Friday Music Digest

Friday Buffalo Springfield music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm6NeM-6vBE

Update on the Beatles Ookelele Project

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7770768/The-Beatles-recreated-on-ukulele.html

Previewing the upcoming London Jazz Festival

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/828196-the-london-jazz-festival-nice

Molly Ringwald sings jazz?

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/05/28/2782796/jazz-fest-fills-generation-gap.html

More rumors about Rock Band 3

http://www.pcworld.com/article/197373/rumor_rock_band_3_to_ship_with_a_keytar.html

How guitars killed "American Idol"

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/american-idol/how-guitars-killed-american-id-36851.aspx

Who's playing in NYC this weekend

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/arts/music/28pop.html

The Grateful Dead...with a New Orleans accent

http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/05/27/entertainment/doc4bfd8bac9d30d567444897.txt

A Cajun and Creole music fest in LA

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pickcajun27-20100527,0,3410174.story

And Rolling Stone's list of the best Beatles songs

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/27/entertainment/main6524204.shtml

Soon Come Part 2

Still having ISP problems so didn't get the Kirchen review done. Sorry about that.

Soon Come!

I had originally planned to publish a review of the new Bill Kirchen album here today, but got massively slowed down over the past 48 hours by a major ISP problem with my internet folks. I will try and get it up tomorrow!

Thursday Music Digest

Another view of concert boycotts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/may/26/musicians-boycott-countries

Preview of Rock the Bells 2010 on Governors Island in NY Harbor

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/05/rock_the_bells_8.html

Jimmie Rodgers remembered

http://www.wtok.com/news/headlines/94953519.html?ref=519

The 2010 Philadelphia Music Project

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100526006146&newsLang=en

The 5 Greatest Songs of All Time?

http://www.wbbm780.com/The-Five-Greatest-Songs-of-All-Time/7328933

R.I.P. to New Orleans singer Bobby Blanque

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/05/new_orleans_crooner_bobby_blan.html

Rockin' the Racetrack

http://www.voice-tribune.com/index.cfm?action=app.showDetail&pageid=212&item=1956

A new Hawaiian All-Star band

http://honoluluweekly.com/hotpicks/2010/05/new-hawaiian-all-star-band/

The Opry reopens in Memphis after the flood-in its former location

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jAtTXP-YUOo2mWC8hLKaJ4sTMbBwD9FU91U05

And improvisational music does not equal jazz

http://www.newsrecord.org/living/entertainment/improvisational-music-does-not-equal-jazz-1.2269990

Tuesday Music Digest

Jazz Futurist, Mad Scientist

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909804575123893405940402.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4

Connie Francis and "Where The Boys Are"

http://www.herald-review.com/app/blogs/timcain/?p=2018

Frank's Place lives!

http://www.offbeat.com/2010/05/24/franks-place-tonight/

Scorsese's other music movie

http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/628569248/scorsese-wants-al-pacino-robert-de-niro-to-play

Bettye LaVette sings British Rock

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/05/bettye_lavette_sings_british_r.html

Concert review: He Said, She Said

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-peter-karp-sue-foley/

Ringo comes to PBS

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gYFZjFPiJ3XWbwuYPCFUYNo5haVAD9FTCPD80

An old Grover Washington show resurfaces

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100518_New_album_records_Grover_Washington_Jr__s_concert_show_from_summer__97.html

Lineup for this year's Austin City Limits Festival

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/austin-city-limits-festival-announces-lineup/

And Marvin Gaye will get the biopic treatment

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/05/17/marvin-gaye-biopic-on-the-way-courtesy-of-cameron-crowe/

Monday Music Digest

Jacksonville Jazz time

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=156451&catid=3

A review of this past weekend's Sonoma Jazz

http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_15146803?nclick_check=1

A song for the troops

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100523/NEWS/5230322/-1/newsmap

Brah Hugh's former business partner in trouble

http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20100524082850348

A new ookelele project in the works from Radiohead

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/events/Amanda-Palmer-Reveals-Radiohead-Ukulele-Project-in-Works-94693794.html

New CDs in review

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/arts/music/24choice.html

Bert Jansch sighting

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100523/SCENE04/5230333/1011/Influences+%7C+Bert+Jansch++Edinburgh+folk+guitar+legend

Painting singers on guitars

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20100523/NEWS01/5230315/Michigan-man-finds-joy-in-painting-singers-on-guitars

On the trail to Ferriday

http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2010/may/23/ferriday-joins-mississippi-blues-trail/

And is Treme still great?

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/tv/heather_havrilesky/2010/05/22/treme_bold_but_uneven/

Sunday Music Digest

The real Ritchie Valens

http://newyorknewsbreak.com/the-real-ritchie-valens-la-bamba-092575

Making the scene behind Treme

http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/us/articles/2010/05/23/making_the_scene_behind_treme/

Neil Young sighting

http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100522rocker_neil_mixes_new_material_with_good_old_young/srvc=home&position=recent

Yardbirds...

http://events.nydailynews.com/new-york-ny/events/show/97533565-the-yardbirds

Vintage rock and midlife heartaches

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/arts/music/23play.html

The Doctor is In

http://musicremedy.com/d/dr-john/album/tribal-8679.html

Dallas-an early hotbed for the blues?

