It has been a fun and sad week at the same time. Last weekend saw America celebrating the July 4th holiday. We all went to see some great fireworks on Friday night in the park at Sugar Hill. Then on Saturday we had a pretty typical 4th of July at our house with some good friends, a kiddy pool, a bbq and a few fun fireworks. I even streamed live video of our fun from Ustream. 

Then on Tuesday last we all paused to watch some of the Michael Jackson Memorial. What a brilliantly produced show and what a sad day for the music world. Love him or hate him, you cannot argue with his talent or his impact on the music world. 

On Episode 42 of Across The Pond there is music from the brilliant Duhks, Cuban music from Eliades Ochoa, Irish music from Bela Fleck and so many more. It is a real mixture of styles and genres this week. Don't forget that I love to hear your comments, either through here or on FaceBook or Twitter . So stay in touch and lets make the show more of a community event that you get to have some real part of.