music clip of the day

jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more

Tag: music clip of the day

Friday, May 8th

what’s new

Son Lux, “Change Is Everything,” 2015

Thursday, May 7th

tonight in Chicago

She’ll be playing, with Douglas Ewart (reeds), Michael Zerang (drums), et al., at Elastic Arts.

Joëlle Léandre (bass), live, Jerusalem, 2011

Wednesday, May 5th

It just goes on, and on, and on . . .

—Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife Sounds Curator, British Library

Preserving Sound, 2013

Tuesday, May 5th

sounds of Cambodia

Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll, 2014

Sunday, May 3rd

three takes

“Stand By Me Father” (S. Cooke, J. W. Alexander)

Barnes Family, live, Rocky Mount, N.C., c. 1999


***

Pilgrim Travelers (feat. Lou Rawls, lead vocals), recording, 1962


***

Soul Stirrers (feat. Johnnie Taylor, lead vocals), recording, 1959

Saturday, May 2nd

passings

Ben E. King, singer, songwriter, September 28, 1938-April 30, 2015

“Stand by Me” (B. King, J. Lieber, M. Stoller)

Live (TV show), 2007


***

Recording, 1961


**********

lagniappe

random sights

Oak Park, Ill., 3:40 a.m.

IMG_1918

Friday, May 1st

only rock ‘n’ roll

The Ex, “That’s Not a Virus,” live, France (Annecy), 2015


**********

lagniappe

art beat

William Klein (1928-), 4 Heads, New York, 1955

WKlein:5:1:15

Thursday, April 30th

tonight in Chicago

These folks—three reed players and a cellist from Chicago, along with a drummer from Norway—will be playing (and recording a live album) at a performing-arts center on the city’s northwest side (Elastic Arts).

Dave Rempis (saxophones), Keefe Jackson (reeds), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Tomeka Reid (cello), Tollef Østvang (drums), live, Lafayette, Ind., 4/25/15

Wednesday, April 29th

If this is the answer, what’s the question?

Bernhard Leitner (1938-), Serpentinata, Austria (Vienna), 2011

Tuesday, April 28th

This I could listen to all day.

Brian Eno (1948-), sound installation (“Music for the Great Gallery”), Palace of Venaria, Italy (near Turin)