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/125th/newsevents/stories/052110dnmetblues.26f8d88c.html

Jazz Wars

http://www.offbeat.com/2010/05/22/jazz-wars-return/

Eddie Kamae gets a high school diploma!

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Eddie-Kamae-2010-Farrington-High-School-Graduate/Mre2_MZfy0GuMYLTtBKV9g.cspx

And Aloha and R.I.P. to Hawaiian music club owner Hank McKeague

http://www.starbulletin.com/columnists/woodcraft/20100522_Kapahulus_Hank_McKeague_80_had_a_significant_lifetime.html

Saturday Music Digest

Iconic images of the 1960s

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/21/1961042/iconic-images-of-the-1960s.html

McCartney tour coming to Utah for the very first time

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/paul-mccartney-tour-2010-coming-to-utah_100367597.html

Buddy Guy sighting

http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/177/2010/may/21/buddy-guy-doing-his-part-to-keep-the-blues-alive.html

Folk music with a Brooklyn accent

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703315404575250813686598420.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

FUSE TV will air the Gulf Aid concert tonight in a 1 hour special

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fuse-to-air-gulf-aid-concert-for-the-coast-saturday-may-22nd-at-11pm-et--10pm-ct-94606074.html

Review of some new CDs

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64K63I20100521

Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles

http://www.saratoga.com/today/2010/05/sarah-borges-and-the-broken-singles.html

Reliving the glory days of Stupid Music

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704446704575206232057285168.html?mod=WSJ_ArtsEnt_LifestyleArtEnt_4

100 years of Artie Shaw

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126972706&ps=cprs

And a preview of the Hoku Awards

http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100521_gilliom_and_guerrero_predicted_to_win_hokus.html

Friday Music Digest

New music from Keola Beamer

http://www.lahainanews.com/page/content.detail/id/500910/Beamer-and-Helm-to-debut--songs-from-their-new-CD.html?nav=19

A music hall sways to its own beat

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/arts/music/21barge.html

Taking Dizzy's music to exotic places

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-0521-mkoj-20100521,0,1071480.column

T Bone Burnett rides shotgun with Willie for some Stupid Music

http://www.straight.com/article-324802/vancouver/instant-playlist-may-20-2010

Update on Radio Free Oz

http://www.podcastalley.com/

A memorial concert Sunday in Sonoma for a murdered guitar maker

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100520/ENTERTAINMENT/100519463/1033

Ben Harper has the Blues

http://www.metrosantacruz.com/metro-santa-cruz/05.19.10/sc-blues-festival-1020.html

Music fests this summer in the French Riviera

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-05-20/concerts-music-clubs/music-jazzes-up-the-french-riviera-this-summer

Distant Relatives

http://www.jconline.com/article/20100520/ENT06/5200306

And it's almost All Starr Band time

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018747588

Thursday Music Digest

The Smothers Brothers go "on sabbatical"

http://www.aolnews.com/entertainment/article/smothers-brothers-retire-and-tom-explains-why/19482530

What was your last download?

http://www.theledger.com/article/20100520/ENTERTAINMENT/100519685?Title=What-Was-Your-Last-Download-

Big Red

http://www.kcfreepress.com/news/2010/may/17/Hacienda-big-red-and-barbacoa/

Cyndi Lauper sings...the blues?

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20386370,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

A new Rolling Stones video

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/online_downloads/the_rolling_stones_debut_new_music_video_following_the_river.html

Traveling

http://www.todayonline.com/Entertainment/Music/EDC100520-0000058/Traveling-Wilburys,-Volume-1---The-Traveling-Wilburys-(1988)

A celebration of Sidney Bechet

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/music/20jazz.html

A preview of this weekend's Bayou Boogaloo Festival

http://www.neworleans.com/food/new-orleans-food/396718-bayou-boogaloo-the-kinder-gentler-festival.html

Stupid Music in the Twin Cities this weekend

http://www.mchnews.com/articles/2010/05/19/news/top_stories_and_breaking_news/doc4bf3dbe3de018477378795.txt

And a Houston concert organizer gets busted for fraud

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7013114.html

Midweek Music Digest

Uncle Tom checks in

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

A tribute to T-Bone Wolk

http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/index.php?page=ep30

Another great band name-The Fabulous Unexpected. And they do NRBQ songs, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGrVTSzGkrI

Preview of the upcoming Mana Maoli Collective concert series

http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/05/18/mana-maoli-collective-concert-series-may-21-29/

Previewing summer music in St. Louis

http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2010-05-19/music/sweet-vibes-summertime-st-louis-sound-music/

A jazzman's final refuge

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/a-jazzmans-final-refuge/

Stupid Music from Nokomis

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/entertainment/94204474.html

Peter Frampton talks about his talking guitar

http://www.spinner.com/2010/05/18/peter-frampton-talking-guitar-box-origin/

A release date announced for the new George Harrison movie

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/george_harrison_film_to_be_released_in_2011.html

And Happy 50th birthday to an iconic Saratoga NY coffeehouse, Lena's

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ipi-a4f66ia7mBg2YDVPWR-h6hcgD9FP8JCO1

Tuesday Music Digest

Laughs with Paulie

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/sir-paul-mccartney-wanted-reunion-laughs_1142840

Blues Power Rankings!

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/blues-power-rankings-janiva-magness-ascends/

Wrap of the Tennessee Flood Aid show

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j9cuUFp8LKSNvluljfLcZ0ZgBu9gD9FOHPLG0

Melissa!

