Friday, July 20th
what’s new
Rev. Sekou and The Seal Breakers, live, Washington, D.C., 7/10/18
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Rookery Building)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2018
Thursday, July 12th
basement jukebox
Buddy Guy, “This Is the End,” 1959
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lagniappe
reading table
Butterfly
sleeping
on the temple bell.—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2018
Wednesday, July 11th
basement jukebox
Otis Rush, “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” 1958
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Tuesday, July 10th
basement jukebox
Magic Sam, “All Your Love” (S. Maghett), 1957
2018
Friday, June 22nd
Sunday night in Chicago
He’s playing at Thalia Hall.
Ry Cooder, live (studio), 2018
“The Prodigal Son” (trad., arr. R. Cooder, J. Cooder)
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“Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right” (W. Johnson)
2018
Sunday, June 17th
back to church
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Diane Williams), “Jesus Can Work It Out,” live, Chicago, 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2018
Tuesday, June 5th
viola festival
day one
Mat Maneri (viola) & Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola), live, Boston, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago
2018
Thursday, April 19th
basement jukebox
O.V. Wright, “A Nickel and a Nail” (Willie Mitchell, prod.), 1971
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2018
Tuesday, April 17th
serendipity
Last night I bumped into these guys via a live webcast from Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio. As here, their performance had what a friend calls “gather.”
Aram Shelton (alto saxophone), Håkon Berre (drums), live, Copenhagen, 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
cherry blossoms—
to my lowly sleeve
they cling—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Friday, April 13th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Avantist, “Prison Song,” live, Hickory Hills, Ill., 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day 