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Excellent new album from Myra

Excellent new album from the former "db", "Contental Drifter" and producer of indie rockers like REM, etc.

I last saw her at Big Ears in 2022

A friend of mine saw Tyshawn/ Roscoe in Philly. Would have liked to see the two of THEM for sure! I got a good dose of Tyshawn at Big Ears this year. He was all over the place. He's an amazing talent in many settings.

That version of Nuclear War was amazing! 👍

I have a similar one (DRA-800H) and have never had that problem. But I have had a similar type of issue that I've never been able to solve. I stream music from Tidal through it and something always shuts the App down after about 20 minutes. Like you, I've turned off the sleep modes on that AND my TV, but it still keeps happening. Does NOT happen with any other streaming Apps, though. Very weird.

Excellent album!

Haven't listened to this in a long time. Ex-Beefheart musicians, with Sam Galpin on vocals (sort of a cross between Beefheart and Lowell George). Mallard released 2 albums in the mid-70s. Worth tracking down!

G. Calvin Weston - Drums Vernon Reid - Guitar Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Bass

Two drummer-centric shows at SFJAZZ this weekend - both with Joe Warner & Tarus Mateen: Give the Drummer Some: Nasheet Waits Give the Drummer Some: Marvin 'Smitty' Smith Unfortunately I couldn't go on Thursday for Billy Hart

I enjoyed them at Big Ears. A little different lineup for Nels.

OK - Thanks! I really wanted to like this, but I listened to it a few times and was disappointed. Maybe I'll give it another shot.

Recommended? I haven't been a big fan of his solo albums.

Me, too!

Didn't see him, but I saw the news today. Kind of shocking. Made me think of Susan Alcorn, who was scheduled to play this year but died a couple of months ago.

I discovered yet another version of Vijay when the trio Field Work reassembled for a show at Big Ears - last album, 2008. I believe they recorded a new album that will be out later this year. An amazingly INTENSE live performance from Vijay Iyer / Steve Lehman / Tyshawn Sorey

Saw these two interviewed by Ashley Kahn at Big Ears, and it was a very sober sociopolitical discussion about life and the state of the world. I bought the CD at the venue.

A great time, for sure! So much music, so little time. Top picks in no particular order: Axiom 5, Nels Cline Singers, Jamaaladeen's 101 Audio Odyssey, Ambrose Akinmusire, Sorey/Britt/Melz/Ndegeocello, Sorey Trio, Scheinman’s All Species Parade, Fieldwork, Consentrik Quartet Most intense experience: Fieldwork with Iyer/Lehman/Sorey was something I'll never forget. Those 3 were on fire! All the conversations were excellent, too. And there were several that I wasn't able to attend, like the ones with legendary producer Joe Boyd THURSDAY Critics Picks - Ann Powers, Nate Chinen, Ashley Kahn, And Marcus J. Moore Yo La Tengo w/Wm Tyler + 2nd drummer (McIntyre) Charles Lloyd - Homage To Zakir Hussein (Bill Frisell, Ganavya, Eric Harland, And Harish Raghavan) Axiom 5 - Barry Altschul w/(John Irabagon (saxophone), Uri Caine (piano), Mark Helias (bass) FRIDAY Philip Glass Ensemble "Music In Twelve Parts (Parts 1-3)" The Nels Cline Singers - Skerik (sax), Cyro Baptista (perscussion), Trevor Dunn (bass), Scott Amendola (drums) Sun Ra Arkestra & Yo La Tengo Wadada Leo Smith & RedKoral Quartet Squanderers - David Grubbs, Wendy Eisenberg, Bonner Kramer Jamaaladeen Tacuma: "101 Audio Odyssey" w/ Nels Cline, Immanuel Wilkins, King Nol, Braxton Bateman Ambrose Akinmusire: "Honey from a Winter Stone" w/Rapper/Producer Kokayi, Sam Harris (piano), Justin Brown (drums), 'synth sorceress' Chiquita Magic, Mivos Quartet [yes - all that including the strings!] SATURDAY Conversation: Bill Frisell, Nels Cline & Don Was Kris Davis Trio (Robert Hurst & Jonathan Blake) Tyshawn Sorey, King Britt & Friends (Melz (guitar), Meshell Ndegeocello (bass) Sylvie Courvoisier: Chimaera 133 Years of Reverb (composed by Johnny Greenwood) - Performed By James Mcvinnie & Eliza Mccarthy (Cathedral pipe organ) Tyshawn Sorey Trio (Aaron Diehl, Harish Raghavan) Jenny Scheinman’s All Species Parade w/Julian Lage, Bill Frisell, Nels Cline, Carmen Staaf, Tony Scherr & Kenny Wollesen SUNDAY Conversation: Wadada Leo Smith & Vijay Iyer with Ashley Kahn Magic Tuber Stringband Susan Alcorn Tribute - Mary Halvorson, Bonnie Lander, Ryan Sawyer, yuniya edi kwon, and Lester St. Louis Fieldwork (Vijay Iyer / Steve Lehman / Tyshawn Sorey) Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet - Tom Rainey, Chris Lightcap, Ingrid Laubrock Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner | The Music of Anthony Braxton - Matt Brewer (bass) and Damion Reid (drums)

I saw an expanded edition of the AOC too, at Big Ears in 2019. Obviously very different from the original lineup, but an interesting performance. Roscoe and Moye participated in the presentation. Now playing:

It was fairly crowded, but the galleries were big enough to accommodate everyone

"Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers" at the National Gallery, London in January. An impressive exhibition of his work.