Wednesday, May 17th
voices I miss
Hound Dog Taylor (1915-1975) & the Houserockers (Brewer Phillips guitar; Ted Harvey, drums), live, Ann Arbor Blues Festival, 1973
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Chicago
2017
2017
Monday, May 15th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), Dream in White on White (1992); Virtuoso String Orchestra (Joaquin Valdepeñas, cond.) with Sanya Eng (harp), live, Toronto, 2014
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bush warbler on plum branch, 1840s
2017
Friday, May 12th
sounds of São Paulo
Bixiga 70, live, São Paulo, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Jack, Chicago, 1965
2017
Wednesday, May 10th
what’s new
Happy Place,* live, New York (Threes Brewing, Brooklyn), 5/3/17
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Sudden Shower over Shin Ohashi Bridge and Atake (from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo), 1857
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*Will Mason, drums, compositions; Kate Gentile, drums; Will Chapin, guitar; Andrew Smiley, guitar.
2017
Monday, May 8th
sounds of consolation
Johann Sebastian Bach, Actus Tragicus (Sonatina), transcription by György Kurtág; Márta and György Kurtág (piano), live, Budapest, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Sunday, May 7th
sounds of Chicago
Inez Andrews (1929-2012), “Just For Me,” live
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lagniappe
art beat
Danny Lyon (1942-), Chicago (Uptown), 1965
2017
Thursday, May 4th
Sometimes, like yesterday, when I bumped into this, what I really need, whether I know it or not, is something kaleidoscopic.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Holz (“Wood”); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
2017
Friday, April 28th
spring!
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958
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Bob Dorough (1923-; vocals, piano), “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” (T. Wolf, F. Landesman), 1997
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Sun Ra Arkestra (SR, 1914-1993), piano; June Tyson, vocals; John Gilmore, tenor saxophone, et al.), “Springtime Again” (S. Ra), live, Rome, 1980
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Sunday, April 16th
back to church
“He Set Me Free,” Mt. Do-Well Baptist Church, McConnells, S.C., 1991
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Monadnock Building)
music clip of the day 