What a thrill it is to bump into a performance, as I did last night, that you didn’t even know existed, and to find yourself immersed so deeply, so wholeheartedly, from the first moment to the last that when it ends you have no choice but to begin—again.
Sandy Denny (1947-1978 [voice, guitar]), “Who Knows Where the Time Goes” (S. Denny), live, BBC Radio Broadcast (John Peel Sessions), 1973
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
sounds of New York
Peter Evans (1981-, trumpet), “Sequence 01,” live, New York (Roulette), 10/1/25
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Singer-songwriters? Most I tire of before they begin. This guy I could listen to all night.
Daniel Knox (1980-), live (begins 15:10), Chicago (Constellation), 1/3/26
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what’s new
Four Tet (AKA Kieran Hebden [1977-], DJ, producer, musician), live, New York, 12/1/25
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what’s new (in Argentina)
Juana Molina, “Desinhumano” (J. Molina), published 12/22/25
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other day, Chicago
sounds of Siberia
Chyskyyrai (aka Valentina Romanova, vocals), “Khara Tuun,” 2005
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what’s new
Max Richter (1966-, compositions, piano), live, Paris, May, 5/28/25 (published yesterday)
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timeless
John Fahey (1939-2001, guitar), “Poor Boy Long Ways From Home” (trad.), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1978
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what’s new(ish)
Chicago Underground Duo (Chad Taylor, drum kit, percussion, mbira, kalimba; Rob Mazurek, trumpet, piccolo trumpet, RMI electric piano, modular synths, samplers, voice, flutes, bells), “Hyperglyph” (video by Rob Mazurek), published 9/17/25
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alone
Sun Ra (1914-1993, piano), “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” (trad.), 1977
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