Night After Night

Playlist (Weaving a Charm and a Spell).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Claire Rousay - a softer focus (American Dreams; due April 9, 2021)

Bob Bellerue - Radioactive Desire (Elevator Bath; due spring 2021)

Colin Cannon - McGolrick (Infrequent Seams; due Feb. 26, 2021)

String Noise - Alien Stories (Infrequent Seams; due March 26, 2021)

Jessie Cox - Alien Stories; Lester St. Louis - ARCHIVE01 [Absolute Recoil]; Anaïs Maviel - La Puyala Munta; Charles Overton - Only Time Will Tell; Jonathan Finlayson - Yet to Be

Celia & Johnny - Tremendo Caché (Vaya/Fania; 1975/2006)

Shai Maestro - Human (ECM; 2021)

C. Lavender - Transient Seclusion (Longform Editions; 2021)

Ka Baird - Brooding Exercises I (Second Movement) (Longform Editions; 2021)

Heaven & Hell - Live at Radio City Music Hall (Rhino; 2007)

Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (Super Deluxe) (Vertigo/Rhino; 1972/2021)

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (Vertigo/Rhino; 1980/due March 5, 2021)

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (Vertigo/Rhino; 1981/due March 5, 2021)

Black Sabbath - Born Again (Vertigo/Sanctuary; 1983/2011)

Sam Prekop - Spelling (Longform Editions; 2021)

Kasper Bjørke - The Beast. The Tree. The Man. (Longform Editions; 2021)

Playlist (Pandemonium Seesaw).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Anton Bruckner - Symphonies No. 2 in C minor; Symphony No. 8 in C minor; Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Andris Nelsons (Deutsche Grammophon; 2021)

Catalyst Quartet - Uncovered, Vol. 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Azica; 2021)

Piano Quintet (Stewart Goodyear); 5 Fantasiestücke; Clarinet Quintet (Anthony McGill)

Žibuoklė Martinaitytė - Saudade - Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Giedre Šlekyte (Ondine; 2021)

Saudade; Millefleur; Horizons; Chiaroscuro Trilogy (Gabrielius Alekna)

Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis - Kestutis Overture; In the Forest; The Sea - Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra/Modestas Pitrenas (Ondine; 2020)

Marbin - Shreddin' at Sweetwater (Marbin Music; 2021)

King Crimson - Complete Lizard Sessions (DGM; 1970/2020)

Soft Works - Abracadabra in Osaka (Cuneiform; 2003/2020)

Chick Corea/Christian McBride/Brian Blade - Trilogy 2 (Universal Music; 2018)

Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (Blue Note; 1971)

Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before (Polydor; 1974)

Danish String Quartet - Prism III (ECM New Series; due March 12, 2021)

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Op. 131); Béla Bartók - String Quartet No. 1; Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Emanuel Aloys Förster) - Fugue in C-sharp minor (BWV 849)

Gavin Harrison & Antoine Fafard - Chemical Reactions (Harmonic Heresy; 2020)

Albert Ayler - Love Cry (Impulse!; 1968)

Paul Bley Quintet - Barrage (ESP-Disk'; 1965)

Lowell Davidson - Lowell Davidson Trio (ESP-Disk'; 1965)

Giuseppi Logan - The Giuseppi Logan Quartet (ESP-Disk'; 1964)

Bruno Duplant - Élégie du temps présent (Granny Records; 2021)

Stile Antico - The Golden Renaissance: Josquin des Prez (Decca; 2021)

Christian Löffler - Parallels: Shellac Reworks (Deutsche Grammophon; 2021)

Sergei Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 in D minor; Symphonic Dances - Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Deutsche Grammophon; 2021)

Various artists -  Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album (RCA; 2021)

Dupleix/Forestiere/Pontvianne - Geographies of Breath (Dinzu Artefacts; 2021)

Bardo Todol y Sus Aves Sin Nido - El Dios Immaterial de Los Pájaros (Dinzu Artefacts; 2021)

Xïola Yin - Self-Contained Illusion (The Peak) (Dinzu Artefacts; 2021)

Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor - Time No Changes (Astral Spirits/Big Ego; due May 5, 2021)