Monday, August 26th
sounds of Chicago
Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, “Freedom Highway,” live, Chicago, 8/22/24
sounds of Chicago
Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, “Freedom Highway,” live, Chicago, 8/22/24
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Pastor Brady L. Blade, Sr. (1930-, Zion Baptist Church, Shreveport, La.) & The Hallelujah Train, with Brian Blade (drums), Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar), Daniel Lanois (guitar), Zion Baptist Church Choir, et al., “Let Your Light Shine on Me,” live, Durham, N.C., 2009
testify!
Pastor Brady L. Blade, Sr. (1930-, Zion Baptist Church, Shreveport, La.) & The Hallelujah Train, with Brian Blade (drums), Greg Leisz (lap steel guitar), Daniel Lanois (guitar), Zion Baptist Church Choir, et al., “Take Me to the Water,” live, Durham, N.C., 2009
what’s new
One-word review: Wow!
Patricia Brennan Septet (PB, vibraphone, electronics, composition; Jon Irabagon, alto and sopranino saxophones; Mark Shim, tenor saxophone; Adam O’Farrill, trumpet, electronics; Marcus Gilmore, drums; Mauricio Herrera, percussion; Kim Cass, bass), “Palos de Oros” (Suit of Coins), published 8/6/24
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.

what’s new
What you need, right now, whether you know it or not.
Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding, live (“Cais” [Milton Nascimento]; “Outubro” [Milton Nascimento]; “Saci,” feat. Guinga [Guinga, Paulo César Pinheiro]; “Saudade Dos Aviões Da Panair (Conversando No Bar),” feat. Maria Gadú [Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant]; “When You Dream,” feat. Maria Gadú [Wayne Shorter, Edgy Lee]), Rio de Janeiro, published 8/7/24
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, outside Chicago

what’s new
Meshell Ndegeocello, “Trouble,” published 8/1/24