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-melissa-auf-der-maur-from-danzig-to-let-the-right-one-in/6829502

A new music video shot in New Orleans

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1639336/20100517/mystikal.jhtml

Top 10 DIO songs

http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/05/17/top-10-dio-songs/

R.I.P. to jazz pianist Hank Jones

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/05-2010/jazz-pianist-and-aint-misbehavin-music-director-ha_27465.html

And to jazz artist John DeFoor

http://dailybreaknews.com/music-loses-great-jazz-artist-john-defoor/01651

Patti Page returns

http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/6675/that-singing-rage-miss-patti-page-returns

And Tippy Canoe

http://www.pr-inside.com/uke-slinger-guitarist-tippy-canoe-brings-r1897450.htm

Monday Music Digest

Stupid Music 101 at Cain's Ballroom

http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1827:cains-101-with-asleep-at-the-wheel&catid=55:out-a-about&Itemid=111

R.I.P. to Ronnie James Dio, who was born right here in New Hampshire

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ronnie-james-dio-20100517,0,6407628.story

Return of Crash Test Dummies

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/magazine/article/1055394

New CD roundup from the NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/arts/music/17choi.html

Gibson Guitars in short supply

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100516/BUSINESS01/5160339/-1/WORKAROUND01

Wrapup of yesterday's Gulf Aid concert

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCDatHiKDIJ8nfs-4JNxIwwD5zegD9FO6TQ07

The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame inducts another one

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20100516/ARTICLES/100519412/1026

Music Farm

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/05/music_farm_good_music_for_grea.html

Review of the Kathmandu Blues Festival

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1278841/Nepals-Kathmandu-Blues-Festival-lets-good-times-roll.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

And remastering a masterpiece

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/16/re_release_of_exile_on_main_street_stokes_nostalgia_anticipation/

Sunday Music Digest

Sunday Dixie Cups

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oks7cuxhc20

Concert review: Ozomati

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/05/show_review_ozomatli_duck_room_blueberry_hill_st_louis_may_14_2010.php

Johnny Winter added to Crossroads

http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-johnny-winter-added-crossroads-guitar-festival-2010-lineup

Scorsese talks about his new George Harrison movie

http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/scorsese-in-post-with-george-harrison-doc/5013927.article

R.I.P. to LA trombone legend Rob McConnell

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rob-mcconnell-20100516,0,5307387.story

"We Want Miles"

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/ae/s_680972.html

A new collection of classic Appalachian blues

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125995384&ps=cprs

A new biography of IZ

http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100514_new_iz_bio_gets_things_right.html

More than a midget guitar

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Local/2010/05/14/More-Than-a-Midget-Guitar-The-Mighty-Uke/115-055ae9f1d7

And nearly-live CTP

http://www.paulsvault.net/Jam%20Up.mp3

(Shortened) Saturday Music Digest

Sorry for the abbreviated version today, have to work!

Catching up with Connecticut's hottest new band, The Shinolas

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-hc-shinolas-shows-tapas-hart.artmay15,0,6744771.story

Stupid Music with Little Miss Higgins

http://www.bclocalnews.com/entertainment/93806569.html

A special travel deal for jazz fans

http://www.ajc.com/travel/special-travel-deal-for-527404.html

R.I.P. to organist Rosa Rio, age 107

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/arts/music/15rio.html

And George's Strat

http://www.gear4music.com/news/article/George-Harrison-used-Fender-Stratocaster-on-many-great-Beatles-songs/1NY/2010-05-14

TGIF Music Digest

Preview of this summer's Flood City Music Fest in Johnstown PA

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=22782

A look at this year's Hawai'i Book and Music Festival

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100513/GETPUBLISHED/5120391

Weekend jazz in NYC

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/arts/music/14jazz.html

Chicago venues that matter

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ott-0514venues-fill-20100514,0,6716842.story

Original NRBQ vocalist Frankie Gadler sighted

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/05/14/entertainment/doc4bec775c2abfb723922360.txt

Six String Evolution

http://top40-charts.com/news/Jazz/Andreas-Oberg-Leader-Of-The-Guitar-Universe-Releases-Six-String-Evolution/56192.html

A new album from some Marley kids

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/05/nas_and_damian_marley_team_up.html

Rebirth

http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/93700384.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ

A visit with Corky Siegel

http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/05/13/features/1408343.txt

And a big weekend on tap at the Stupid Music Hall of Fame!

http://www.newstreamz.com/2010/05/13/western-swing-hall-of-fame-swings-this-weekend/

Thursday Music Digest

Checking out the Ookelele scene in Chicago

http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2010/05/12/not_playing_around_chicagos_ukulele_scene/

Preview of the upcoming Kalani Retreat

http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2010/05/12/read/a_and_e/arts06.txt

Stupid Music news

http://www.tulsatoday.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1819:asleep-at-the-wheel-pulls-into-bobs-place&catid=55:out-a-about&Itemid=111

Jazz Widows

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791704575114130638626588.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5

A Japanese-American band brings back Swing

http://www.pacificcitizen.org/site/details/tabid/55/selectmoduleid/373/ArticleID/607/reftab/36/title/Japanese_American_Tribute_Band_Makes_Swing_Music_Young/Default.aspx

Operation High Ground kicks off

http://www.guitargearheads.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1286

