Sunday, January 21st
Some singers—not many—need no accompaniment.
Mary Ann & China Pettaway (mother, daughter), live, Boykin, Ala., 2016
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1934-), Ana “Mama Cookie” Cook, 1958
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Month: January, 2018
2018
Saturday, January 20th
How about a trip to the nineteenth century?
Daniil Trifonov, piano (Chopin, Schumann, Grieg), live (studio performance), Washington, D.C., 1/12/18
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reading table
To shut our eyes is Travel.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Letter 354
2018
Friday, January 19th
This guy—this voice—gets under my skin.
Moses Sumney, live (studio performance), Seattle, 2017
2018
Thursday, January 18th
timeless
Gregory Porter, “You Send Me” (S. Cooke), live, London, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942), Moonlit Scene with Hut and Flowers, 1909/10 (from the series Worlds of Things)
2018
Wednesday, January 17th
Astonishing performance.
Astonishing piece.
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Variations, op. 27 (1936)
Glenn Gould (1932-1982), piano
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What Miracles the News is!
Not Bismark but ourselves.—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), Letter 354
2018
Wednesday, January 3rd
sounds of Canada
Lydia Ainsworth, “White Shadows,” 2014 (track)–2015 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Garfield Park Conservatory)
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
2018
Tuesday, January 2nd
what’s new
Like her or not, you’ve got to give her this: she’s unafraid to go her own way.
Björk, “Arisen My Senses,” 12/20/17 (video)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Berkeley, Calif.
2018
Monday, January 1st
Feel like getting lost?
Navpične misli (Vertical Thoughts), Karmina Šilec (original idea and music direction), !KEBATAOLA! (performers), Morton Feldman (music: Three Voices, excerpts; MCOTD Hall of Fame), 2010
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reading table
New Year’s morning—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
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