Wednesday, March 10th
sounds of Palestine
Sama’ Abdulhadi (DJ), live, Spain Aragón, 8/1/20
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2021
Tuesday, March 9th
sounds of Morocco and New York
Innov Gnawa, “Foulani Hiriza & Soye,” live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, March 8th
More beauty?
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), String Quartet in F major (1903); Sacconi Quartet, live, London, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
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reading table
The snow is melting
and the village is flooded
with children.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Haas)
2021
Sunday, March 7th
alone
This performance, which I first posted over a decade ago (when she was alive), still takes my breath away. Listen how, after hitting a peak, she pulls back (2:00-, 3:50-).
Whitney Houston (1963-2012), “A Quiet Place” (J. Cleveland), live (TV show), 1987
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Saturday, March 6th
sounds of Chicago
Avreeayl Ra (drums), Dave Rempis (saxophones), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night
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lagniappe
random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2021
Friday, March 5th
alone
One-word review: Wow!
Marcus Gilmore (1986-, drums, electronics), “Excerpts of Nube,” live (studio), 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Thursday, March 4th
basement jukebox
Irma Thomas (1941-), “Time Is on My Side” (J. Ragovoy, J. Norman), 1964
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lagniappe
reading table
Wild night – Wild nights!
Were I with thee
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 269 (Johnson)
2021
Wednesday, March 3rd
sounds of Mali
Ballaké Sissoko (kora) with Sona Jobarteh (kora, voice),”Djourou,” 2/17/21
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more
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Ben Monder (guitar), Tony Malaby (saxophones), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York, 1/17/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)
2021
Monday, March 1st
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), String Quartet in G minor (1893); Parker Quartet, live, Cambridge, Mass., 2019
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Dish, Hellenistic or early Roman; eastern Mediterranean; mid-2nd/early 1st century BC; glass, mosaic glass technique (detail)
music clip of the day 