Weekly Linkup: A Look Back (Jazz Fest, Jann Wenner and President Obama, Musician’s Yearbook Photos,

April 30, 2012

Here’s your chance to catch up on recent stories and sundry musical tidbits…Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner interviews President Obama

NPR revisits Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” ":http://www.npr.org/2000/10/21/1112840/blowin-in-the-wind in honor of receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom

The Washington Post reviews the Sweetlife Food and Music Festival

A GQ writer endures a Creed and Nickelback double feature

New York radio station Kiss FM is going off the air

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reviews the first weekend of Jazz Fest with more here and here

Jambands.com interviews Leftover Salmon’s Drew Emmitt

Ben Folds offers aspiring musicians some words of wisdom

The Guardian digs up some yearbook photos of musicians

The San Francisco Chronicle interviews recent Relix cover artists The Black Keys

NYC Taper caught the Plants and Animals show at Mercury Lounge