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

Snowy Friday Music Digest

Yes, it's snowing here today.

Lots of Hawaiian Mele news in this edition!

John Hammond speaks

http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/celebrities/90906554_When_the_blues_hits_you_.html

Rounder Records sold

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/04/15/rounder_records_founders_say_sale_best_way_to_preserve_business/

A Galactic podcast offers a tour of New Orleans

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=53926

Jen Kearney sighted in Lowell

http://www.enterprisenews.com/entertainment/x932337926/Jen-Kearney-likes-to-mix-musical-styles

Preview of the Harare Jazz Fest in Africa

http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=17688&cat=3

Man of Steel

http://sacurrent.com/music/story.asp?id=55455

R.I.P. to music critic Mike Zwerin

http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100415/NEWS0107/4150400/-1/RSSNEWSMAP

And R.I.P. to Hawaiian music exec Don McDiarmid Jr.

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/breaking/90978104.html

Na Hoku nominees announced by our friends at HAWAI'I MAGAZINE

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2010/4/15/na_hoku_hanohano_nominees_2010_music_awards

And saving The Royal Hawaiian Band

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100415_hopeful_tune.html

April 15th Music Digest

A musical journey with HAPA

http://www.mauiweekly.com/page/content.detail/id/501336/A-Musical-Journey-with-Hapa.html?nav=39

A Juke Joint Festival in Mississippi

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iT6ocBk6H9Lkz5qJt_FwARmZtyWwD9F30KO00

Masters of American Music Part 2 comes out on DVD

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=53839

How The Beatles made the Epiphone Casino famous

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/beatles-casino-0414/

Wrapup of the French Quarter Fest

http://www.neworleans.com/news/local-news/372162.html

A church guitar fraud scheme in Pennsylvania

http://ifawebnews.com/2010/04/14/pennsylvania-pastor-confesses-to-church-guitar-fraud-scheme/

A new ookelele album from Julia Nunes

http://theithacan.org/am/publish/cdreview/201004_YouTube_star_hits_big_time_with_third_album_release.shtml

Preview of the 34th annual Plattsburgh Jazz Festival in NY

http://readme.readmedia.com/SUNY-Plattsburgh-Music-Department-to-Present-34th-Annual-Jazz-Festival/1232916

JazzBoston's Jazz Week 10 is coming

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=53843

And a preview of the Mother of All Stupid Music Festivals, Bob Wills Day in Turkey Texas

http://www.myplainview.com/articles/2010/04/14/news/doc4bc5fa0de0224833668996.txt

Wednesday Music Digest

Midweek Gabbin' with the man who brought Elvis to Blue Hawai'i

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

Saturday = Record Store Day

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/04/13/4726686.htm

New Orleans music is a central part of the new HBO series TREME; yesterday HBO picked up the series for a second season

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karen-daltonbeninato/with-season-two-a-lock-ne_b_536647.html

R.I.P. to jazz drummer Steve Reid

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1268412&SM=1

Ookelele Ray

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/events/ukulele-ray-opening-reception-1655650/

Another great new band moniker: Tut Tut

http://www.pitch.com/2010-04-15/music/tut-tut-alexander-abnos/

A 5 neck guitar!

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/04/13/calgary-guitar-five-neck-cantos-foundation.html

Grammy winner Steve Martin hits the road (with his banjo)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jGNdzBpMQcKIbuvmvrhRwsmIxrwg

Springing the Blues in Jacksonville

http://jacksonville.com/maggie-fitzroy/2010-04-13/story/thousands-come-jacksonville-beach-20th-annual-springing-blues

And Steve Stills returns to the Fillmore (solo this time)

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-04-15/music/stephen-stills-hits-the-fillmore-solo-this-saturday/

Tuesday Music Digest

A nice interview with William Stout, who's done everything from album cover art to dinosaurs

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25665

Ringo is pissed at The Pope

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/04/12/ringo.starr.vatican.beatles/

Mose lives!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/music/blues-master-mose-allison-back-at-the-piano/article1531920/

Sun Records on Broadway?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iYaJm_8cXhVXLTulBBe8EE-dN6yAD9F16BBG5

Review of "Treme", Episode #1

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2010/04/treme_episode_1_a_world_of_profundity.html

Gibson Guitar owes the IRS $450,000

http://nashville.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2010/04/12/daily7.html

Jeff Beck's newest reviewed

http://entertainment.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978168138

Alex Chilton tracks unearthed

http://www.jambands.com/news/2010/04/13/alex-chilton-tracks-unearthed-for-new-christina-black-album

Old Cobain recordings found at a junk sale

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1266975&SM=1

And Hank Williams wins...a Pulitzer?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/12/pulitzer.prize.winners/

Monday Music Digest

Brubeck Fest!