Keef Richards interview

http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/turn_it_up/2010/05/keith-richards-interview-exile-on-main-st-revisited.html

A new Ibanez guitar

http://www.pr-inside.com/rare-ibanez-uv77re-steve-vai-anniversary-r1886050.htm

Exploring the music of "Treme"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/05/no-musician-delves-into-the-music-of-treme/1

And a new song by Gary Wright has some famous players helping

http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/05/12/gary-wright-satisfied/

Monday Music Digest

Integrating music and tourism in Hawai'i

http://www.eturbonews.com/16026/integrating-sustainability-and-hawaiian-culture-tourism-experien

The BU Medical Band finds a cure for stress

http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1253387&srvc=home&position=also

New CD roundup

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/arts/music/10choi.html

The Smartphone Guitar

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/05/the-smartphone-guitar/

20 Questions with Cory Doctorow

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/125080-20-questions-cory-doctorow

In mobile age, sound quality steps back

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10audio.html

An indie that believes in CDs

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10concord.html?src=busln

R.I.P. to Lena Horne

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-10/lena-horne-jazz-singer-who-broke-color-barriers-dies-at-92.html

Jazz invades Australia

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/crowd-pleasers-fill-city-with-jazz-vibe/story-e6frg8po-1225864231081

And catching up with jazz vocalist Nicolas Bearde

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/05/prweb3964434.htm

May 9th Music Digest

Happy Mothers' Day to all the Moms out there!

R.I.P. to Afro-Cuban percussionist Francisco Aquabella

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-francisco-aguabella-20100509,0,6419187.story

A new mobile guitar

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-gadgeteer/developer-creates-mobile-guitar-out-of-five-mobile-devices/3192

Make your own guitar slide

http://lifehacker.com/5534055/make-a-guitar-slide-from-a-wine-bottle-neck

Restoring the flood-damaged Grand Ole Opry

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011811769_floods08.html

Music Power Rankings

http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-5-8-music-power-rankings-nashville-won-t-be-eclipsed-by-other-national-disasters

Carly Simon finally makes a music video for "You're So Vain"?

http://www.bloginity.com/entertainment/tv-film/carly-simons-first-ever-youre-so-vain-music-video/22565/

Bad to the Bone

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/vernonmorningstar/entertainment/93160664.html

Preview of next weekend's Hangout Music Fest

http://mulletwrapper.com/article.cfm?ID=1727

Flying Lotus soars

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704450504575223300541008086.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

And Mary Lou, we hardly knew ya!

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=55549

Saturday Music Digest

2010 Blues Music Awards winner list

http://www.examiner.com/x-32020-Atlanta-Blues-Examiner~y2010m5d7-Blues-Music-Award-winners-2010

A new album from The Holmes Brothers

http://www.helena-arkansas.com/entertainment/x1920412060/Holmes-Brothers-latest-album-showcases-rock-n-soul

A review of the new Shelby Lynne CD

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050602300.html

A new guitar!

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/07/ozartist-transforms-model-into-guitar-using-bodypaint.html

Solidbodies: the 50 year guitar war

http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/05/07/guitarwar/

Musicians in Nashville dry out their guitars

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/arts/music/08country.html

Review of the recent Kokua Festival

http://kealakai.byuh.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2801&Itemid=78

Punks, Ookeleles, and Kiwis

http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/artsandentertainment/story.html?id=d047fc38-a164-4c92-b983-3fb53b0953db

A preview of summer music across New York City

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/arts/music/09web_poplistings.html

And a nice new cover of a classic NRBQ instrumental

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw4iJyreeA8

TGIF Music Digest

Hugh Masekela is mad as hell!

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/arts_entertainment/masekela+rails+against+music+and+the+world+cup/3638492

A Google lawsuit on song copyrights

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195711/google_sues_for_decision_on_links_to_copyrighted_songs.html

Preview of this year's 31st annual Blues Awards

http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/Event?oid=2056019

A new home for SF Jazz

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/05/06/MNN71D9TTO.DTL&type=music

Upcoming jazz in the Big Apple

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/07/arts/music/07jazz.html

Funky Meters

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/05/festival-spotlight-the-funky-meters/

Singing a farewell to Ernie Harwell

http://www.freep.com/article/20100506/SPORTS02/100506035/1321/

Preview of this year's Crossroads Guitar Festival

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/5767215-eric-claptons-crossroads-guitar-festival-returns

Jazz and pops from the Detroit Symphony

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100507/ENT04/5070316/Detroit-Symphony-announces-jazz--pops-lineup-for-2010-11-season

And Time Changes Everything

http://muskogeephoenix.com/features/x1989604753/-Time-Changes-Everything

Thursday Music Digest

Buffalo's Thursday at The Square series announces lineup

http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=76615&catid=13

Where Aerosmith REALLY came from

http://www.newhampshire.com/nh-people/aerosmith-biography.aspx

A new album from Keola Beamer

http://top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/keola-Beamer-And-Raiatea-Album-Released-Today/56010.html

May music reviews

http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/may-music-reviews-lcd-soundsystem-band-of-horses-cocorosie/18455

Shorty goes big time

http://www.fox8live.com/news/local/story/Shorty-goes-big-time/hFhsGG7E4kSV7Nir-1VV_A.cspx

