Thursday, April 14th
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Getatchew Mekurya (1935-2016), c. 1972
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“Tezeta,” “Muziqa heywete,”
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2016
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Wednesday, April 13th
passings
Getatchew Mekurya, saxophonist, March 14, 1935-April 4, 2016
Live with The Ex (music begins at 2:25), Netherlands (Nijmegen), 2011
2016
Tuesday, April 12th
sounds of Syria
Omar Souleyman, “Bahdeni Nami” (prod. by Four Tet), 2015
2016
Monday, April 11th
bfwot*
DJ/rupture (turntables) & Andy Moor (guitar, photos), “Hot Pink Version,” France (Orleans), 2007
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*big fuckin’ world out there
2016
Sunday, April 10th
sounds of Chicago
Caravans, live (TV show), Chicago, 1963
In front, on the right, is the young Shirley Caesar.
2016
Saturday, April 9th
So bleak, so beautiful—like life.
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Viola Concerto (1985), live, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Valery Gergiev, cond.), Yuri Bashmet (viola)
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, N.J., 1958
2016
Friday, April 8th
sounds of New York
Some of the most kinetic, exciting, enlivening sounds I’ve heard in a while.
Farmers by Nature (Craig Taborn, piano; William Parker, bass; Gerald Cleaver, drums), live, New York, 4/4/16
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at the Art Institute of Chicago
Martin Puryear, Maquette for Bearing Witness (1994) (Multiple Dimensions, through May 1st)
2016
Thursday, April 7th
passings
Merle Haggard, singer, songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, April 6, 1937-April 6, 2016
Today, remembering him, we revisit a few favorites.
“I’m a Lonesome Fugitive” (L. Anderson, C. Anderson), live (TV show), 1966
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“Working Man Blues” (M. Haggard), live (TV show), 1978
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“Today I Started Loving You Again” (M. Haggard, B. Owens), with Tammy Wynette, live, England (Wemberly), 1988
2016
Wednesday, April 6th
sounds of New York
Oliver Lake and the FLUX String Quartet, live, New York, 2014
2016
Tuesday, April 5th
sounds of New York
The 12 Houses, live, New York, 3/6/16
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lagniappe
reading table
The process is fearless.
