Thursday, February 19th
what’s new
Mark Turner (tenor saxophone) with Jason Palmer (trumpet), Joe Martin (bass), Jonathan Pinson (drums), “Supersister” (M. Turner), published yesterday
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
music clip of the day
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2025
Monday, December 29th
sounds of Peru
Juan Ricardo Maraví (Infopesa), “Peruvian Psychedelic Cumbia, Salsa, Boogaloo and beyond,” published yesterday
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Illinois
2025
Wednesday, September 17th
basement jukebox
Billy Boy Arnold (1935-, vocals, harmonica), “School Time,” 1964
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
2024
Saturday, September 7th
sounds of Detroit
Theo Parrish (1972-, DJ), live, Australia (Sydney), published 4/17/24
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2024
Monday, August 26th
sounds of Chicago
Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, “Freedom Highway,” live, Chicago, 8/22/24
2022
Thursday, May 26th
timeless
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Piano Concerto in G Major (1929-31); Martha Argerich (1941-), piano; Orchestre National de France (Charles Dutoit, cond.); live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1990
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden, Millennium Park)
2022
Thursday, May 19th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major; Bruno Cocset (cello), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2016
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Sunday, October 17th
another take
“I Don’t Know What You’ve Come To Do,” Amazing Grace Praise Band, live, Westside Baptist Church, Evergreen, Ala., 2007
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Forest Park)
2021
Sunday, September 5th
sounds of Chicago
James Cleveland (1931-1991) and the Cleveland Singers (with Billy Preston [1946-2006], organ), “He’s Getting Me Ready for the Great Day,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1964
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
2021
Saturday, September 4th
sounds of England
Little Simz, live (“Introvert,” “I Love You, I Hate You,” “Point and Kill” [feat. Obongjayar], “Woman”), London, published 8/31/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
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reading table
One insect
asleep on a leaf
can save your life—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by David Young
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