Friday, April 24th
what’s new
Amaia, live, Washington, D.C., published yesterday
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: Spain
2025
Wednesday, February 12th
Some performances just keep building, getting better, and better, and better.
Steve Coleman Five Elements (SC, alto saxophone, compositions; Jonathan Finlayson, trumpet; Anthony Tidd, bass; Sean Rickman, drums; Kokayi, vocals), live, Spain (Donostia San Sebastian), 2022
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random sights
other day, Chicago
2022
Friday, December 9th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Low, live, Primavera Sound Festival, Spain (near Barcelona), 6/4/22
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, September 5th
alone
Camila Nebbia (tenor saxophone), live, Cal Rosal, Spain, 2021
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, June 16th
like nobody else
Anthony Braxton Accelerator Ghost Trance Septet (AB, 1945-, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, trumpet, bugle, trombone; Jessica Pavone, violin, viola; Chris Dahlgren, bass, viola da gamba; Aaron Siegel, drums, percussion, vibraphone; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jay Rozen, tuba), “Composition #358,” live, Spain (San Sebastian), 2008
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other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
2020
Thursday, January 16th
Want a break from the 21st century?
Jordi Savall (1941-, viola da gamba), playing pieces by Le Sieur de Machy (late 17th century), Marin Marais (1656-1728), Madrid, 2014
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Friday, October 5th
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
2012
Saturday, 12/15/12
A reader writes:
Dear Richard:
I think you should check out the YouTube link below. From Dore Stein who is the host of a great radio show on Sat. nights on the SF United School District’s radio station, KALW.
Melos: Mediterranean Songs (filmed in Tunisia and Germany, 2011)*
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taking a break
I’m taking some time off—back in a while.
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*With Dorsaf Hamdani & Ensemble (Tunisia), En Chordais (Greece), Juan Carmona & Ensemble (Spain), Keyvan Chemirani (France/Iran), et al.
2010
Tuesday, 3/2/10
street music
Barcelona
Hang drummer near La Sagrada Familia
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Thanks for the notification [2/21/10 post: Sister O.M. Terrell and Goodbye, Babylon]. Your blog looks great! I spent some time on it tonight, and have it bookmarked for the future.
—Lance Ledbetter, Dust-To-Digital
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