Monday, February 25th
Why not start the week with a trip to Paris?
Lianne La Havas, “No Room for Doubt” (L. La Havas), live, Paris, 2011
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2019
Sunday, February 24th
sounds of the 1960s
Mighty Clouds of Joy, live (TV), 1964 (“Steal Away,” “He’s So Wonderful” [with Jessie Mae Renfro], “Golden Bells,” “Just Look”), 1968 (“Call Him,” Medley [“Bright Side,” “I’m Glad About It,” “None But the Righteous,” “I’ll Go,” “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”], “How Far Have I Strayed”)
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2019
Saturday, February 23rd
three takes
“Hello Stranger” (B. Lewis)
Julia Holter
Live (soundcheck), 2013
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Recording, 2013
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Barbara Lewis, 1963 (The Dells, background vocals; recorded at Chess Studios, Chicago; Billboard R&B #1, Pop #3)
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Winter solitude—
in a world of one color
the sound of wind.—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Robert Hass)
2019
Friday, February 22nd
next week in Chicago
She’s playing Thursday at Thalia Hall.
Julia Holter, live (studio), Seattle, 2013
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musical thoughts
There was nobody as good as her when I was making music back in the day. If Julia Holter had existed in the 1970s she would be a goddess.
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2019
Thursday, February 21st
another take
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Prelude in C-sharp minor (Op. 45); Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920-1995), live, Italy (Prato), 1967
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musical thoughts
[N]ow Miles [Davis] was relaxed and pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was sending him into several shades of ecstasy.
‘Listen to those trills!’ Miles ordered.
—1961 interview, The Miles Davis Reader
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2019
Wednesday, February 20th
Feel like floating?
Brian Eno, Thursday Afternoon, 1985 (Jonathan Jolly, video, 2014)
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Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill)
2019
Tuesday, February 19th
what’s new
Sun of Goldfinger (David Torn, electric guitar, live-looping, electronics; Tim Berne, alto saxophone; Ches Smith, drums, electronics); video, 2/6/19; album, 3/1/19
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2019
Monday, February 18th
sounds of Iceland
Bára Gísladóttir (acoustic bass) & Skúli Sverrisson (electric bass), live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 11/6/18
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2019
Sunday, February 17th
timeless
Brother Joe May (1912-1972) and Jackie (AKA Jacqui) Verdell (1937-1991), “You’re Gonna Need Him After a While,” live (TV broadcast), 1963
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A still – Volcano – Life –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 517 (Franklin)
2019
Saturday, February 16th
Want to be swept away?
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Violin Concerto in D major; Frankfurt Radio Symphony (Paavo Järvi, cond.) with Hilary Hahn (violin), live, Frankfurt, 2014
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