Playlists
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Frank Zappa – The Yellow Shark – Ensemble Modern/Peter Rundel (1993/2012; Barking Pumpkin/Zappa Family Trust) Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko – IYOV – Maryana Golovko, Anna Marych, Oleksandra Mailliet, Andrey Koshman, Ruslan Kirsh, Anton Lytvynov, Elizaveta Kurbanmagometova, Janna Marchynskaya, Andrey Nadolskiy, Roman…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Chaya Czernowin – Hidden (Wergo; 2018) > Adiantum Capillus-Veneris – Inbal Hever; Hidden – JACK Quartet The Bad Plus – These Are the Vistas (Columbia; 2003) Orrin Evans – The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions; 2015) Sarah Davachi – All My Circles…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Regular playlists will resume next Monday, Jan. 8, on National Sawdust Log. Meanwhile, this is everything memorable that I spun or streamed between Dec. 18 and Dec. 31, 2017. Rest in peace, Kevin Mahogany and Roswell Rudd. Dec. 18-24, 2017 Percy Grainger…
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An occasional tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears lately. Richard Wagner – Die Walküre – Matthias Goerne, Michelle DeYoung, Stuart Skelton, Heidi Melton, Petra Lang, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra/Jaap van Zweden (Naxos) <a href="http://tonkatsurecords.bandcamp.com/album/lark-city">Lark City by Skylark Quartet</a> Skylark Quartet – Lark City (Tonkatsu) <a href="http://fabricarecords.bandcamp.com/album/same-animal-different-cages-vol-2-solomonos-for-analog-synthesizer">Same Animal, Different Cages Vol.…
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An occasional tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears lately. <a href="http://jonathanfinlayson.bandcamp.com/album/moving-still">Moving Still by Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense</a> Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense – Moving Still (Pi Recordings; 2016) Chöying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts – Chö (Rykodisc; 1997) Mayhem – De Mysteriis dom Sathanas (Century Black; 1994) Laraaji – Ambient…
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An occasional tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears lately. Linda Catlin Smith – Memory Forms (Artifact Music; 2001) > Among the Tarnished Stars – The Burdocks; Through the Low Hills – Andrew Smith, Stephen Clarke; Knotted Silk – Stephen Clarke, Arraymusic/Henry Kucharzyk; With Their Shadows Long – Marc Sabat, Stephen…
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An occasional tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears lately. Van der Graaf Generator – Do Not Disturb (Esoteric Antenna; 2016) Eli Keszler – Last Signs of Speed (Empty Editions; due Nov. 17, 2016) Linda Catlin Smith – Dirt Road – Mira Benjamin, Simon Limbrick (Another Timbre; 2016) Joseph Kudirka –…
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Away With You by Mary Halvorson Mary Halvorson Octet – Away With You (Firehouse 12; due Oct. 28) Claude Debussy – Images; Jeux; Nocturnes; La Mer; Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune; Marche écossaise sur un theme populaire; Printemps; Two movements from L’Infant Prodigue; Berceuse héroïque – Women of the RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Stéphane…
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King Crimson – Radical Action (To Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind) (DGM/Panegyric) Uton and Ø+yn/Bird People and Creation VI – Monster Collab (Cosmic Winnetou) Strom Noir – The White Colour of the Clouds (Cosmic Winnetou) America's National Parks by Wadada Leo Smith Wadada Leo Smith – America's National Parks (Cuneiform; due Oct. 14) An…
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Steve Flato – Road to Ruins (Abrash) The Grey Eminence by Warfather Warfather – The Grey Eminence (Greyhaze) King Crimson – "Easy Money," "Suitable Grounds for the Blues," "Sailors Tale," "Starless," "Level Five" – 2016 European Tour downloads (DGMLive) Pearl Jam – Fenway Park, Boston, MA, Aug. 5, 2016 (Pearl Jam) Joda Clément – Sea…
