatles exhibit in Miami
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2014/10/fifty_years_later_the_beatles_invade_miami_again.php
Professor Al Kooper gets ready to remember a friend
http://www.recordonline.com/article/20141003/ENTERTAINMENT/410030342/101154/ENTERTAINMENT
Don't Fret!
http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/10/dont_fret_its_all_about_the_gu.html
Cider Fest time
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/11513127.Cider_Fest_and_Battle_of_the_Bands_to_raise_the_roof_for_charity_funds/
The Smallest concert in New Orleans?
http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2014/10/guitarist_robert_schwartzman_g.html
And Canada's Juno Awards add some new jazz categories
http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/whats-behind-the-juno-awards-new-jazz-categories
Friday, October 3, 2014
Aloha Friday Music News You Can Use
Friday's live Muzit in New Orleans includes chamber music @ Audubon Zoo
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
In this week's lecture, Professor Al Kooper discusses the Reverend Al Green
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/new-music-for-old-people-al-green-crush-luther-ike-and-tina-turner-lee-roy-parnell-and-more/
Flaming Lips do Hari
http://newsok.com/thursday-video-spotlight-flaming-lips-perform-its-all-too-much-and-here-comes-the-sun-at-george-fest/article/5347840
"Guitar in the Space Age"
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/02/bill-frisell-guitar-in-the-space-age-review
Music comes alive at Joy of Jazz 2014
http://www.gazettebw.com/?p=9125
KoAloha Ookelele moves into a new factory
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2014/10/01/koaloha-ukulele-is-moving-into-a-new-factory-that.html
Voodoo casts a spell on New Orleans
http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/life/life-style/2014-10-02/more-just-music-festival-voodoo-casts-spell-new-orleans#gsc.tab=0
Bob Mehr's Memphis Music Beat
http://www.commercialappeal.com/go-memphis/music/memphis-music-beat/bob-mehrs-memphis-music-beat-dan-montgomery-finds-swagger-rediscovering-rocking-roots_99695150
How to store pizza peels with a guitar mount
http://lifehacker.com/store-pizza-peels-with-a-guitar-mount-1641823229
And R.I.P. to British singer Lynsey de Paul
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4224255.ece
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Thursday Music News You Can Use
Thursday live Muzit in New Orleans includes Cyril Neville's Swamp Funk @
Armstrong Park
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Almost time for this year's Gypsy Moon Blues Fest
http://lancasteronline.com/entertainment/music/east-petersburg-gypsy-moon-blues-fest-set-for-saturday/article_242064bc-47f4-11e4-95f7-001a4bcf6878.html
Jazz is the music of Open Source
http://opensource.com/life/14/10/jazz-music-open-source
A new guitar shop in Kalamazoo
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2014/10/kalamazoo_guitar_shop_to_offer.html
Mrs. Prickley is back in town
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Theatre+preview+Prickley+back+town+Andrea+Martin+brings+SCTV+characters+others+Jubilee/10252585/story.html
October music in Tampa
http://tbo.com/arts_music/tampa-area-concerts-worth-knowing-about-in-october-20141001/
Marinucci reports on GeorgeFest
http://www.examiner.com/article/fans-who-attended-tribute-to-george-harrison-say-the-night-was-unforgettable
A preview of this year's Mighty Mississippi Music Fest, which opens Friday
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/2/mighty-mississippi-music-festival-opens-friday/
It's almost Staten Island Jazz Fest time
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/10/universal_temple_of_the_arts_s.html
And some more new Guitar Gadgets
http://www.cultofmac.com/298322/tc-helicon-play-acoustic-play-electric-review/
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Hump Day Music News You Can Use
Uncle Tom Moffatt Gabs about this week in 1960, when Frankie Sinatra
played the Waikiki Shell
http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/uncle-toms-gabbin/kazunari-ninomiya-arashi-john-rowles/
Hump Day Muzit in New Orleans includes Walter Wolfman Washington @ d.b.a.
http://www.wwoz.org/new-orleans-community/music-calendar
Live music comes to The Black Box
http://franklin.wickedlocal.com/article/20140930/NEWS/140939941/12423/NEWS
While the Mill Valley Fest goes Metallica
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/music_news/2014/09/metallicas_robert_trujillo_lars_ulrich_jazz_up_mill_valley
No more Guitar Gods
http://www.citypaper.com/music/bcp-no-more-guitar-gods-only-goddesses-20140930,0,7623002.story
Beatlemania sweeps Sycamore
http://www.midweeknews.com/articles/2014/09/29/d87ffa1c9ed849b99a14fa989054374f/index.xml
While Starkey heads to The Joint
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/music/ringo-starr-set-for-sold-out-show-at-the-joint/article_840caf05-499d-5e58-93dc-b959a364bc99.html
Andrea Martin talks Flying Trapeze
http://www.wtop.com/267/3712433/Andrea-Martin-on-battling-bulimia-flying-trapeze
Brah Hugh heads to The Egg
http://upstatelive.com/2014/09/30/hugh-masekela-and-vusi-mahlasela-celebrate-20-years-of-freedom-in-south-africa-at-the-egg/
And five signs you might be a shitty guitarist
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2014/09/five_signs_you_are_a_shitty_guitarist_rock_list.php