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4th of July Music News You Can Use

Holiday Muzit in NOLA includes Dukes of Dixieland on the Riverboat Natchez

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

Rod the Mod gets into copyright trouble

http://www.musictimes.com/articles/42186/20150703/rod-stewart-lawsuit-focuses-copying-blues-standard-corrine-corrina.htm

Roots Music invades Asbury Park

http://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/07/03/roots-music-full-swing-summer/29610949/

A report from Day 1 of the Safeway Waterfront Blues Fest

http://oregonmusicnews.com/day-1-wrap-up-2015-safeway-waterfront-blues-festival

Music from the 1960s fuels a social revolution

http://www.sfgate.com/oursf/article/Our-SF-Music-from-the-1960s-fuels-a-social-6364395.php

Time for the Iowa City Jazz Fest

http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2015/07/03/festival-attendees-share-jazz-fest-memories/29684417/

A famous Luther Talks Story

http://www.wxii12.com/news/greensboros-worldrenowned-guitar-builder/33974200

Some new guitar gear

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/new-guitar-gear-of-the-month-review-round-up-july-2015-624103

A new Starkey biography

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/fun-facts-ringo-starr-author-talks-biography-funny/story?id=32197749

And it's Essence Time in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/essencefest/index.ssf/2015/07/usher_and_missy_elliott_at_ess.html

July 3rd Music News You Can Use

Today's live Muzit in NOLA includes FunctionNOLA @ Apple Barrel

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

Guitar Picks invade Cleveland

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/07/02/business-picking-up-for-local-guitar-pick-company

The 30 best albums of 2015-so far

http://www.guitarworld.com/25-best-albums-2015-so-far

Time for the Spirit of Kansas Blues Fest

http://cjonline.com/life/arts-entertainment/2015-07-02/spirit-kansas-blues-festival-features-four-national-acts

Slim Harpo finally gets a box set

http://theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/12786196-171/lavish-box-set-pays-tribute

Marcia Ball sighting

http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150702/LIFESTYLE/150709041

New music from John Mayall

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/british-blues-godfather-john-mayall-find-way-care-set-release-september-4th

Jazz Lives at Duke Ellington's resting place

http://www.npr.org/event/music/418845099/jazz-lives-at-duke-ellingtons-resting-place

The Sun Ra Arkestra lands in Istanbul

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/02/sun-ra-arkestra-marshall-allen-babylon-live-review

And a recap of last month's Gatsby Dance on Governors Isle

http://www.theislandnow.com/going-places-near-far-jazz-age-lawn-parties-recall-gatsby/article_45f7675a-20d1-11e5-8d77-fb3ac5534fd9.html

Throwback Thursday Music News You Can Use

Thursday live Muzit in NOLA includes Cool Nasty @ Banks Street

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

Happy #38 to the Delta Blues Fest

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2015/07/02/3705235_38th-annual-delta-blues-festival.html?rh=1

Marcia Ball sighting

http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-features/article/Piano-playing-Marcia-Ball-at-Lake-George-show-6361084.php

Singing the Blues in Buckingham

http://www.news-press.com/story/life/coastal-life/2015/07/01/singing-blues-buckingham/29573389/

New Jazz Fusion from Peru

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peruvian-jazz-fusion-waijazz-releases-new-video-106883

Turkish Jazz in Ramadan

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/jazz-in-ramadan-in-istanbul-and-ankara.aspx?pageID=238&nID=84831&NewsCatID=383

Some Stupid Music gets the Superstar Treatment

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-brothers-osbornes-backstage-san-antonio-rose-jam-20150701

Starkey gets ready to turn 75

http://www.examiner.com/article/special-guests-named-for-ringo-starr-s-peace-and-love-party-for-75th-birthday

The riff: when two becomes too many

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/5af98a8a-1c25-11e5-8201-cbdb03d71480,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F5af98a8a-1c25-11e5-8201-cbdb03d71480.html%3Fsiteedition%3Duk&siteedition=uk&_i_referer=#axzz3ekQPkJRO

And R.I.P. to "Call of the Wild" guitarist John David Futch Jr.

http://coladaily.com/2015/07/01/obits-john-david-futch-jr-73-guitar-banjo-and-mandolin-musician-who-played-for-the-call-of-the-wild/

First Day of Juiy Music News You Can Use

Wednesday live Muzit in Fat City includes Jon Cleary and Walter "Wolfman" Washington @ Algiers Ferry Dock

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

Uncle Tom Moffatt is stil on vacation

Explaining Grownup Music to kids

http://www.houstonpress.com/music/explaining-grownup-music-to-kids-traditional-blues-and-folk-7549495

Zydeco invades Flagstaff

http://nhonews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=114&ArticleID=16985

The Lake Placid Blues and Heritage Fest gets ready to roll

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/28777/20150630/the-lake-placid-blues-and-heritage-festival-a-look-at-heritage

Jazz on the Steps

http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/the-jazz-on-the-steps-series-brings-live-music-to-homewood-residents/Content?oid=1837141

Another report from Montreal Jazz 2015

http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/erykah-badu-wins-prestigious-ella-fitzgerald-award-at-montreal-jazz-fest-7358573

It's One for the Memory

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/its-one-for-the-money-the-song-snatchers-who-carved-up-a-century-of-pop--sparked-a-musical-revolution-by-clinton-heylin--book-review-10355870.html

11 reasons you should definitely date a guitar player

http://whatculture.com/music/11-reasons-you-should-definitely-date-a-guitar-player.php

Keep it Musical

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22696-tone-tips-keep-it-musical

And a preview of this year's Vietnam International Finger-Style Guitar Fest

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/134603/vietnam-int-l-finger-style-guitar-festival-to-be-held-in-july.html