sounds of Niger
Mdou Moctar, “à la maison,” live, Niger (Ingall), 2013
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lagniappe
reading table
Neither question nor assertion makes sense / when truth is a tone of voice.
—Karen Solie, “Interior” (The Road In Is Not the Same Road Out)
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Oblivians, live, Bartlett, Tenn., 1996
More of The Consolers (Sullivan & Iola Pugh).
Live (TV Gospel Time), early 1960s
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lagniappe
art beat
Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, c. 1938
Today Helen Levitt enters the MCOTD Hall of Fame, joining saxophonists Von Freeman and Henry Threadgill; trumpeter Lester Bowie; poets John Berryman, William Bronk and Wislawa Szymborska; and gospel singer Dorothy Love Coates.
passings
B.B. King, singer, guitarist, September 16, 1925-May 14, 2015
“The Thrill Is Gone” (R. Hawkins, R. Darnell), live
Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), 1974
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Montreux Jazz Festival, 1993
ten strings, twenty fingers
Stephan Crump (bass) & Mary Halvorson (guitar), “Erie” (S. Crump), live, New York, 4/17/15
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lagniappe
random thoughts
Life consists of driving a vehicle you didn’t design, one that came without an owner’s manual, until one day it runs off the road and winds up in a ditch.
testify!
The Consolers (Sullivan & Iola Pugh), “Reach Out Your Hand,” live
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
If perfection lies in the absence of anything inessential, this is no less perfect than Bach.
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art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, New Jersey, 1958
only rock ‘n’ roll
The Ex, “That’s Not a Virus,” live, France (Annecy), 2015
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lagniappe
art beat
William Klein (1928-), 4 Heads, New York, 1955
only rock ‘n’ roll
Metz, “Get Off,” live, Seattle, 2014
sounds of South Africa
Fantasma, “Basbizile,” live, London, 2015
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Another take (Free Love, 2015)
sounds of Malawi
The Very Best with Mafalika, “Let’s Go,” live, Malawi (Kumbali Village), 2/15
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Another take (Makes a King, 4/15)
