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OK, so this is a bit different to what is normally posted on this site. Welshman Chris Buck recreates the sound of John Lennon’s guitar on the Beatles’ ‘Revolution’. Quite interesting, even for those of us who don’t play guitar?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0g0yZKbJP4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR12az8it6VztmkzI_pPNN0MkoGsloFg3WQOfwBE8FKaGW0f5GYWmt5PWu0
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Not jazz, but lights up the same parts of the brain that jazz does. A brief interview from 2017 with an overview of some of her work: Meredith Monk.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/videos/tateshots/meredith-monk-i-believe-healing-power-art?fbclid=IwAR0_IoB-zq-PcRHmPXHIb0Q12SEHpaJM2nJVpzcuwTD2cJtXKWUDlwilDc8
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Interesting article in last week’s New Yorker about maestro composer-pianist Carla Bley, written by Ethan Iverson.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-lifetime-of-carla-bley?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=the-new-yorker&utm_social-type=earned&fbclid=IwAR34RhUORp9QbXVZ2ZYLeqeFz4M4KQffjj7hpna4OrLFatirEg-n1YHgzrY
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“Musical Ears”, an interesting 1984 LRB article by Oliver Sacks.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v06/n08/oliver-sacks/musical-ears?utm_source=LRB+themed+email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20200514+DT43&utm_content=ukrw_subs
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Great article in Modern Drummer about drummer Bill Bruford!
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