Gaslight Anthem makes peace with American Airlines

http://www.spinner.com/2010/05/05/gaslight-anthem-american-airlines/

Review: Mark Knopfler in Boston

http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/music/x2084226900/Mark-Knopfler-delivers-at-the-Orpheum

Ookelele Fever

http://www.forbesadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/ukulele-fever-in-forbes/1822460.aspx

A new jazz label in Motown

http://www.freep.com/article/20100506/COL19/5060304/1038/ENT03/New-label-to-feature-local-music-acts-live-on-vinyl

And Happy 25th to Indian Hill Music

http://www.wickedlocal.com/littleton/fun/entertainment/x1381028025/Indian-Hill-Music-in-Littleton-marks-25th-birthday-with-gala-bash

Cinco De Mayo Music Digest

Midweek = Uncle Tom Moffatt

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

HAPA coming to SF

http://events.sfgate.com/san-francisco-ca/events/show/116949925-hapa-at-stern-grove-festival

A preview of this September's Telluride Blues and Brew Fest

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=55250

Flood benefit and music info from Nashville

http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2010/05/03/flood-benefit-and-music-venue-updates/

Some final notes on JazzFest in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/05/final_notes_on_aretha_franklin.html

Happy 100th to Norman Corwin

http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/archives/2010/05/04/happy_100th_norman_corwin

Willie on gambling, golf, guitars, and pot

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/05/willie_nelson_on_country_music.html

10 Jimmy Page quotes

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/Revealing-Jimmy-Page-504/

Merle Haggard interview Part 3

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/05/merle-haggard-as-he-is-part-3/

And Happy Cinco de Mayo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz2dajJsd1o

Tuesday Music Digest

Hawaiian music greets the new HAL Airbus

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hawaiians-new-fleet-of-the-future-arrives-in-hawaii-92737759.html

A "bold new direction" for the Chicago Jazz Festival

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-live-0504-jazz-20100504,0,6706446.column

Lineup for the FIFA World Cup kickoff concert is announced:

http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/article432380.ece/Fifa-concert-ready-to-rock

Mariachi music for Cinco de Mayo

http://tmdcelebritynews.com/mariachi-music-a-cinco-de-mayo-holiday-tradition/013832

"Treme" Show 4 music recap

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/05/03/treme-recap-at-the-foot-of-canal-street/

Can famous people be normal?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-haisha/can-famous-people-be-norm_b_558169.html

Years of pain with Bettye LaVette

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/05/03/bettye_lavette_shares_the_years_of_pain/

A new album coming from Indigenous

http://nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3496:indigenous-to-release-anniversary-album&catid=44&Itemid=20

Review: Willie's new "Country Music"

http://www.highlandernews.org/arts-entertainment/cd-review-country-music-by-willie-nelson-1.1470997

And Gary Wright releases a new album too!

http://musicremedy.com/g/gary-wright/album/connected-8560.html

Monday Music Digest

JazzFest final wrap

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-05-03-jazzfestwraponline_ST_N.htm

A jazz mass in Rome

http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/7278364/article-St--Peter-s-Episcopal-church-offers-jazz-mass?instance=home_news

A girl and her guitar

http://www.lincolncourier.com/entertainment/x1042474964/Sound-Off-A-girl-and-her-guitar-light-up-the-Web

Mick Taylor sighting

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=927171&category=ARTS

A new Fred Fried album

http://www.wickedlocal.com/falmouth/fun/entertainment/music/x932360299/Orleans-Fred-Fried-releases-new-album

R.I..P. to folk music singer Susan Reed

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/arts/music/02reed.html

Oberlin opens a Jazz Building

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/04/30/entertainment/doc4bdae43a428ba537858335.txt

Some new CDs reviewed

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63T5PV20100430

"The Ghost of Christopher Wallace"

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1638214/20100430/story.jhtml

And hips don't lie!

http://www.collegian.com/index.php/article/2010/05/050310_luau

Sunday Music Digest

Edgar Winter's still alive and well

http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2010m4d30-EXCLUSIVE-Edgar-Winter-says-hes-ready-to-rock-and-rollll-again-with-Ringo-this-year-Part-4

Best music choices for this final day of JazzFest in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/05/best_of_jazz_fest_music_not_to_3.html

Jeff Beck plays KC

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/30/1914884/becks-guitar-speaks-volumes.html

Germain Bazzle dazzles

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/05/germaine_bazzle_dazzles_at_new.html

Another band for Guitar Hero?

http://www.examiner.com/x-25487-Music-Video-Games-Examiner~y2010m5d1-Guitar-Hero-Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-on-the-way

4500 guitar players try to set a record

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs7S9PcB5p8

Warren Buffett meets the Quebe Sisters

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshowpics/5881121.cms

Stupid Music done rap style?

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/153243/t/Ke$ha%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Your-Love%E2%80%99-unforgiving/Default.aspx

Stevie Wonder does...jazz?

