Wednesday, June 26th
basement jukebox
Junior Wells (1934-1998), “Little by Little” (M. London), 1960
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
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Category: Chicago
2019
Sunday, June 23rd
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilee Singers (aka Pilgrim Jubilees), “Testify” (feat. Cleve Graham), “Old Ship of Zion” (feat. Clay Graham), live, TV Show (Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1964
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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a walk, a voice, a poem
“The Door” by Miroslav Holub (1923-1998), translated from Czech by Ian Milner
2019
Friday, June 21st
basement jukebox
Junior Wells (1934-1998), “I Could Cry” (J. Wells), 1957
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago (Millennium Park)
2019
Thursday, June 20th
more
Tonight he’ll be playing this piece, along with Bach’s five other cello suites, in Chicago’s Millennium Park.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 1 in G major; Yo-Yo Ma, live, London, 2015
2019
Wednesday, June 19th
what’s new
Rosanne Cash and Ry Cooder (with John Leventhal [guitar], Joachim Cooder [drums], et al.), live, last night, Chicago (Chicago Theatre)
“Long Black Veil” (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin)
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“Ring of Fire” (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore)
2019
Monday, June 17th
Thursday in Chicago
He’s playing Bach’s six cello suites in Millennium Park.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor; Yo-Yo Ma, live, London, 2015
2019
Sunday, June 9th
sounds of Chicago
This track, even after forty years, I never tire of hearing.
Albertina Walker (1929-2010) with Rev. James Cleveland (1931-1991), “Please Be Patient with Me” (J. Cleveland), live, Chicago, 1979 (Please Be Patient with Me)
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langiappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Sunday, June 2nd
timeless
Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), “How I Got Over” (C. Ward), live, Chicago
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lagniappe
reading table
Do you not see how necessary a World of Pains and troubles is to school an Intelligence and make it a soul?
—John Keats (1795-1821), letter to his brother George Keats, 1819
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
Tuesday, May 7th
alone
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), live, Wels, Austria, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day 