Tuesday, August 15th
passings
Glen Campbell, guitar player, singer, actor, TV host, April 22, 1936-August 8, 2017
“Wichita Lineman” (J. Webb), live (TV show), London, 2008
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Alice Cooper, talking about his friend
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: guitar
2017
Saturday, August 12th
sounds of Chicago
Pipe, “Play That Johnny Cash Song,” 2014
2017
Saturday, August 5th
sounds of Chicago
Solstice Drum Quartet (l-r: Michael Zerang, Mike Reed, Hamid Drake [MCOTD Hall of Fame], Avreeayl Ra) & Guests (Mars Williams, Nick Mazzarella, saxophones; Dan Phillips, guitar; Tatsu Aoki, bass), live, Chicago, 2016
2017
Monday, July 24th
what’s new
Venetian Snares (AKA Aaron Funk, electronics), Daniel Lanois (pedal-steel guitar), “Night,” live (studio performance), Toronto, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), Bush warbler and plum, c. 1840
2017
Thursday, July 20th
sounds of Ireland
Gerry O’Beirne (guitar, vocals), live
“Tír na nÓg” (trad.)/”Angel Angel” (G. O’Beirne), Whidbey Island, Wash., 2015
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“Marbhna Luimnigh” (trad.), Ireland, 2010
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lagniappe
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
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2017
Tuesday, July 18th
sounds of Ireland
Seamus Begley (accordion, vocals) & Tim Edey (guitar), “Maidin Luan Cinches,” “Tomáisín a’ Rí,” live, Ireland (Donegal), 2010
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
2017
Monday, July 17th
sounds of Ireland
Sean Leahy (guitar) & Jeremy Spencer (violin), live, Ireland
“Darley’s” / “Bógan Nua,” 2014
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O’Sullivan’s Courthouse Pub, Dingle, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Ireland (outside Dingle)
2017
Friday, June 23rd
found sounds
Yesterday, waiting for a train.
“Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” (N. Whitfield, B. Strong; Temptations, 1971), Red Line (Jackson), Chicago, 6/22/17
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Danny Lyon (1942-), Racer, Schererville, Indiana, 1965
2017
Thursday, June 15th
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton Accelerator Ghost Trance Septet (AB, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, trumpet, flugelhorn; Jessica Pavone, viola; Chris Dahlberg, bass, cello; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jay Rozen, tuba; Aaron Siegel, drums, percussion, vibraphone), live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2008
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Forest Park)
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random thoughts
Aging criminal-defense lawyer’s retirement plan: drop dead at my desk.
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