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100412/A_NEWS/4120307/-1/a_entertain

Turning music into poetry

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-live-0412-sonny-20100412,0,1956567.story

Gwyneth Paltrow takes guitar lessons

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-interviews/Paltrow-taking-guitar-lessons-from-husband/articleshow/5784721.cms

Honk if you love record stores

http://www.pressherald.com/life/audience/honk-if-you-love-record-stores_2010-04-11.html

Dave Edmunds gets it

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/dave-edmunds-0410/

Wrap of the Gray Skies Blues Fest in Washington State

http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/bars-clubs/photo-hot-spot/gray-sky-blues-music-festival-2010-tacoma/

Ringo has a beef with eBay

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8614359.stm

NRBQ's Terry Adams on the air

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/35359

Dancing in Hilo

http://www.kitv.com/news/23119343/detail.html

And Lee Marvin sings!

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

Facebook Reminder

be sure to check out my Facebook page for more musical mayhem-recently added musical friends include former Raiders MARK LINDSAY and PHIL "FANG" VOLK, and Western Swing fiddle man JODY NIX.

Sunday Music Digest

Lagniappe today! 15 items instead of 10!

2010 Merrie Monarch Fest final results

http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2010/04/11/2010-merrie-monarch-festival-results/

Neutral Uke Hotel?

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=22238

Checking out The Beaches Blues Festival

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400579/rocker419/2010-04-10/excellent-music-beaches-blues-festival

Blues For 'Trane

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=53406

Rufus Reid steps Out Front

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0410-reid-20100410,0,493137.story

Soul'd Out in Oregon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-live-0410-reid-20100410,0,493137.story

Elvis Costello goes unplugged

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2010/04/10/20100410elvis-costello-review-scottsdale.html

Another great band name: Los Po-Boy Citos. Yes, they're from New Orleans!

http://www.neworleans.com/blog/370123-los-po-boy-citos-drums-up-latin-soul.html

Jeff Beck-emotion and commotion

http://www2.seattlepi.com/articles/418185.html

A look at the new Les Paul guitar from Gibson

http://vernoncroy.com/les-pauls-black-beauty-by-gibson-2010

"A Closer Walk" just keeps going, and going, and going...

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/04/10/singing_praises_but_lack_of_a_back_story_in_closer_walk_with_pasty_cline/

Stupid Music heads to Norman, OK

http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1687705303/Former-Texas-Playboys-to-perform-in-Norman

Jazz for all!

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2010/04/11/quartet_of_happiness_makes_jazz_accessible_with_a_dash_of_whimsy/

More on French Quarter Fest 2010

http://www.yppo.com/2010/04/10/french-quarter-festival-2010/

And a look at Hank Mancini

http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/04/henry_mancini_composed_for_hol.html

Saturday Music Digest

A new generation of hula masters

http://www.starbulletin.com/specialprojects/10/merriemonarch2010/20100408_A_new_generation_of_hula_masters.html

A new Dave Matthews Band archival release

http://www.jambands.com/news/2010/04/08/los-lobos-to-appear-on-new-dave-matthews-band-archival-release

Jax Blues

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/entertainment/news-article.aspx?storyid=154545&catid=19

40 years later, Ringo rules

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-sallet/beatles-break-up-forty-ye_b_531597.html

Review of the new Backyard Tire Fire CD

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/08/AR2010040802403.html

Jack Johnson update

http://www.bloginity.com/entertainment/music-entertainment/jack-johnson-new-album-new-tour-to-the-sea-is-complex-rhythmic/18554/

Honeymoon in Brazil

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/06/AR2010040600722.html

Previewing the upcoming Reno Jazz Fest

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/09/PKRJ1CN0Q3.DTL

Recap of Night 1 of the 47th Merrie Monarch festival in Hilo

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100409/NEWS01/4090364/47th+Merrie+Monarch+Festival

