Friday, August 11th
voices I miss
Prince (1958-2016), live, Netherlands (Rotterdam), 2011
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: R&B
2017
Tuesday, August 8th
keep on dancing
Offhand, I can’t think of a DJ set I’ve enjoyed more.
DJ Maseo (AKA Vincent Mason), London, 2017
2017
Friday, June 30th
voices I miss
This sounds as fresh, and timely, as it did in 1971.
Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)” (M. Gaye, J. Nyx; What’s Going On, 1971)
2017
Tuesday, June 27th
Do you listen to contemporary rap and R&B?
I do. I like Anderson .Paak, that’s for sure! That “Come Down” piece.
—Roscoe Mitchell (featured yesterday), New York Times, 6/23/17
Anderson .Paak, “Come Down,” 2016
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Another take.
2017
Friday, June 23rd
found sounds
Yesterday, waiting for a train.
“Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)” (N. Whitfield, B. Strong; Temptations, 1971), Red Line (Jackson), Chicago, 6/22/17
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Danny Lyon (1942-), Racer, Schererville, Indiana, 1965
2017
Friday, June 16th
50 years ago
Otis Redding (1941-1967), “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)” (O. Redding, J. Butler), live, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967
2017
Friday, May 19th
what’s new
Everything Is Recorded, “Close But Not Quite,” featuring Sampha and sampling Curtis Mayfield (“The Makings of You”), 2017
2017
Friday, May 5th
Still hard to believe he’s gone.
Prince with Stevie Wonder, live, Los Angeles, 2011
2017
Saturday, April 1st
more
Tank and the Bangas, “Quick,” 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
It seems unlikely that so much literature
could be made from twenty-six letters.—Brenda Shaughnessy, “Card 12: The Hanged Man,” fragment (Our Andromeda)
2017
Thursday, March 30th
timeless
Ann Peebles, I Can’t Stand the Rain,* 1974 (Hi Records)
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lagniappe
reading table
The only thing worse than trying to look younger than you are is trying to look wiser than you are.
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*Track list (courtesy of YouTube):
“I Can’t Stand The Rain” (Don Bryant, Bernard “Bernie” Miller, Ann Peebles)
“Do I Need You” (Bryant, Peebles)
“Until You Came into My Life” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles)
“(You Keep Me) Hanging On” (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize)
“Run Run Run” (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles)
“If We Can’t Trust Each Other” (Earl Randle)
“A Love Vibration” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles)
“You Got to Feed the Fire” (Bryant, Miller, Peebles)
“I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down” (Earl Randle)
“One Way Street” (Bryant, Peebles)
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