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

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

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

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

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Monday, October 13, 2014

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

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Foliage Day!

Gone Leaf Peeping, back Wednesday!

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

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