Monday, May 18th
Why not begin the week with something quiet?
Jürg Frey (1953-), Extended Circular Music No. 4 (2014); Absolut Trio, live, Switzerland (Basel), 1/22/20
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yesterday, Chicago
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2020
Saturday, May 16th
Feel like losing yourself, if only for a little while, in a garden of sounds?
George Lewis (1952-), The Will to Adorn (2011); International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, Chicago, 2012
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yesterday, Chicago
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Wednesday, May 13th
This I could listen to all day.
Ikue Mori (1953-, electronics), Steve Noble (1960-, percussion), live, Copenhagen, 2016
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2020
Monday, May 11th
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Susan Alcorn (1953-, pedal steel guitar), Nels Cline (1956-, guitar, electronics), Chris Corsano (1975-, drums, electronics), live, New York, 2016
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As the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki Roshi said, life is like getting into a boat that’s just about to sail out to sea and sink.
—Pema Chödrön (1936-), When Things Fall Apart (1997)
2020
Thursday, May 7th
what’s new
Susan Alcorn (1953-, pedal steel guitar), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/29/20
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a while ago, Maine (Monhegan Island)
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LET THERE BE PHYSICAL SUDDENNESS!
—Michael McClure, poet, playwright, songwriter, etc., October 20, 1932–May 4, 2020, from “PLUME ODE”
2020
Tuesday, May 5th
what’s new
Nate Wooley (1974-, trumpet), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 5/1/20
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Monday, May 4th
Feeling lost?
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001); Robin Lorentz (violin), Amy Knoles (vibraphone, marimba), Bryan Pezzone (piano), Barry Newton (bass), 2002
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Friday, May 1st
sounds of Buenos Aires
Juana Molina (vocals, guitar, compositions), live (“Un Día Punk,” “Eras,” “Estalacticas”), Mexico City, 3/7/20
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Wednesday, April 29th
This I could listen to all day.
Lou Harrison (1917-2003), compositions; ensemble 0, live, France (Pau), 2010
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2020
Thursday, April 23rd
what’s new
Susana Santos Silva (trumpet, electronics, etc.), live (Quarantine Concert presented by Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago), 4/18/20
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this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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The whole country devastated,
only mountains and rivers remain.
In springtime, at the ruined castle.
the grass is always green.—Tu Fu (712-770), translated from Chinese by Sam Hamill
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