music clip of the day

Tuesday, August 8th

passings

Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023

With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23

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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021

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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018

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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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Monday, August 7th

what’s new

Meshell Ndegeocello, “Georgia Ave” (M. Ndegeocello), live (studio), published 7/24/23

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last night, Chicago

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Sunday, August 6th

sounds of Chicago

Violinaires, “I’ll Go With Him,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1973

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Saturday, August 5th

sounds of Chicago

Edward Wilkerson (1953-, tenor saxophone, clarinet, didgeridoo) and Joe Morris (1955-, guitar), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio garden), 7/23/23

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Wednesday, August 2nd

timeless

Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Pieces for orchestra (Op. 10, 1911-13): NDR Symphony Orchestra (now NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra) with Günter Wand (1912-2002, cond.), live, Berlin, 1985

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Sunday, July 30th

timeless

Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904-1972), “Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down,” live, Mississippi (Como), 1959

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yesterday, Chicago

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Saturday, July 29th

sounds of São Paulo

Laurent Garnier (French DJ), live (Na Manteiga Radio), São Paulo, 2021

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Thursday, July 27th

passings

Sinead O’Connor, singer, December 8, 1966–July 26, 2023

Today, remembering her, we revisit three posts.

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January 3, 2010

What other pop star has made such stunning contributions as a guest artist?

With Willie Nelson, “Don’t Give Up” (1993)

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With the Chieftains, “The Foggy Dew” (1995)

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With Shane MacGowan, “Haunted” (1995)

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January 4, 2012

Forget the weird press—she can sing.

“Paddy’s Lament” (trad.), TV broadcast (Ireland), 12/19/11

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April 24, 2016

two takes

“Trouble Will Soon Be Over”

Blind Willie Johnson, 1930

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God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)

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Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble (DL, vocals, electronics; Dana Hall, drums; Arif Smith, percussion; Angel Bat Dawid, clarinet, vocals; Ben Lamar Gay, cornet; Monique Golding, vocals; Tremaine Parker, vocals; Erica Rene, vocals), “The Body Is Electric” (D. Locks), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2021