Wednesday, February 26th
alone
Maja S. K. Ratkje (voice, electronics, miscellany), live, Chicago, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2020
Tuesday, February 25th
alone
Oren Ambarchi (guitar, electronics), live, San Francisco, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2020
Monday, February 24th
more
This I could listen to all day.
Steve Reich (1936-), Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ (1973); Alarm Will Sound, live, New York, 2004
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
2020
Saturday, February 22nd
tonight in Chicago
She’s performing at Graham Foundation, Madlener House.
Matchess (aka Whitney Johnson, 1981-), “Of the Living” (video footage shot on Washington Island, Lake Michigan), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (snow lightly falling)
2020
Friday, February 21st
what’s new
Agnes Obel, “Camera’s Rolling” (A. Obel), 2/20/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2020
Thursday, February 20th
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Omar Sosa (piano), Yilian Cañizares (vocals, violin), “Dos Bendiciones” (Two Blessings), live (studio), New York, 2/18/20
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Tuesday, February 18th
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain VI (NW [trumpet, composition], Susan Alcorn [pedal steel guitar], C. Spencer Yeh [violin], a choir, et al.), live, New York (St. Peter’s Church), 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
other morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Monday, February 17th
sounds of New York
Why not begin the week with sounds that are enlivening?
Steve Reich (1936-), Double Sextet (2007), Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76); Ensemble Signal (Brad Lubman, cond.), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Saturday, February 15th
alone
Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Air for solo flute (1995); John McMurtery (flute), live, 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Wednesday, February 12th
sounds of Iran and Turkey
Kayhan Kalhor (1963-, kamancheh) and Erdal Erzincan (1971-, bağlama), live, Iran (Tehran), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 