Monday, June 25th
mesmerizing
“Remnant,” Jonah Sirota (viola), Valgeir Sigurðsson (composition), Anthony Hawley (video), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2018
Saturday, June 23rd
what’s new
Various DJs (Muqata’a, Sama’, et al.), live, Palestine (Ramallah), 6/22/18
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lagniappe
reading table
[W]e may reason on to our heart’s content, the fog won’t lift.
—Samuel Beckett (1906-1989), “The Expelled”
2018
Friday, June 22nd
Sunday night in Chicago
He’s playing at Thalia Hall.
Ry Cooder, live (studio), 2018
“The Prodigal Son” (trad., arr. R. Cooder, J. Cooder)
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“Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right” (W. Johnson)
2018
Wednesday, June 20th
sounds of New York
This drummer can play.
Dave Sewelson (baritone saxophone), William Parker (bass), Marvin Bugalu Smith (drums), live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
art beat
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (bird unknown)
2018
Monday, June 18th
what’s new
Diplo (DJ), live, London, 6/12/18
2018
Friday, June 15th
what’s new
Naia Izumi, live, Washington, D.C., 5/14/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, June 11th
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Cooper-Moore (piano), live, New York (Vision Festival), 5/28/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Maywood, Ill.
2018
Saturday, June 9th
street sounds
Dario Rossi (percussion), Amsterdam, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, June 7th
viola festival
day three
Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Vent Nocturne, for viola and electronics (2006)
Jeremy Bauman (viola), live, Toronto, 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, June 6th
viola festival
day two
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), The Viola in My Life (1970); João Pedro Delgado (viola), et al., live, Portugal, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 