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/05/02/news/doc4bdcf5086d2e5893083204.txt

And put up your dukes!

http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100502put_up_your_dukes_foxboro_and_wrentham_bands_do_battle_at_ellington_jazz_festagain/srvc=home&position=also

Lei Day Music Digest

Hawaiian Music still has a home in Waikiki

http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20100430_hawaiian_music_still_thrives_in_waikiki.html

Retro Review: Ringo Starr's "Sentimental Journey"

http://www.theticker.org/about/2.8221/retro-review-ringo-starr-sentimental-journey-1970-1.2256370

Delbert McClinton does it his way

http://www.mexicoledger.com/entertainment/x1042474836/Music-Scene-McClinton-likes-doing-it-his-way

Streaming Sounds for May

http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/04/30/1447394/music-options-for-any-taste-on.html

A new book by New Orleans music legend Harold Battiste Jr.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/92448609.html

Previewing the Nashville-Area Guitar Festival

http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1638233/vince-gill-added-to-all-star-cast-at-nashville-area-guitar-festival.jhtml

Hag "as-is"

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/04/merle-haggard-as-he-is/

Previews of must-sees at JazzFest today

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/best_of_jazz_fest_music_not_to_2.html

Roxy Music to play Montreux

http://www.kulr8.com/news/entertainment/?feed=bim&id=92497399

And the music brings authenticity to HBO's "Treme"

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-trememusic-20100501,0,4745182.story

Friday Music Digest

How Buckwheat won a Grammy

http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/music/92450234.html

Hawaiian music on Lei Day

http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/04/29/may-day-events-festivities-across-the-island/

Playing jazz flute at age 75

http://www.news-press.com/article/20100430/NEWS0101/4300318/1003/ACC/Cape-Coral-Jazz-flutist-keeps-on-swinging-at-75

Stupid Music coming to the Ozarks

http://ozarksfirst.com/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=45876&Itemid=73446

Base session in the pink

http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/8125851.Base_Sessions_in_the_pink/

Preview of this fall's Halifax Pop Explosion fest

http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1179715.html

What's going on today at JazzFest

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/best_of_jazz_fest_music_not_to_1.html

A preview of the next Tom Petty album

http://www.dailypress.com/entertainment/music/dp-mixpos-tom-petty-sally-hemings,0,1773510.story

The West Virginia Blues Society hosts a benefit for the miners' families

http://sundaygazettemail.com/Entertainment/201004281017

And Hawaiian music welcomes a new plane for Hawaiian Airlines

http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Hawaiian-Airlines-employees-celebrate-delivery-of/Bz8qbmjg7k2s4njFA7N7yw.cspx

Thursday Music Digest

Jazz-Fest Sioux City details

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100429/NEWS/4290313/1003/BUSINESS

K'au Coffee Festival preview

http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/04/28/ka%E2%80%98u-coffee-festival-to-showcase-java-music-food-may-1-2/

Honoring Lennie Sogoloff, a Boston music legend

http://www.wickedlocal.com/danvers/news/x1394815173/Jazz-Week-concert-honors-Lennie-Sogoloff

8-bit guitar?

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2010/04/8-bit-guitar-is-a-geeky-senior-project/

Sleepy Eyes of Death (another great band name)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/matsononmusic/2011722997_sleepy_eyes_of_death.html?cmpid=2628

Getting it on record

http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2010/04/preservation-jazz-band-merriweather.php

Flaming Lips cancel their gig in Memphis

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/28/band-member-hospital-flaming-lips-cancels-beale-st/

Preview of today's doings at JazzFest

http://www.examiner.com/x-37261-New-Orleans-Live-Music-Examiner~y2010m4d28-Jazz-Fest-2010--Thursday-April-29th--Music-not-to-miss

Get Back? Paul says "no".

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/sir-paul-mccartney-its-best-beatles-didnt-get-back_1140636

And this year's music schedule for Governors Island is out!

http://www.dnainfo.com/20100428/financial-district-battery-park-city/governors-island-releases-summer-schedule

Tuesday Music Digest

Hawai'i 2010 Book and Music Festival preview

http://www.honolulumagazine.com/promotions/Hawaii-Book-and-Music-Festival-2010/

Treme 3

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/04/treme_episode_three_playing_for_that_money.html

Montreux preview

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10475789

Melissa Etheridge interview

http://www2.seattlepi.com/articles/419043.html

REM meet Patti Smith

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/;kw=%5B13193,135430%5D

In honor of JazzFest some recommended New Orleans CDs

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/news.php?viewStory=2707

Accessible metal done right

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/26/entertainment/e100435D60.DTL

Jonny Lange's not a kid any more

http://www.tahoe.com/article/20100426/EDITORSCHOICE/100429994/1020/WHATTODO

Old time jazz swing, modern metabolism

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/arts/music/27kellso.html

And download the NPR JazzFest podcast

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=54650

The Rascals Reunion

Click on the post title for an early video look!

Monday Music Digest

JazzFest in New Orleans, Day 3

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-04-26-sundayjazz_st_N.htm

More Stupid Music at Bob Wills Day

http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2010/apr/26/pardon-me-is-that-your-tattoo/

The Stagecoach Music Fest

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-04-26-stagecoach26online_ST_N.htm

Concert review: Mark Knopfler

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/music/reviews/article_93473afe-5088-11df-a141-001cc4c03286.html

Ronnie Wood meets The Beatles

http://www.pr-inside.com/rolling-stone-wood-picked-up-guitar-r1851558.htm

Looking back with the Allman Brothers' 2 drummers

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/butch_trucks_and_jaimoe_remini.html

Band of Skulls on a roll

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Band+Skulls+roll/2937418/story.html

A tornado hits the blues town of Yazoo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8642998.stm

More on The Rascals reunion show

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2010/04/25/13716711-wenn-story.html

And a JazzFest sample

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuV3YGdF0X0

The Rascals!

