Thursday, May 31st
Morocco to Brooklyn to Marfa
Innov Gnawa, live, Marfa, Texas, 4/13/18
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night
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Taking a break—back in a while.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: May, 2018
2018
Wednesday, May 30th
more sounds of Iceland
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aeriality (2011); Iceland Symphony Orchestra, live, 2011, Iceland (Reykjavik)
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, May 29th
more
Björk, “The Gate,” interview, TV show (Later . . . with Jools Holland, BBC), 5/26/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, May 28th
what’s new
Is anyone in pop music farther out?
Björk, “Blissing Me,” TV show (Later . . . with Jools Holland, BBC), 5/26/18
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lagniappe
reading table
I am flowering and dying.
—Peter Gizzi, from “Tradition & The Indivisible Talent”
2018
Sunday, May 27th
Back to church.
Live, Detroit (Church of the Living God)
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, May 26th
sounds of New York
Nina Kraviz (DJ), New York, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Friday, May 25th
One-word review: Wow!
Lauryn Hill with The Roots, live, Philadelphia, 2012
2018
Thursday, May 24th
3n
day three
Anton Webern (1883-1945), String Trio, Op. 20 (1927)
Goeyvaerts String Trio, live
Part 1
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Part 2
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Difficult? Life is difficult. Not music.
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random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 23rd
3n
day two
Trio Da Kali (Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, vocals; Mamadou Kouyaté, bass ngoni, vocals; Fodé Lassana Diabaté, balafon), live (studio), Seattle, 2017
“Eh Ya Ye”
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“Kanimba”
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“Guede”
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“Dissa”
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lagniappe
reading table
the morning light is in us
—Peter Gizzi, from “Lullaby”
2018
Tuesday, May 22nd
3n
day one
Sounding Tears Trio (Mat Maneri, viola; Evan Parker, soprano saxophone; Lucian Ban, piano), live, Bucharest, 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
where there’s people
there’s flies
and Buddhas—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
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