Wednesday, November 6th
sounds of Buenos Aires
Sol Ortega (DJ), live, Buenos Aires, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2019
Tuesday, November 5th
sounds of Chicago
Howlin’ Wolf (AKA Chester Burnett, 1910-1976) with Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011, guitar), et al., live, Chicago, 1971
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, November 4th
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), O Frondens Virga; Chanticleer, live, Russia (St. Petersburg), 2014
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a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
2019
Sunday, November 3rd
back to church
Swanee Quintet, live, 2017
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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In the summer of 1948, chance deposited my wife and me in the bleachers of a tiny one-ring circus playing under a tent on the outskirts of Florence.
—William Maxwell (1908-2000), The Outermost Dream
2019
Saturday, November 2nd
what’s new
Bob Dylan, “Not Dark Yet” (B. Dylan), live, published 10/12/19 (10/19 audio; old video footage)
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Friday, November 1st
sounds of Ukraine
When you live in a country where words seem to mean less and less, what a relief it can be to listen to a language you know not at all.
Alyona Alyona, live (acoustic session), Slovakia (Pohoda Festival), 2019
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, October 31st
never enough
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), String Quartet No. 4 in C major (1928); Quatuor Ebène, live, France (Wissembourg), 2013
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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Domestic as
an empty shopping cart
parked on a ledge
above a freeway.—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Hang On” (New Yorker, 10/21/19)
2019
Wednesday, October 30th
what’s new
Robert Glasper (keyboards, vocals) with T3 (vocals), Chris Dave (drums), et al., J Dilla Tribute, live, New York, 10/25/19
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Tuesday, October 29th
what’s new
His sound-world is like no other.
Jürg Frey (1953-), Elemental Realities, for orchestra (2019); SWR Symphonieorchester (Tito Ceccherini, cond.), live (world premiere), Germany (Donaueschinger), 10/20/19
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Monday, October 28th
Why not begin the week with something that shimmers?
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Light Within (2007); Faculty & Fellows, Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Mass., 2016
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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