The music video of the month is determined by our editors. Enjoy this month’s music video — whether it’s a slow jam, a reggae or hip-hop jam, some smooth jazz, a little R&B, it’s all good.

• This week’s concerts (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  

  Aaron Watson Friday. Billy Bob’s Texas, Fort Worth. $10-$14. Ticketmaster. Michael McDonald, Dallas Symphony Orchestra Friday-Saturday. Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. $33-$110. 214-692-0203. Fred Eaglesmith, Carey Wolff Friday. The Fairmount, Fort Worth. $20. 817-420-9455. Gretchen Peters Friday. McDavid Studio, Fort Worth. $25. 817-212-4280. Kem, Ledisi Friday. Palladium …

• Art festivals a chance to 'live' (Florida Today)
  

  INDIALANTIC — At a booth called Pampered Hearts, Palm Bay resident Sharon Lamphier tried a body scrub made of sea salt and ground walnut shells on her hands.

• Friday, October 03, 2008 (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
  

  Quilts from the Heartland Show, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Delaware County Fairgrounds Heartland Hall; exhibit of Muncie Quilter’s Guild will include quilts made by members from challenges including wall hanging inspired by gift bag, quilt from blocks inspired by Civil War; 10 vendors also available; profits to Ball Memorial Hospital for …

• Thursday, October 02, 2008 (Marion Chronicle-Tribune)
  

  ♦ Mom’s Morning Out classes, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, First United Methodist Church, 624 S. Adams St., for ages 18 months to 5 years old. Call 664-5177.

• R & B singer Kem puts his artistry and the audience first (Detroit News)
  

  Kem (Kem Owens) — who will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Fox Theatre with opening act Rahsaan Patterson — is working on his next album, “Kem III: Intensity,” and debuting his new music during a smattering of monthly concerts.

• Notes from the music beat … (County Press)
  

  ot of fans want to know what’s up with KEM’s next album. So does KEM.

• Q&A | Kem: Ex-wedding singer finds his niche (The Columbus Dispatch)
  

  Kem Owens, the Motown Records singer who goes simply by “Kem” when he’s performing, will arrive in the Palace Theatre tonight with songs to test drive.

• The Ting Tings in concert (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
  

  The Ting Tings The English duo of Katie White and Jules De Martino, better known as the Ting Tings, slipped into the American consciousness via a tried-and-true method: having a song placed in an artful Apple iPod commercial. The song in question, Shut Up and Let Me Go , is a vivid slice of punky dance-pop and helped push the pair’s debut album, We Started Nothing , onto the radar. The …

• More of today's best bets in entertainment (Detroit Free Press)
  

  Brian Vander Ark: With Jamie McCarthy and Crashing Cairo, 8 p.m. The Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. 248-544-3030. $12. Everlast: With Lordz, 8 p.m. Magic Stick, 4120 Woodward, Detroit. 313-833-9700. $18, $20.

• Brian McCollum's Big Gigs (Detroit Free Press)
  

  Anyone doubtful that the country audience would embrace perky tabloid star Jessica Simpson need only glance at the Billboard charts, where her first Nashville album, “Do You Know,” debuted last week atop the country list. Windsor can count itself lucky, or something: Simpson’s whirlwind promotional campaign includes just a handful of concert dates, and this is one of them. Already the …