what’s new
Marc Ribot Quartet (MR, guitar; Chad Taylor, drums; Briggan Krauss, alto saxophone; Sebastian Steinberg, bass), “Ghost of Sleep” (M. Ribot), published today
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
Steve Reich (1936-), In All Your Ways (2026), Colin Currie Group,* live, Amsterdam, 9/19/26
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other day, Lake Superior (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
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*Owen Gunnell, Adrian Spillett, George Barton, Catherine Ring: percussion; Rowland Sutherland, Helen Whitaker: flute; Emma Burgess, Michelle Hromin: clarinet; Jonathan Morton, Clio Gould: violin; Nicholas Bootiman: viola; Robin Michael, Clare O’Connell: cello; Philip Moore, Siwan Rhys: piano; Peter Wilson: electric bass guitar.
sounds of Chicago
Vernon Oliver Price (1929-2023), “Move On Up a Little Higher,” live, Chicago (Jubilee Showcase), 1969
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other day, Brockway Mountain (outside Copper Harbor, Michigan)
what’s new
Brìghde Chaimbeul (Scottish smallpipes, vocals), Shahzad Ismaily (synths), “a bhò a bhò,” “a dhuine dhuine dhuine,” “She Went Astray,” “Pìobaireachd Nan Eun,” “Bog an Lochan,” live, Washington, D.C., published yesterday
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other day, Lake Superior (Copper Harbor, Michigan)
To improvise is to play with your ears.
Hamid Drake (1955-, drums; MCOTD Hall of Fame) & Tanja Feichtmair (1972-, alto saxophone), live, Austria (Nickelsdorf), 7/26/26
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
two minutes of sonic bliss
Sticks McGhee (1918-1961), “Meet You in the Morning,” 1953
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
what’s new
Jan Blomqvist, live, Burning Man Festival, Nevada, 9/5/26
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found words
L is the twelfth letter of the modern English alphabet and represents a voiced alveolar lateral approximant sound.
—Google AI’s response to iPhone’s unsought search for the letter “l”
what’s new
Laurie Anderson (voice, electronics), “Dirty Boulevard” (L. Reed), live, New York (Brooklyn Bridge Park), 9/19/26
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other day, Chicago (Monadnock Building [1893])
If someone were to say that no instrument is more beautiful, more deeply expressive, than the cello, I wouldn’t argue.
Alban Gerhardt (cello), live, London (Wigmore Hall), 2014: Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major; Zoltan Kodály, Solosonata op. 8
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Cassietta George), “I’m Ready to Serve the Lord” (C. George), live (TV Gospel Time), Chicago, early 1960s
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
