Friday, December 21st
what’s new
Bon Iver, “Woods” (J. Vernon), live, Paris, 11/3/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2018
Thursday, December 20th
sounds of Turkey
Özgür Baba (cura, voice), “Dertli Dolap” (words by Turkish poet Yunus Emre), live, Turkey, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2018
Monday, December 17th
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
2018
Sunday, December 16th
timeless
Albert Ayler (tenor saxophone, 1936-1970) with Donald Tyler (trumpet), et al., “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), Live in Greenwich Village (Village Vanguard), 1967
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, December 15th
more
Ayaléw Mesfin, “Katefahu Liketa,” 1970s
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Hasabe (My Worries), 2018
2018
Thursday, December 13th
what’s new
Madlib Meets Ethiopian Legend Ayaléw Mesfin, 11/29/18
2018
Monday, December 10th
more
Brian Eno (1948-), “An Ending (Ascent)”, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (with Daniel Lanois & Roger Eno), 1983 (remastered 2005)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, December 8th
tomorrow in Chicago
They’re performing at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel.
The Tallis Scholars, live, France (Mont Saint-Michel), 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, December 6th
Every now and then I hear something and wonder: Where has this been all my life?
Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893-1979), 24 Preludes in quarter-tone system (excerpts), 1934/1970
2018
Wednesday, December 5th
more
Brian Eno, Ambient Music 1: Music for Airports, 1978
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lagniappe
reading table
All night long
the windswept clouds
plovers calling under the moon—Yosa Buson, 1716-1784 (translated from Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento)
music clip of the day 