sounds (and sights) of New York
Critical Response Trio (Jason Kao Hwang, violin; Anders Nilsson, guitar; Michael TA Thompson, drums) & Douglas Dunn + Dancers, live, New York, 2018
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serendipity
Just stumbled upon this—it’s improved my day immeasurably.
Tan Dun (1957-), Elegy: Snow in June (1991); Third Coast Percussion and Joshua Roman (cello), live, Seattle, 2015
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mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), Everything That Rises (2017); JACK Quartet, live, Ojai, Calif., 6/8/18
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more
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Mary Halvorson (guitar), live, New York, 2016
Tonight she’ll be playing at a Chicago art gallery, Corbett vs. Dempsey, beginning at 6 p.m., with reed players Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee.
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what’s new
Diplo (DJ), Barcelona, 6/15/18
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Last night I heard her at Chicago’s Hungry Brain. Otherworldly. Tonight she’ll be playing, and talking (with reed player Ken Vandermark), at the Experimental Sound Studio—all of which will be streamed, beginning at 7:30 (CST).
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), live, Rochester, N.Y., 6/18/18
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sounds of the 1920s
Rev. J. M. Gates, “Baptize Me,” 1926
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basement jukebox
Gene Pitney, “Just One Smile” (Randy Newman), 1966
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Dusty Springfield, “I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore” (Randy Newman), 1969
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sweet soul music
Anthony Hamilton, live, Washington, D.C., 2016
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string quartets
day four
Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), String Quartet No. 3, “Grido,” excerpt; Mivos Quartet, live, New York, 2012
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this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
