Have you heard of Brandt Brauer Frick? —Rachael Z., the 20-something stylist who cuts my hair The Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, live (rehearsal), Germany (Berlin), 2010 ********** lagniappe reading table Teenager Me — a teenager? If she suddenly stood, here, now, before me, would I need to treat her as near and dear, although she’s [...]
Archive for the ‘harp’ category
Saturday, 3/12/11
03/12/2011Thursday, 2/10/11
02/09/2011Some music circles back on itself, over and over, slowing time. John Luther Adams (not to be confused with the other John Adams) “In the White Silence,” 1998 (excerpt)/The Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Tim Weiss, conductor (2003 recording) ***** “Red Arc/Blue Veil” for piano, percussion, and tape sounds (excerpt)/live, Kentucky (Lexington [University of Kentucky]), 2008/Clint [...]
Saturday, 10/23/10
10/22/2010Your 16-year-old daughter dies, suddenly, in a car accident. What do you do? If you’re pianist/composer Kenny Werner, what you do is create music. Kenny Werner, No Beginning No End (featuring Joe Lovano, tenor saxophone), recording session, New York (NYU), 2009
Monday, 10/11/10
10/10/2010Solomon Burke, March 21, 1940-October 10, 2010 Live (TV broadcast), England, 2003 “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” *** “None Of Us Are Free” ***** “Cry To Me,” live, Spain (Vitoria), 2004 ***** “Don’t Give Up On Me,” live ********** lagniappe The best soul singer of all time. —Jerry Wexler, Solomon Burke’s producer at Atlantic Records [...]
Thursday, 7/1/10
06/30/2010looking back Today, celebrating our 300th post, we revisit a few favorites. ********** 3/12/10 Both Chicago blues artists. Both guitar players. Both influenced by other kinds of music. Musical personalities? They could hardly be more different. Buddy Guy, “Let Me Love You Baby,” live ***** Fenton Robinson, “Somebody Loan Me A Dime,” live, 1977 *** [...]
Thursday, 3/25/10
03/25/2010street music Dublin On Grafton Street
Wednesday, 3/3/10
03/03/2010What other pop star has made such stunning contributions as a guest artist? Sinead O’Connor With Willie Nelson, “Don’t Give Up” ***** With the Chieftains, “The Foggy Dew” ***** With Shane MacGowan, “Haunted”
