Sunday, February 9th
timeless
The Consolers, live (TV show: Bobby Jones Gospel), c. 1980s
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2025
Monday, February 3rd
passings
Susan Alcorn (1953–January 31, 2025), pedal steel guitarist
Live, Rochester, N.Y., 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2025
Sunday, January 12th
timeless
Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959), “I Got to Cross the River Jordan,” 1928
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2024
Saturday, November 23rd
what’s new
Elisabeth Harnik (piano), Joe Morris (guitar), live, Austria (Wels), 11/9/24
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lagniappe
reading table
High over the dark
shadows of Pine Islands, a
skylark breaks into song—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
2024
Saturday, November 16th
sounds of Tokyo
Eiko Ishibashi (keyboards, electronics), Jim O’Rourke (guitar, electronics), Riki Hidaka (guitar, electronics), live, Tokyo, 2024
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Saturday, November 2nd
sounds of New Orleans
Johnny Vidacovich (drums), Sonny Landreth (guitar, vocals), Kevin Scott (bass), live, New Orleans (Maple Leaf Bar), 5/2/24
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Sunday, September 29th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945), “Dark Was the Night—Cold Was the Ground” (1927)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
2024
Sunday, August 25th
more
Pastor Brady L. Blade, Sr. (1930-, Zion Baptist Church, Shreveport, La.) & The Hallelujah Train, with Brian Blade (drums), Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar), Daniel Lanois (guitar), Zion Baptist Church Choir, et al., “Let Your Light Shine on Me,” live, Durham, N.C., 2009
2024
Saturday, August 24th
3n
Don Cherry (1936-1995, pocket trumpet), James “Blood” Ulmer (1940-, guitar), Rashied Ali (1933-2009, drums), New York, published 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2024
Sunday, August 18th
testify!
Pastor Brady L. Blade, Sr. (1930-, Zion Baptist Church, Shreveport, La.) & The Hallelujah Train, with Brian Blade (drums), Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar), Daniel Lanois (guitar), Zion Baptist Church Choir, et al., “Take Me to the Water,” live, Durham, N.C., 2009
music clip of the day 