I had the privilege last night of listening live on the radio to the first live concert by The Rascals in 40 years! It was a benefit show in NY City. Click on the post title for more info.

Set list:

Lonely Too Long

In the Midnight Hour

I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore

You Better Run

A Beautiful Morning

Love Is a Beautiful Thing

Groovin'

A Girl Like You

How Can I Be Sure?

Come On Up

What Is the Reason?

People Got to Be Free

Sunday Music Digest

Ringo defends his new song about John Lennon

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/ringo-starr-defends-lennon-lyric_1140169

Elvin Bishop in the Blues Tent

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/elvin_bishop_makes_it_look_eas.html

Lionel Richie at the Accura Stage

http://www.spinner.com/2010/04/24/lionel-richie-charms-soaked-crowd-at-new-orleans-jazz-fest/

John Fogerty plays the Royal Albert Hall

http://tmdcelebritynews.com/comin-down-the-road-the-concert-at-royal-albert-hall/0364

Buffett Hotel

http://dailybreaknews.com/buffet-hotel/1158

Complete wrap of JazzFest Day 2

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2010-04-25-jazz-fest-new-orleans_N.htm

Chick Corea sighted

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2010/apr/24/review-chick-corea-denton-arts-jazz-festival/

A new guitar amp

http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_mercury_amp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

Taken by Force

http://tmdcelebritynews.com/taken-by-force/01009

And a guide to Country Music Marathon 2010

http://www.styleblips.com/2010/04/country-music-marathon-2010-guide-and.html

Saturday Music Digest

A Girl Who Loves The Stooges! New music from Terry Adams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFqJ5DjEmlQ&feature=digest

Another great new band name-Heavy Trash

http://www.app.com/article/20100423/ENT/4230305/Heavy-Trash-isn-t-stuck-in-a-time-warp

Music of the Mullet Toss

http://www.pnj.com/article/20100423/SPORTS1001/4230304/1006

The man who gave away The Beatles

http://www.minyanville.com/special-features/articles/worst-stupid-business-decisions-beatles-decca/4/23/2010/id/27014

Day 1 at JazzFest in New Orleans = Rain

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/04/greetings_from_overcast_er_rainy_new_orleans.html

An unusual solo show from guitarist Pat Metheney

http://www.ktvu.com/entertainment/23249417/detail.html

youtube turns 5

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1044289

This is Stupid Music Weekend in Turkey Texas-it's the 39th annual Bob Wills Days!

http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=447833

R.I.P. to jazz writer Gene Lees

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042304839.html

And the latest news from the Thelonious Monk Institute

http://www.westseattleherald.com/2010/04/23/news/thelonious-monk-institute-jazz-brings-peer-peer-jazz-education-program-seattle-publi

Friday Music Digest

Na Hoku preview

http://www.lahainanews.com/page/content.detail/id/500828/Festival-celebrates-the-unique-sound-of-Hawaii.html?nav=19

Bill Cosby hearts jazz music

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/04/23/entertainment/mj2636014.txt

A new museum revives Jazz-era Seattle

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2011674553_jazz23.html

Stupid Music on the Nashville Skyline...

http://www.cmt.com/news/nashville-skyline/1637636/nashville-skyline-willie-nelson-and-merle-haggard.jhtml

Live music-what a rush!

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100423/ENT/4230311/1005/ent

Iceland volcano meets Ookelele

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/22/icelandic-woman-play.html

Preview of this weekend's Kokua Festival in Honolulu

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100422/GETPUBLISHED/4220387

A new CD from Susan Cowsill

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/susan-cowsill-soars-with_b_548254.html

Neil Innes sighted

http://www.thespec.com/Entertainment/article/756274

And JazzFest starts today in New Orleans!

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/best_of_jazz_fest_music_not_mi_1.html

Earth Day Music Digest

Live at the Lead

http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2010/04/21/read/a_and_e/arts04.txt

Ringo Starr interview

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7615396/Ringo-Starr-interview.html

Chess Records sighting

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63K43I20100421

The new Koko Taylor Blues Award announced

http://www.prweb.com/releases/blues-foundation/Koko-Taylor-Award/prweb3903894.htm

TV theme songs that ruled the radio too

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/04/remember-when-tv-theme-songs-ruled-the-pop-charts.html

The party in New Orleans this weekend isn't only at The Fairgrounds

http://www.myneworleans.com/Blogs/After-Hours/April-2010/Partying-Off-the-Grounds-at-Jazz-Fest-Time/

Soundtrack: Tallest man on Earth

http://boston.com/community/blogs/todays_soundtrack/2010/04/soundtrack_tallest_man_on_eart.html

Lei Day with the Caz Brothers

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/501376/The-Brothers-Cazimero-Perform-on-Lei-Day.html?nav=39

New Stupid Music from The Sweetback Sisters

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126150190

And Pat Metheny-One Man Band

http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_14915287?nclick_check=1

Hump Day Music Digest

Wednesday = Uncle Tom is Gabbin'

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/utg/

Happy 60th to the Dean of Hawai'i slack key players, Uncle Cyril Pahinui

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtZKLRpQKc

Behind the scenes at JazzFest

http://www.nola.com/jazzfest/index.ssf/2010/04/jazz_fest_couldnt_go_on_withou.html