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Eve by Thalia Zedek Band Thalia Zedek Band – Eve (Thrill Jockey) Come – 11:11 (Matador) Uzi – Sleep Asylum (Homestead) Dangerous Birds – "Alpha Romeo"/"Smile on Your Face" (Propeller Product) Live Skull – Dusted (Homestead) Live Skull – Snuffer (Caroline) E – E (Thrill Jockey; due Nov. 11) WREKMEISTER HARMONIES Live In NYC by…
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Michael Daugherty – Tales of Hemingway; American Gothic; Once Upon a Castle – Zuill Bailey, Paul Jacobs, Nashville Symphony/Giancarlo Guerrero (Naxos) Morton Subotnick – Music for the Double Life of Amphibians (Wergo)> Axolotl – Joel Krosnick; Ascent Into Air – CalArts Twentieth Century Players/Stephen L. Mosko; The Last Dream of the Beast – Joan La…
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John Adams – Scheherazade.2 – Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson (Nonesuch; due Sept. 30) Kiss – Kiss Rocks Vegas (Eagle Rock) Marillion – F.E.A.R. (F**k Everyone and Run) (earMUSIC; due Sept. 23) No Place Fast by Wayne Horvitz Wayne Horvitz – No Place Fast (Theatre for Your Mother) The Bad Plus – It's…
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Carlos Santana & Cindy Blackman Santana – "The Star-Spangled Banner" (YouTube) Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3 in F – Houston Symphony/Leopold Stokowski (Everest) Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter – 1+1 (Verve) Marcus Miller – Tutu Revisited – Live at Leverkusen 2009 (YouTube) Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin – Love Devotion Surrender (Columbia) Miles Davis – We Want Miles…
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Keith Rowe/Günter Müller/Taku Sugimoto – The World Turned Upside Down (Erstwhile) dogs in english porcelain by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – dogs in english porcelain (Music Appreciation) mineral orange by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – Mineral Orange (Kye) exotic exit by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – Exotic Exit (Kye) "Adult Contemporary" C-40 (NRR30) by Vanessa…
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Yes – Millersville University, Millersville, PA, Feb. 28, 1984 (audience recording, unknown origin) Yes – Celeste Center, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH, July 27, 2016 (audience recording, unknown origin) Yes – Boston Garden, Boston, MA, Sept. 9, 1980 (audience recording, unknown origin) Yes – Pensacola Civic Center, Pensacola, FL, April 9, 1991 (audience recording, unknown…
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Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine (Epic) Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam) Opeth – Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner) Jane Ira Bloom – Early Americans (Outline) Yes – Yessongs (Atlantic) An Air Swept Clean of All Distance by Rhodri Davies Rhodri Davies – An…
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Dead & Company – Fenway Park, Boston, MA, July 15, 2016 (Archive.org) La Barranca – Fatalis (Fonarte Latino) Steven Wilson – Insurgentes (Kscope) Opeth – Sorceress (Moderbolget/Nuclear Blast; due Sept. 30) Orchid by Opeth Opeth – Orchid (Candlelight) Artificial Organ by Kevin Drumm Kevin Drumm – Artificial Organ (Bandcamp) Kevin Drumm – Artificial Organ (WHAT??…
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Chris Squire & Billy Sherwood – Conspiracy Live (Cleopatra) Hamasyan/Henriksen/Aarset/Bang – Atmosphères (ECM) Robert Fripp – Society for Ethical Culture, New York, NY, June 23, 2005 (DGMLive) Squackett – A Life Within a Day (Esoteric Antenna) Blood Orange – Freetown Sound (Domino) Elliott Carter – Duo for violin and piano; Roger Sessions – Sonata for…
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William Schuman – American Festival Overture – Los Angeles Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein (Deutsche Grammophon) Walter Piston – Violin Concerto No. 1 – Miranda Cuckson, American Symphony Orchestra/Leon Botstein (American Symphony Orchestra) Walter Piston – Symphony No. 2 – Boston Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas (Deutsche Grammophon) Peter Mennin – Symphony No. 5 – Albany Symphony Orchestra/David Alan…
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