And it's history: Voices of American Music

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/arts/music/10voices.html

Friday Music Digest

R.I.P. to Latin jazz pioneer Graciela Grillo-Perez

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100407/ENTERTAIN/100409785

Remembering a jazz legend who would have turned 100 this year

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100407/ENTERTAIN/100409785

Ringo comes to New England

http://www.middletownpress.com/articles/2010/04/08/entertainment/doc4bbd40fd7e5ca452460605.txt

What critics are saying about HBO's new show about New Orleans and its music

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bs-ae-treme-reviews-text-20100408,0,2810135.story

Gary Wright alive and well

http://www.buckslocalnews.com/articles/2010/04/08/entertainment/music/doc4bbe092fb8ec7704502186.txt

Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann reignites his love of New Orleans music

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14842408

>From Japan, psychedelic care and feeding

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/arts/music/09acid.html

Save the Royal Hawaiian Band!

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100408/NEWS04/4080325/Supporters+urge+council+to+retain+funding+for+band

NPR catches up with Stupid Music fiddler Johnny Gimble

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125673057

And Alex Chilton's journey thru New Orleans

http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2010/04/post_7.html

Hump Day Music Digest

Sorry for the delay today, had phone problems and couldn't get online!

Midweek = Uncle Tom

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

A living legend, "Uncle J"

http://www.gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6062:a-living-legend&catid=20:timeout

R.I.P. to Omaha jazz musician Luigi Waites

http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/89992842.html?storySection=comments

Contrasting percussion

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/arts/music/07percussion.html

Keith Urban gets a Stupid Music award

http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1635516/keith-urban-receives-special-acm-award-for-international-contributions.jhtml

George Benson interviewed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/7547659/George-Benson-interview-love-songs-are-one-of-the-things-in-life-that-last.html

Great acoustic guitar lessons for beginners

http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=124013

The official Lollapalooza lineup

http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2010/04/now_its_really_official_lollap.html

10 Led Zep songs that deserve more airplay

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/led-zeppelin-0406/

And catching up with Aloha Joe

http://www.examiner.com/x-5488-Honolulu-City-Guide-Examiner~y2010m4d3-Aloha-Joes-Online-Hawaiian-Music-Radio-Show-Keeps-People-Worldwide-in-Touch-with-the-Islands

Tuesday Music Digest

Dianne Reeves sighting

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700022332/Dianne-Reeves-embodies-jazz-music-at-its-finest.html

Stupid Music from T Bone and Willie

http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/theampersand/archive/2010/04/05/willie-nelson-t-bone-burnett-team-up-for-some-country-music.aspx

And the real Stupid Musicians play April 21

http://www.gtrnews.com/greater-tulsa-reporter/6219/former-texas-playboys-to-rock-norman-april-21

New Kurt Cobain music unearthed

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/new-kurt-cobain-music-unearthed/6664242

McCartney does Miami

http://www.bloggernews.net/124219

Serena Ryder on Neil Young

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-serena-ryder-technically-neil-young-taught-me-how-to-play-guitar/6663962

Musicians from Augusta

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-18/1270454416112550.xml&storylist=entertainment

Time for the French Quarter Fest in New Orleans

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/news.php?viewStory=2576

Andy Fairweather Low interviewed

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2010/04/05/andy-fairweather-low-on-life-with-rock-legends-91466-26175170/

And the John Mayall interview

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/3547659/The-John-Mayall-interview

Monday Music Digest

Ringo now getting $135 a ticket?

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/04/the-best-of-frenemies/

A Juke Joint Fest

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/04/juke-joint-f-festival-s/

New DVD: Bluesland

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-dvd-review-bluesland-a-portrait/

Celtic Women sighted

http://www.freep.com/article/20100404/ENT04/4040307/1322/Celtic-Woman-adds-a-pop-shimmer-to-Irish-music

New releases reviewed

http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/04/04/1008405/listening-post-brief-reviews-of.html

Erykah Badu gets nekkid

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1545750.php/Erykah-Badu-charged-over-controversial-naked-music-video-shoot

A tale of two critics

http://www.neworleans.com/community/cityvoices/365726-new-orleans-and-treme-a-tale-of-two-critics.html

Inner Dance

http://www2.seattlepi.com/articles/417848.html

A new Slash song

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2010/03/31/13425461.html

And a visit to Toad's Place

http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-hold-seady-review-0404,0,3064373.story

Easter Sunday Music Digest

In search of the blues

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36065

A new Count Basie DVD

http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-dvd-review-count-basie-swingin/

The "Who" behind Chess Records

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63202B20100403

A rock and roll dinosaur named Peter Wolf

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704100604575145900993259766.html

10 Best George Harrison songs

http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/04/03/best-george-harrison-songs/

Rock 'n' Reel

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/04/04/bands_on_film_deliver_drama_and_fun_amped_up_to_11/

Serious rockers come to ABBA's defense?

