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SotD: Eine Symphonie des Grauens, The Monochrome Set
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It's just not a valentine's without the monochrome set!
Happy Valentine's Day, ghouls!
SotD: The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn, The Pogues youtu.be/n5358dPdySc?...
I don't know how many times i've posted this song, i'm sure i'll continue to post it, it's one of the best.
A great drummer, part of what makes this song great,
RIP Andrew "The Clobberer" Ranken.
SotD: Pain-beurre-chocolat, Hugo Blouin
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From his recent lp, Le buffet. Blouin, a bassist composer from Montreal, focusses on the musicality of the spoken word. The vocalist is Eugรฉnie Jobin Tremblay. I've just sampled bits of his work, this is a gem
SotD: Long Walk To D.C., The Staple Singers
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From their 1968 album, Soul Folk In Action. Posted in honor of the Buddhist monks, and rescue dog Aloka, who completed their journey from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth to DC yesterday.
SotD: Barcode Bypass, Mull Historical Society
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From the 2001 album, Loss. Melancholy barcode pop, but great melancholy barcode pop.
...one way or another, Don Robey of Duke/Peacock fame ended up with the rights to a lot of it. Though he was a terrific singer and great songwriter, he's not well-known these days.
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SotD: You Little Heartbreaker You, Joe Medwick
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From 1961 on one of Huey Meaux's labels. Great performance and arrangement. Medwick was a singer and composer from Houston. He wrote a ton of material, including several classics but,...
SotD: Jumping Into The Flow, Haeun Joo
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From the NY-based jazz pianist's recent album, Just Gravity. I like how the catawampus groove still grooves. With Chris Tordini/bass amnd Steven Crammer/drums.
SotD: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In, The 5th Dimension
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Such a big deal among the first grade set in space city (houston) back at the height of Apollo frenzy. Vaguely space-ish lyrics, hippies, great groove, among the sunshiniest of all sunshine pop.
RIP LaMonte McLemore
SotD: Little Church, Melissal Aldana
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Live studio performance of the Hermeto Pascoal classic. From Aldana's new, blue note album, Filin. Lovely.
SotD: Slipping Slowly, Ben Watt
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From his 1982 EP with Robert Wyatt, Summer Into Winter. I really love the song, performance, and reverb drenched production.
SotD: Corrente con le sue spezzate, Bernardo Gianoncelli
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Performed by Rolf Lislevand. Another brief, delightful piece from the Libro primo album. I believe this is played on a baroque lute.
...and was really taken by itโbeautiful and unusual.
Thereโs a whole bunch of baroque guitar music that isnโt well-known at all these days, tons of great stuff to discover.
SotD: Tasteggiata, Giovanni Paolo Fosacrini
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Baroque guitar performed by Rolf Lislevand on his 2025 ECM album, Libro Primo. Foscarini was an Italian composer/lutenist/guitarist from the 17th century. I wasn't familiar with his work but heard this track the other day...
SotD: Rectilinear/Paradox, Richie Beirach-Gregor Huebner Duo & The WDR Big Band
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From the 2019 album, Crossing Borders.
RIP Richie Beirach
Because of my problems posting to bluesky, my SotD posts have been erratic, apologies. I only intend to do one post a day, but because bluesky has been flaky for me recently, i haven't been able to stick to that.
30.01.2026 16:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0SotD: Garter Snake, Macie Stewart
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From her 2021 album, Mouth Full of Glass. Stewart is a Chicago-based musician who does a bunch of different stuff. A lovely song and the arrangemnt and production are fantastic.
Still having problems posting to bluesky from my browser!
30.01.2026 16:36 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0SotD: Music for a Large Ensemble, Steve Reich
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As performed by Erik Hall on his new album, Solo Three. Hall performs all the parts individually in real time with no looping, programming or sequencers and stitches them together.
(From 1/25, iโve been having troubles posting to bluesky.)
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SotD: Creole Cradle Song, Colossus Brass Band
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From their recent debut on Old Saw Music. Traditional New Orleans brass band music. Many of the musicians come from musical families and the connections go back for generations; this music is part of a living tradition.
SotD: Pull Up To The Bumper, Grace Jones
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Sly Dunbar had a brilliant, prolific career. Among my most favorite stuff ever is his work with Grace Jones on Nightclubbing.
RIP Sly Dunbar
(From yesterday, iโve been having trouble posting to bluesky.)
The video is lotsa fun. I recognize some Grey Gardens references but feel like it's also referring to about a half dozen other movies I'm not getting:
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SotD: Where's My Phone, Mitski
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I'm loving this new Mitski single. From the upcoming album, Nothing's About To Happen To Me.
SotD: Com Magia, Diogo Strausz
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From his new album, Dance Para Se Salvar. Strausz blending classic disco production with a touch of Brazilian rhythms. Strausz really has the 70s classic disco sound down. And yes, he wasn't born until decades after disco's heyday.
SotD: Some Kind Of Magic, The Sha La Das
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From their new album, Your Picture. A family band from Staten Island, the sound is chill, post-doo wop vocal pop. The father, Bill Schalda, almost 80, has an amazing voice. I mean they all do, but did i mention he was pushing 80!
SotD: Sweet and Lovly, Elmo Hope Trio
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From his 1953 debut. I really love Hope's version of this standard.
SotD: Winter Solstice, Ralph Towner
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From his 1975 album, Solstice.
RIP Ralph Towner
SotD: Fulfil Your Spirit, SAULT
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From the new SAULT album, Chapter 1.
SotD: Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo, Bach
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Live video of Chris Thile performing solo mandolin at Yallarhammer Pavillion on Blackberry Farm in Walland, Tennesse.
Really lovely.
