Wire sculpture and Tyn Church, Prague Photo Credit: Paul Louw

– There’s an upbeat assessment of the year just gone from Prague Post feature writer Tony Ozuna.

– From deepest Suffolk, Sammy Stein shows the diversity and range of the music, zipping  around the world in a state-of the music piece for Allaboutjazz.

– The Wall Street Journal’s Tokyo bureau reports on Blue Note vinyl selling like hot cakes in Japan.