Monday, June 24th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938-, bansuri [bamboo flute]), et al., Raga Durga, live
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: India
2018
Thursday, October 18th
more
TM Krishna, Raga Hamir Kalyani, live, 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
Heaven does not change her blue.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 167 (Franklin)
2018
Monday, October 15th
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
2018
Wednesday, July 18th
sounds of India
Nina Burmi (vocals), Ramesh Mishra (sarangi), Sanju Sahai (tabla), live, London, 2006
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lagniappe
reading table
Who never lost, are unprepared
A Coronet to find!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 136 (Franklin)
2018
Tuesday, July 17th
sounds of India
Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938-, bansuri), Raag Hansadhwani, live
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lagniappe
reading table
I’m not lonely
because I have secrets;I’m lonely because words
can’t bring the past into the present(which amounts to the same thing).
—Rae Armantrout, from “Pretty Little” (London Review of Books, 7/19/18)
2018
Monday, July 16th
sounds of India
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986, sitar), Zakir Hussain (1951-, tabla), live (Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu), San Francisco, 1985
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, June 28th
sounds of all over
Kiran Ahluwalia, Souad Massi, live (studio), Seattle, 2018
2017
Monday, December 11th
more
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), sitar (with Zakir Hussain [1951-; tabla], et al.), Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu, live, San Francisco, 1985
2017
Saturday, December 9th
sounds of India
That Which Colors the Mind (documentary on sitarist Nikhil Banerjee, 1931-1986; work in progress), excerpt
2016
Tuesday, December 27th
After all the holiday bustle, how about something that begins slowly, quietly?
Nikhil Banerjee (1931-1986), sitar (with Zakir Hussain [1951-; tabla], et al.), Raag Shyam Kedar, Raag Pilu, live, San Francisco, 1985
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #12 (detail), 1977
