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Sunday, May 28th

timeless

Skip James (1902-1969, vocals, guitar), “Jesus Is a Mighty Good Leader,” 1931 (rec. Grafton, Wis.)

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, May 22nd

basement jukebox

Meters, “Cissy Strut” (A. Neville, Z. Modeliste, L. Nocentelli, G. Porter), 1969

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random sights

other day, Chicago

Wednesday, May 17th

what’s new

Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Anthony Pirog (guitar), Jarrett Gilgore (alto saxophone), Janel Leppin (cello), live, Washington, D.C., 5/1/23

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Sunday, May 7th

timeless

Blind Willie McTell (vocals, guitar) with Kate McTell (vocals) and Curley Weaver (guitar), “I Got Religion, I’m So Glad,” rec. 1935 (Chicago)

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

Thursday, April 13th

How about something quiet, delicate, beautiful?

Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 8 (2014): Klaus Lang (organ); Ranjevš & Óbasz (Jakub Švejnar, percussion; Štefan Szabó, electric guitar); Prague Quiet Music Collective (Anna Paulová, clarinet, bass clarinet; Milan Jakeš, violin; Luan Gonçalves, bass; Ian Mikyska, string and wind instruments), live, Prague, 2022

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, April 8th

sounds of Buenos Aires

Juana Molina (1961-, voice, guitar, keyboards, electronics, compositions) with Diego López de Arcaute (drums, percussion), live, Buenos Aires (CCK [Centro Cultural Kirchner]), 2022

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yesterday, Chicago

Thursday, March 23rd

like nobody else

Freddie Roulettte (1939-2022, lap steel guitar), “End of the Blues,” live, 2010

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random sights

other day, Chicago (Pablo Picasso [1881-1973], untitled [1967], detail)

Monday, March 13th

passings

David Lindley, musician (guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, oud, etc.), March 21, 1944–March 3, 2023

Henry Kaiser (1952-, guitarist), “Requiem for David Lindley,” 3/7/23

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art beatother day, Art Institute of Chicago

Arshile Gorky, 1904-1948, After Khorkum (1940-42), detail

Wednesday, February 22nd

sounds of New York

Marc Ribot’s Spiritual Unity (1954-, guitar), Roy Campbell (1952-2014, trumpet, flugelhorn), Henry Grimes (1935-2020, bass, violin), Chad Taylor (1973-, drums), live, New York, 2007

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yesterday, Chicago

Tuesday, February 21st

tonight in Chicago

They’re playing at Constellation.

Bill Orcutt (guitar), Chris Corsano (drums), live, San Francisco, 8/26/22

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Greyed Rainbow (1953), detail

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