Tuesday, July 31st
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), Barcelona, 6/15/18
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random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: July, 2018
2018
Monday, July 30th
Last night I heard her at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. Otherworldly. Tonight she’ll be playing, and talking (with reed player Ken Vandermark), at the Experimental Sound Studio—all of which will be streamed, beginning at 7:30 (CST).
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), live, Rochester, N.Y., 6/18/18
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other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Sunday, July 29th
sounds of the 1920s
Rev. J. M. Gates, “Baptize Me,” 1926
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2018
Saturday, July 28th
basement jukebox
Gene Pitney, “Just One Smile” (Randy Newman), 1966
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Dusty Springfield, “I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore” (Randy Newman), 1969
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2018
Friday, July 27th
sweet soul music
Anthony Hamilton, live, Washington, D.C., 2016
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yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Thursday, July26th
string quartets
day four
Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), String Quartet No. 3, “Grido,” excerpt; Mivos Quartet, live, New York, 2012
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this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Wednesday, July 25th
string quartets
day three
Anton Webern, 1883-1945
Langsamer Satz (1905), Zorá String Quartet, c. 2014
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String Quartet (1938), Quatuor Debussy, c. 2009
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this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Tuesday, July 24th
string quartets
day two
Dudok Quartet, live, Amsterdam, 2015*
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late yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
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*Program notes courtesy of YouTube:
Pérotin – Selection from Viderunt Omnes
Ligeti – String Quartet no. 2:
I. Allegro nervoso
II. Sostenuto, molto calmo
Debussy – Canope from Preludes, livre II
Ligeti – String Quartet no. 2:
III. Come un meccanismo di precisione
IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
V. Allegro con delicatezza
Brahms – Intermezzo in B minor op. 119 no. 1
2018
Monday, July 23rd
string quartets
day one
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), String Quartet No. 3 (1927); Arditti Quartet, live (studio), Tokyo, 2017
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2018
Sunday, July 22nd
testify!
Albertina Walker, Rev. James Cleveland, et al., “If I Perish,” live
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yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
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