Monday, July 4th
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Blasters, “American Music” (D. Alvin), live, Champaign, Ill., 1985
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
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Wednesday, June 1st
sounds of New York
Tim Berne’s Dilated Pupils (TB, alto saxophone; David Torn, guitar; Ryan Ferreira, guitar; Craig Taborn, keyboards; Ches Smith, percussion), live (performance begins at 7:00), New York, 2013
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Tuesday, May 31st
timeless
R. L. Burnside (1926-2005, vocals, guitar), live, Como, Mississippi, 1974
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Saturday, May 28th
sounds of Boston
Joe Morris (1955-, guitar), Francisco Mela (1968-, drums), live, Boston, 12/10/21
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Saturday, May 21st
sounds of New York
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar) and Catherine Zikora (tenor saxophone), live, New York (Zürcher Gallery), 5/19/22
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yesterday, Chicago
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Saturday, May 7th
sounds of Chicago
Jacob Stein (bass clarinet), Damon Smith (bass), Adam Shead (drums, percussion), live (performance begins at 2:45; joined in the second set by Weasel Walter [drums], Sandy Ewan [guitar]), Chicago, last night
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Saturday, April 30th
voices I miss
Von Freeman (1923-2012, tenor saxophone) with George Freeman (1927-, guitar), et al., “Oh, Lady Be Good!” (George and Ira Gershwin, 1924), live, Chicago, 1980s
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Saturday, April 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago, last night: Thumbscrew (Michael Formanek [1958-], bass; Tomas Fujiwara [1977-], drums; Mary Halvorson [1980-, 2019 MacArthur “genius” grant recipient], guitar)
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Friday, April 15th
sounds of Mali and all over
Fatoumata Diawara, live (“”Kanou Dan Yen,” “Nterini,” “Negue Negue”), Italy (Como), published 2/3/22
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I think of you daily and feel anxious lest we lose our old backward and forward flow that always seems to open me up and bring color and peace.
–Robert Lowell (1917-1977), letter (3/10/1963) to Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979) (Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell)
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Saturday, March 26th
timeless
Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Richard Thompson (guitar), “The Boxer” (P. Simon), live, New York (2016)
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I shall keep singing!
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 270 (Franklin)
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