Friday, July 10th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Wire with St. Vincent, “Drill,” live, Chicago, 6/12/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Brooklyn, 1974
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2015
Thursday, July 9th
tonight in Chicago
This saxophonist will be playing at Elastic Arts.
Jon Irabagon Trio (JI, tenor saxophone; Mark Helias, bass; Barry Altschul, drums), live, Austria (Ulrichsberg), 2013
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art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Texas Department of Corrections (Walls Unit), Huntsville, Texas, 1968
2015
Sunday, July 5th
old school
Zion Travelers, “I Must Tell Jesus,” 1961
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Danny Lyon (1942-), Llanito, New Mexico, 1970
2015
Saturday, July 4th
Happy 4th of July!
This country has gotten a lot of things wrong—music it got right.
The Blasters, “American Music,” live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), Chicago (south side blues bar), 1962
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radio: WKCR (Columbia University)
What better way to celebrate Louis Armstrong’s adopted birthday than to play his music around the clock?
2015
Friday, July 3rd
only rock ‘n’ roll
Mick Collins (Dirtbombs) with Don Was Detroit All-Star Revue (DW, bass; Randy Jacobs, guitar; Luis Resto, keyboards; Terry Thunder, drums), “Stop,” live, Detroit, 2008
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Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (Brooklyn), 1959
2015
Thursday, June 25th
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be at Constellation.
Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit (PNL, drums; Lasse Marhaug, electronics and turntable, et al.), “Culius,” live, Germany (Moers), 2014
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art beat: more from Tuesday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Jean-Luc Mylayne (1946-), Mutual Regard (through August 23rd)
2015
Monday, June 22nd
More of Ornette.
Ornette Coleman Trio (David Izenzon, bass; Charles Moffett, percussion), playing and talking, Paris, 1966
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Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
2015
Sunday, June 21st
Here, on Father’s Day, is more of Aretha’s.
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984; Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church, Detroit, 1946-1979), “Dry Bones in the Valley”
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Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
2015
Monday, June 15th
Some sounds seem as though they’ve always been there—you just didn’t notice them until now.
Tim Hecker (right) & Daniel Lopatin (left), live, Belgium (Leuven), 2013
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet (1840-1926), Waterloo Bridge Sunlight Effect (1903)
2015
Sunday, June 7th
sounds of Detroit
I could listen to Aretha’s daddy all day—even if I understood not a word of English.
Rev. C. L. Franklin (1915-1984), “The 23rd Psalm”
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art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009; MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, c. 1940
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