Sunday, July 30th
timeless
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972), “Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down,” live, Mississippi (Como), 1959
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
timeless
Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972), “Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down,” live, Mississippi (Como), 1959
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
sounds of São Paulo
Laurent Garnier (French DJ), live (Na Manteiga Radio), São Paulo, 2021
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Sinead O’Connor, singer, December 8, 1966–July 26, 2023
Today, remembering her, we revisit three posts.
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January 3, 2010
What other pop star has made such stunning contributions as a guest artist?
With Willie Nelson, “Don’t Give Up” (1993)
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With the Chieftains, “The Foggy Dew” (1995)
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With Shane MacGowan, “Haunted” (1995)
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January 4, 2012
Forget the weird press—she can sing.
“Paddy’s Lament” (trad.), TV broadcast (Ireland), 12/19/11
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April 24, 2016
two takes
“Trouble Will Soon Be Over”
Blind Willie Johnson, 1930
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God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)
sounds of Chicago
Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble (DL, vocals, electronics; Dana Hall, drums; Arif Smith, percussion; Angel Bat Dawid, clarinet, vocals; Ben Lamar Gay, cornet; Monique Golding, vocals; Tremaine Parker, vocals; Erica Rene, vocals), “The Body Is Electric” (D. Locks), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2021
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
sounds of Chicago
Caravans (feat. Shirley Caesar, 1938-), “My All to the Lord,” 1960
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other day, Chicago
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reading table
There are things
We live among ‘and to see them
Is to know ourselves’.
—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “Of Being Numerous”
passings
Tony Bennett, singer, August 3, 1926–July 21, 2023
With Bill Evans (1929–1980, piano), “Lucky to Be Me,” “My Foolish Heart,” “When in Rome,” “We’ll Catch up Some Other Time,” “A Child Is Born,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Together Again,” 1976
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Tamikrest, live (studio), Seattle, published yesterday
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), A Woman Walking in a Garden (1887), detail
sounds of New York
Bumped into this last night: enthralled from the first note.
Cory Smythe (1977-, piano) & eddy kwon (1989-, violin), live, New York (Target Margin, Brooklyn), 12/9/22
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yesterday, Chicago
Why not begin the week with something quiet, delicate, spacious?
Magnus Granberg (1974-), “Holde Träume, Kehret Wieder!” (Sweet Dreams, Come Back!): Nattens Inbrott quartet (MG, piano, et al.), live, Stockholm, 2021
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Arizona Dranes (1889 or 1891-1963, vocals, piano), “Lamb’s Blood Has Washed Me Clean,” rec. 1926 (Chicago)
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other day, Chicago (Alexander Calder [1898-1976], Flamingo [1973], detail)