only rock ’n’ roll
Cloud Nothings, “I’m Not Part of Me,” live, Chicago, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Monday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Spain, 1975
Nationality Doubtful, through September 21st
tonight in Chicago
These guys will be at the Hideout, as will I.
Survival Unit III (Joe McPhee, tenor saxophone, pocket trumpet; Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello; Michael Zerang, drums), live, Denmark (Copenhagen), 2013
I could live a thousand years and never tire of going out in the dark to hear music.
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lagniappe
art beat: Monday at the Art Institute of Chicago (brief stop after lunch)
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Slovakia, 1963 (from Gypsies)
Nationality Doubtful, through September 21st
voices I miss
Albert Collins (1932-1993), “Cold, Cold Feeling,” live, Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival), 1979
Nobody sounds like this guy, whose 1978 album Ice Pickin’, recorded at Curtis Mayfield’s studio in Chicago and nominated for a Grammy, I’m happy to say I co-produced.
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Birmingham, Ala., 1963
sounds of Chicago
Trio WAZ (Edward Wilkerson Jr., tenor saxophone; Tatsu Aoki, bass; Michael Zerang, percussion), live, Chicago, 2009
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lagniappe
art beat
Lee Friedlander (1980-), Detroit, 1963
The only risk is that you’ll go insane . . .
Flume (AKA Harley Streten), live, London (Boiler Room), 2013
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lagniappe
art beat
Kristín Ómarsdóttir (1962-), Iceland, 2013
summer in the city
DJ Spinn (Teklife, feat. The Era Dancers), live, Chicago (Pitchfork Music Festival), 7/20/14
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), New York (subway), 1979
sounds of Chicago
Jessy Dixon (1938-2011), “I Am Redeemed” (J. Dixon), live, Chicago, 1999
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York (subway), 1980
alone
Henry Cowell (1897-1965), The Tides of Manaunaun, c. 1917
Andy Costello (piano), live, Chicago, 2009
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lagniappe
art beat: more from Thursday night at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Ireland, 1972
Nationality Doubtful, through September 14th
passings
Johnny Winter, guitar player, February 23, 1944-July 16, 2014
“Highway 61 Revisited” (B. Dylan)
Live, Denmark (Roskilde), 1984
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Recording (Second Winter), 1969
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lagniappe
art beat: last night at the Art Institute of Chicago
Josef Koudelka (1938-), Nationality Doubtful, through September 14th
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the beat goes on
1,700 posts—and counting.
Soul?
Gospel?
Whatever the idiom, this guy kills me.
The Sunset Travelers, featuring O.V. Wright (1939-1980), lead vocals
“Sit Down and Rest Awhile,” late 1950s
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“Ain’t That Good News,” 1964
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“On Jesus’ Program,” 1964
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), New York, 1966
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