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/04/04/serious-rockers-come-abba%E2%80%99s-defense.html

A jazz groove in Benin

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/ArtsandCulture/Music/5547993-147/story.csp

R.I.P. to jazz trombonist Mike Zwerin

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings4-2010apr04,0,794651.story

And a visit to the National Jazz Festival in New Zealand

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1004/S00037.htm

Granite State of Mind!

Click on the post title for the new New Hampshire video that's exploding on youtube-it's only been up 3 days and already has hundreds of thousands of views.

Saturday Music Digest

Eddie the Chief

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=resources&id=7364348

Steve Miller does a blues album

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/steve-miller-0402/

Mose Allison interview

http://www.avclub.com/articles/mose-allison,39767/

Louisiana Special

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/289926

A guitar store set to reopen in Seattle

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/theblotter/2011509475_arson_victim_rosewood_guitar_s.html

A lap of Bahrain

http://motorsports.fanhouse.com/2010/04/02/a-lap-of-bahrain-as-played-on-a-gibson-electric-guitar/

The Disco Biscuits to tour with 3 guitars

http://www.relix.com/news/2010/04/02/the-disco-biscuits-will-tour-with-three-guitar-players

A visit with ookelele collector Andy Roth

http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_14805901

I mentioned the passing of guitarist Herb Ellis...he actually did an album of Stupid Music!

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=52981

And honoring Dizzy

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/arts/music/03perez.html

Friday Music Digest

The 10 best Ringo Starr songs

http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/04/01/best-ringo-starr-songs/

Preview of this year's Gray Skies Blues Fest in Tacoma

http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/4229

Blues and Chaos-the writing of Robert Palmer

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125429565

The beat goes on in Baton Rouge

http://www.homeandawaymagazine.com/content.cfm?a=1565

Macca remembers John and George at the Hollywood Bowl

http://www.examiner.com/x-19141-Hollywood-Concerts-Examiner~y2010m4d1-Paul-McCartney-remembers-John-Lennon-and-George-Harrison-at-Hollywood-Bowl-Concert

New music DVDs arriving next week

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/89637942.html

Ronnie Wood gets a radio show

http://www.spinner.com/2010/04/01/ronnie-wood-rolling-stone-radio-show/

Previewing this year's Kokua Fest

http://www.looktothestars.org/news/4130-jack-johnson-to-host-annual-charity-music-festival

Catching up with the Wellington International Ookelele Orchestra

http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/catching-up-wellington-ukulele-orchestra-3444213

And Stupid Music at the Big Muddy Festival

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/apr/01/big-muddy-festival-brings-heartfelt-music-to/

April Fool's Music Digest

Don't worry, all of this stuff is real!

Uncle Cyril sighting

http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2010/03/31/read/a_and_e/arts01.txt

A new jazz music website

http://www.post-trib.com/entertainment/2109028,jazzseniorside.article

Catching up with Nat's brother Freddy

http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100401/ENT/4010328/1110/Jazz-singer-pianist-Freddy-Cole-to-perform-in-Corning

Ben Vereen talks story

http://www.backstage.com/bso/advice/talkin-jazz-with-ben-vereen-1004079919.story

Lee Ann Womack talks Stupid Music

http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1993006083668278&act=post&pid=12563103103856994

Preview of the impending Essence Music Fest in New Orleans

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1257279&SM=1

Jeff Lynne talks about his new book

http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/31/traveling-wilburys-jeff-lynne-new-book-reunion/

Top 5 pop stars gone Desi

http://www.desihits.com/news/view/top-5-songs--mainstream-artists--go-desi-20100331

Slash to be honored in LA

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/slash-0331/

And a Rocky Roccocco sighting onstage in LA

http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theatre-review-la-the-psychic-by/