Tuesday, July 3rd
violin festival
day two
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Four pieces for violin and piano (1910)
Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973, violin), Roy Bogas (piano), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: music clip of the day
2018
2018
Monday, July 2nd
violin festival
day one
Listening to this the floor begins to feel less solid.
Michael Hersch (1971-), “the weather and landscape is on our side” for unaccompanied violin (2015); Miranda Cuckson, 2017 (published)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
2018
Sunday, July 1st
timeless
Soul Stirrers (feat. Sam Cooke), “Nearer to Thee,” live, Los Angeles, 1955
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Saturday, June 30th
desert island disc
Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh, 1973
Track list:
1. In Time 00:00
2. If You Want Me To Stay 05:47
3. Let Me Have It All 08:48
4. Frisky 11:44
5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful 14:56
6. Skin I’m In 19:38
7. I Don’t Know (Satisfaction) 22:33
8. Keep On Dancin’ 26:25
9. Que Sera, Sera 28:49
10. If It Were Left Up To Me 34:13
11. Babies Makin’ Babies 36:13
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lagniappe
reading table
Now as a spirit
I shall roam
the summer fields.—Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 (Japanese Death Poems, Yoel Hoffmann, ed.)
2018
Friday, June 29th
only rock ‘n’ roll
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, live, Barcelona, 2018
2018
Thursday, June 28th
sounds of all over
Kiran Ahluwalia, Souad Massi, live (studio), Seattle, 2018
2018
Wednesday, June 27th
more
Robert Ward, “Your Love Is Real” (R. Ward)
Live (with Ry Cooder [guitar], Nick Lowe [bass], et al.), Mill Valley, Calif., 1991
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Recording, 1964
2018
Tuesday, June 26th
timeless
Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar), “Another Night to Cry” (Sonny Boy Williamson II, introduction; Otis Spann, piano; Willie Dixon, bass; Fred Below, drums), live, Germany, 1963
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lagniappe
art beat
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill. (artist unknown)
2018
Monday, June 25th
mesmerizing
“Remnant,” Jonah Sirota (viola), Valgeir Sigurðsson (composition), Anthony Hawley (video), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Forest Park, Ill.
2018
Sunday, June 24th
when blues meets gospel
Robert Ward (1938-2008; vocals, guitar), “Lord Have Mercy on Me,” 1991
music clip of the day 