Louisville singer/songwriter Brigid Kaelin has made the first cut for the fifth season of the “Nashville Star” TV show. She’s one of 56 contestants who will be competing in the regional finals, to be held Nov 1-3. Over 20,000 performers entered the competition.
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Way to go, Brigid.

Update:
Looks like Brigid is working on an inside track: she wound up meeting Tanya Tucker at Ramzi’s after Tucker’s recent show at the Corner. Brigid and Tanya look like they’re getting along:

A note from Scott Scarboro for the musicians among us:

“Mellwood Art Center is considering building practice spaces for musicians, but the Director needs to know if there is truly a need for such a thing in the community. How many of you would pay $50 a month for a practice space???

if there is enough interest, these spaces could be built within 3 months. Please respond to this e-mail at scarboro@mellwoodartcenter.com”

The Science magazine has a report of a study showing demonstrating that musicial tastes correspond to socio-economic class, and particularly to education level. Read all about it it here.

At last - my primary computer is repaired and functioning. It got flooded here in Louisville last weekend, thanks to some very heavy rains. The October issue of the paper did manage to be finished on time and mostly okay.

More later.