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Tuesday, 6/22/10
Wealthiest state in the nation? If music were money, it might be this. Nathan Abshire (accordion), “Ma Negresse” (AKA “Pine Grove Blues”) Take 1 With The Balfa Brothers (Dewey Balfa, fiddle), live,...
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Thursday, 7/1/10
looking back Today, celebrating our 300th post, we revisit a few favorites. ********** 3/12/10 Both Chicago blues artists. Both guitar players. Both influenced by other kinds of music. Musical...
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Friday, 7/9/10
Alternate career plan for the next life (if the tap-dance thing doesn’t work out): rubboard player. C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, “Jolie Blonde” & “Jambalaya,” New York City, 2008...
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Monday, 10/4/10
Anyone can make English sound like English. Tom Waits, live, California (Mountain View), 1999 Part 1 *** Part 2 Want more? Here.
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Saturday, 12/3/11
three takes “N’teri” Habib Koité, live, c. 2007 ***** Regina Carter (violin), Yacouba Sissoko (kora), Will Holshouser (accordion) Live, radio broadcast (KPLU-FM), 2011 Kora, violin, accordion—even the...
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Monday, 12/5/11
recipe 1 river 1 bridge 1 brass band Mix lightly. Raya Brass Band, live, Poughkeepsie, New York Walkway Over The Hudson Grand Opening, 10/3/09 #1 *** #2 *** #3 *** #4 *** #5
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Wednesday, 12/7/11
What a treat to hear a guitar-led group that sounds so fresh. Nels Cline (guitar) and Friends play the music of Andrew Hill Live, New York (Jazz Standard), 2007 ********** lagniappe musical thoughts...
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Wednesday, 6/20/12
bread and circuses This is my idea of good government. A Summer Solstice Backyard Parade and Procession Wednesday, June 20th, 2012, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm [Garfield Park, Chicago] Featuring Mucca Pazza, the...
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Wednesday, 10/24/12
The last band I heard with this lineup—trumpet, violin, accordion, bass—was, uh, let’s see . . . Dave Douglas (trumpet), Charms of the Night Sky* Live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1999 #1 *** #2 *** #3 *** #4...
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Friday, 12/7/12
two takes Stephanie McDee, “Call the Police” Recording (Living The Blues), 2002 *** Live, Baton Rouge, 2012 ********** lagniappe reading table We know we are very special. Yet we keep trying to find...
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Monday, August 12th
sounds of Brazil Gilberto Gil (1942-; vocals, guitar) with Dominguinhos (1941-2013; accordion), “Lamento Sertanejo,” live, 2010 ********** lagniappe musical thoughts What would it be like to live in a...
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Friday, November 8th
Is any instrument more compelling than the human voice? Patty Griffin, live, Washington, D.C., 2013 ********** lagniappe art beat Lee Friedlander (1934-)
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Monday, November 18th
sounds of New York Raya Brass Band, live, New York 7/22/12 *** 12/31/11 ********** lagniappe art beat Robert Frank (1924-), New York (Times Square), 1954
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Thursday, May 8th
sounds of New York Raya Brass Band, live, New York, 2014 ********** lagniappe art beat Helen Levitt (1913-2009), New York, 1972
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Friday, February 27th
sounds of Chicago Goofiness is a much underrated virtue. Mucca Pazza, live, Washington, D.C., 2015
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Tuesday, March 31st
two takes Buddy Miller, “Chalk” (J. Miller), live With Don Was (bass), et al., 2007 *** With Patty Griffin (vocals), et al., San Francisco, 2010 ********** lagniappe art beat: more from Friday at the...
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Saturday, April 25th
Sometimes nothing is more enlivening than to hear something that sounds like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Rebecca Saunders (1967-), Fury II (2009); Remix Ensemble (Emilio Pomarico, cond.; Antonio...
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Thursday, June 11th
In response to Monday’s post on Dylan covers, a reader commented: Fairport Convention’s “Si tu dois partir” (a French-language version of “If You Gotta Go, Go Now”) comes to mind. Fairport Convention,...
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Tuesday, August 11th
sounds of Argentina Chango Spasiuk, live, 2009 ********** lagniappe musical thoughts What would it be like to live in a world with just one kind of music?
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Wednesday, August 31st
more Michel Portal (clarinets, accordion), Hamid Drake (drums), live, France (Le Mans), 2012 ********** lagniappe reading table Skylark sings all day, and day not long enough. —Matsuo Basho...
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