Why not begin the week with something slow and simple, something quiet?
Arvo Pärt (1935-), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978); Leonhard Roczek (cello), Herbert Schuch (piano), live, Austria (Salzburg), 2014
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
passings
Tony Joe White, singer, songwriter, guitar player, harmonica player, July 23, 1943-October 24, 2018
“Rainy Night in Georgia” (T. J. White), live (TV show), London, 2013
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Live, Australia (Sydney), 2008
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Cicely Berry, Royal Shakespeare Company’s voice director, May 17, 1926-October 15, 2018
The Working Shakespeare/Muscularity of Language: Voice and Rhythm (excerpt), 2004
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Prairie Path)
like nobody else
This world is not my home . . .
—Sun Ra (1914-1993)
Sun Ra Arkestra (SR [keyboards, vocals], John Gilmore [tenor saxophone, clarinet, vocals], et al.), live, Spain (San Sebastian), 1985
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reading table
Appalled: by all the dead: Henry brooded.
—John Berryman (1914-1972 [MCOTD Hall of Fame]), from Dream Song 21
what’s new
This I could listen to all day.
Mat Maneri (viola) and Tanya Kalmanovitch (viola), live, New York, 8/19/18
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Fay Victor’s SoundNoiseFUNK (FV, vocals, compositions; Joe Morris, guitar; Sam Newsome, soprano saxophone; Reggie Nicholson, drums), live, New York, 10/13/18
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I can’t tell you – but you feel it –
Nor can you tell me –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 164 (Franklin)
sounds of India
Yesterday he sang at the University of Chicago (Logan Center), accompanied by violin, drums (mridangam), and drone instrument (tamboura). He performed for over two hours without intermission, singing not a word of English. Sailing these unfamiliar seas was, for me, heavenly.
TM Krishna (vocals) featuring Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam), Raga Begada, live, India (Mumbai), 2018
this weekend in Chicago
Saturday night they’re playing at the University of Chicago.
Thomas Meadowcroft (1972-), Walkman Antiquarian (2013); Yarn/Wire, live, New York, 2013
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Many do a lot with a lot, few so much with so little.
Juana Molina, “Sin Dones,” live, Barcelona, 9/14/18
like nobody else
James Booker (piano, vocals [1939-1983]), live, France (Nice), 1978
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Ingrid Laubrock (tenor saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), Francisco Mela (drums), live, New York, 9/30/18
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other day, Elmhurst, Ill. (Prairie Path)
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