Friday, May 31st
what’s new
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 3/6/19 (published today)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Month: May, 2019
2019
Thursday, May 30th
How about something new?
Close your eyes—listen.
Tyshawn Sorey (1980-), Everything Changes, Nothing Changes (2018); JACK Quartet, live, Banff, Canada, 3/28/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Berwyn, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, May 29th
The world today: two guys from Ukraine—DJs/producers—playing a set in Rio de Janiero.
Artbat, live, 2019
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lagniappe
reading table
Mountain streams flow down
into each other
out of their sounds—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
2019
Tuesday, May 28th
sounds of Ukraine
Attitude needs no translation.
Alyona Alyona, “Голови,” 2018
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reading table
. . . all news feels foreign today . . .
—Mike McCormack, Solar Bones
2019
Monday, May 27th
sounds of Chicago
Sheila Jordan (1928-) & Paul Marinaro (1973-), “Comes Love” (S. Stept, L. Brown, C. Tobias), live, Chicago, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Sunday, May 26th
back to church
Richard Smallwood (piano), et al., “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power” ( A. Crouch), live, Largo, Md., 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, May 25th
basement jukebox
Larry Williams (1935-1980), “Short Fat Fannie” (L. Williams), 1957
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Another take.
Levon Helm (1940-2012), live (TV show), 1993
2019
Friday, May 24th
basement jukebox
Herbie Duncan with Red Wells and his Caravans from St. Louis, “Hot Lips Baby” (H. Duncan), 1958
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reading table
I believe in the soul; so far
It hasn’t made much difference.—Charles Simic (1938-), from “The Old World”
2019
Thursday, May 23rd
Blues? Little of what I hear these days appeals to me—too fast, too flashy, too formulaic. Not this.
Robert Kimbrough Sr. Blues Connection, live (studio), Jersey City, N.J., 4/1/19
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, May 11th
sounds of Zimbabwe
This I could listen to all day.
Oliver Mtukudzi (1952-2019), “Hear Me Lord” (O. Mtukudzi), live, California (Humboldt County), 2004
(Taking a break—back in a while.)
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