The last installment of my series on music and meaning is out now. This one is the whole point really. It’s about what it could mean to take music on as practice, especially in these times, and how they transform, ever expanding circles of connection. folkrockdiva.substack.com/p/practice-i...
More music and meaning talk in my neck of the woods. This one explores art music that remembers itself from a couple of different paths. Good times. open.substack.com/pub/folkrock...
Music That Remembers
Part 3: Devotion, lineage, and the music that held its purpose
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latest installment of my five part piece on music and meaning and all that jazz is up at folkrockdiva.substack.com/p/music-and-...
Music and the Measuring Stick
Part 2: On what Westerners who define what is serious often leave out
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If you need a break from doom scroll reading, we’re talking about jazz and music with meaning over here in my neck of the woods… open.substack.com/pub/folkrock...
The Sound That Knew Its Meaning
Part 1: On jazz, from the source to the second line, and the cost of canonization
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Got some new words coming up! This one is part of a 5 part series called For the People: Rigor, Truth, and the Living Art of Jazz open.substack.com/pub/folkrock...
My dream is coming true tomorrow. First time singing with an orchestra in over 25 years. Full circle moment. Beside myself.
in lord of the rings it was hate. in real life it’s just greed. not nearly as exotic but i’ll be damned if the nightmare doesn’t feel comparable. #AndAllWars
I’m having triuble with social media these days because my thoughts take too long to infold, so I finally bit the bullet. Hope somemof you will follow me on substack and maybe share anything that moves you? substack.com/@folkrockdiv...
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Well I had other things planned, but I got sucked in. $.02 offered here on whether or not some words are worth holding onto. #PracticeRadicalDecency
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sometimes i think my mother’s belief in her country is half of what kept her alive. if she weren’t already dead and gone, this surely would’ve killed her.
is it just me or is america officially declaring war on its citizens?
Lilli Lewis trio to perform and New Orleans’ premiere jazz bistro Sun. June 22. Tickets on sale now. snugjazz.com/tm-event/lil...
Lilli Lewis Trio - Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro
Lilli Lewis is an award winning genre-defying singer-songwriter and pianist known for her powerful voice and commitment to social justice. A classically trained opera singer and pianist, Lewis was B...
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“Go up Moses. You’ve been down too long.” open.spotify.com/track/6RZYin...
Go up Moses
Roberta Flack · Quiet Fire · Song · 1971
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finally saw #sinners. consider me shooketh. it was like it was made just for me. thank you universe. and thank you ryan. amen. 🙏🏽
i wish harrison ford and helen mirren would do more stuff together. they’re my new “it” couple.
For folks who “didn’t get it,” all you need to know is Kendrick Lamar is the new Beethoven and that halftime show was his Eroica Symphony.
maybe if i just keep poking my phone, my life will change 🧐
i can finally say this and mean it: dear godt, thank you for making me so high maintenance.
Song of the day: This land is your land - Bruce Springsteen "For a country like a people it's easy to let the best of you slip away."- the Boss www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yuc...
Bruce Springsteen: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
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new finding as a singer/songwriter: the blues is a groove that once you slip into you may never claw your way out of again.
i’m told this is where i should be now. is this where all the orphans are finding shelter?