Tracing jazz from New Orleans to Chicago

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/clarendonhills/news/2178048,clarendon-hills-jazzrevue-042210-s1.article

"My life: the playlist"

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/20/thurston.who.am.i.census/

Ronnie Wood shares guitar secrets

http://www.spinner.com/2010/04/20/ronnie-wood-slash-guitar-lessons/

A review of the new Merle Haggard album

http://www.the9513.com/album-review-merle-haggard-i-am-what-i-am/

Leon Russell gets a street

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=269&articleid=20100420_371_0_Tefrts794060

Jakob Dylan does Stupid Music

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/04/willie-nelson-country-music.html

And a jazzfest in Idaho

http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/gene-harris-jazz-festival/Content?oid=1567034

Tuesday Music Digest

Exploring the music from the second episode of the new HBO series "Treme"

http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/04/19/treme-music-recap-meet-de-boys-on-the-battlefront/

When Willie met T-Bone

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-musically_0420gd.State.Edition1.27aacea.html

Dropping acid with The Beatles

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/7603772/Beatles-introduced-to-Ravi-Shankars-music-at-LSD-party-Byrds-singer-reveals.html

Harare Jazz Fest time

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=17799&cat=3

New Orleans Brass Band jams

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126109484

A new guitar amp that doubles as a PC

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/opc-amplifier-computer-pc,news-6514.html

Norah Jones gets new shoes

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2011645456_norah20.html?prmid=carousel_feat

Preview of this weekend's Kokua Fest in Honolulu

http://www.alohaupdate.com/2010/04/18/prepare-for-kokua-festival-2010-this-weekend/

A preview of the Ballard Jazz Festival in Washington State

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2011646466_ballardjazz20.html

And wishing a Happy Stupid Music 60th Wedding Anniversary to Bob Wills' biographer

http://www.rodeoattitude.com/spur/features/behindthechutes/peek-past-tod-4357.shtml

Marathon Monday Music Digest

The Cincinnati Pops do The Beatles

http://www.kypost.com/content/wcposhared/story/Beatles-On-Tap-For-Cincinnati-Pops/Ysnxh9dUq0iAuz1ggLtb0A.cspx

Coachella Days 1 & 2

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/coachella-days-1-2-concert-review-1004084008.story

Remembering Louis Prima in New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/04/documentaries_about_louis_prim.html

A drummer who has seen it all

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20100418/ARTICLES/100419518/1008/LIVING?Title=Houma-native-says-he-8217-s-seen-it-all-during-star-studded-drumming-career

A guitar maker gets back to work

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=213369

It's Stupid Music Week in Texas

http://dailybreaknews.com/legends-of-country-music/25708

The most romantic jazz music in the universe

http://dailybreaknews.com/the-most-romantic-jazz-music-in-the-universe/25472

Recap of last night's Country Music Awards

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1637294/20100419/lady_antebellum.jhtml

Music with a view in LA

http://www.luxist.com/2010/04/18/skyline-jazz-series-offers-music-with-a-view-in-los-angeles/

And a look at the 20th Malta Jazz Festival

http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=104806

Sunday Music Digest

A musical instrument museum opens in Phoenix

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/04/18/20100418musical-instrument-museum-phoenix-CP.html

Songs to accompany an air horn?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/sports/hockey/18songs.html

New Elvin Bishop music

http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2010/04/1703.html

Coachella Fest 2010

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100417/EVENTS17/4170323/Coachella-Valley-Music-and-Arts-Festival-worth-the-wait

Sal and Dad explore Africa

http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article408084.ece/Dad-and-son-to-punt-SA

JazzFest after hours promises great music

http://www.nola.com/arts/index.ssf/2010/04/adventurous_music_will_fill_lo.html

Bopping across the river from New Orleans to the West Bank.

http://www.wwl.com/Algiers-Riverfest-celebrates-Westbank-jazz-and-fun/6826616

Slide guitar in Paris Texas

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/04/16/celluloid-heroes-slide-guitar-and-picking-up-the-pieces-in-paris-texas/

Soundgarden reunite

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1637275/20100417/soundgarden.jhtml

And Pharoah lives!

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14906009

Snowy Saturday Music Digest

Lost Sons of Havana

http://www.indiewire.com/article/2010/04/16/lost_sons_of_havana/

Edgar Winter preps for another All Starr tour

http://www.examiner.com/x-2082-Beatles-Examiner~y2010m4d16-Edgar-Winter-is-ready-to-rock-n-rollll-with-Ringo-Starr-and-the-AllStarr-Band-in-2010-Part-2

David Essex sighted

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article7098674.ece

The wonderful opening sequence of the new HBO series "Treme"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWaFD4S00mc

Weird Al channels the blues

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978177670

AMTRAK celebrates the connection between passenger trains and the blues

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/16/coffee-break-amtrak-to-celebrate-blues-trail/

Beyond Bourbon Street

http://blog.seattlepi.com/watchingtremeseattle/archives/202166.asp

A new Joe Pass remaster

http://www.audaud.com/article?ArticleID=7228

Happy Record Store Day!

http://www.twincities.com/entertainment/ci_14889826

And a Fats Waller Festival at Lincoln Center

http://jazztimes.com/articles/25974-jazz-at-lincoln-center-presents-fats-waller-festival