sounds of New York
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone with electronics; compositions) with Pala Garcia (violin), Kyle Armbrust (viola), Michael Nicolas (cello) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Miles Okazaki (guitar), Kim Cass (bass), John Hollenbeck (drums), Arktureye (electronics), Eli Greenhoe (conductor), Of the Near and the Far (record release show), live, New York, 2025
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of New York
Ches Smith & Laugh Ash (CS, electronics, drums, percussion; Shara Lunon, voice and vocal processing, lyrics; Anna Webber, flute; Oscar Noriega, clarinets; James Brandon Lewis, tenor saxophone; Nate Wooley, trumpet; Jennifer Choi, violin; Kyle Armbrust, viola; Michael Nicolas, cello; Shahzad Ismaily, bass, Moog), live, New York, 3/20/24
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Des Moines, Iowa (Des Moines Art Center)
Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Untitled #3 (1974), detail
More cello.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Transitions (2014); Michael Nicolas, live, Chicago, 2015
lagniappe
reading table
Let Emily sing for you because she cannot pray . . .
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), letter to cousins Louis and Frances Norcross (on the death of their father), 1863
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