Matthew Blackwell

1 week ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Matthew Blackwell

ALBUM OF THE DAY Various Artists, “Disk Musik: A DD. Records Compilation” By Matthew Blackwell · April 14, 2025 ​ ​ Disk Musik: A DD. Records Compilation Phantom Limb . . 00:10 / 00:58 The back of the DD. Records compilation Disk Music reads: “WE PLAYED OUR MUSIC, IN THE PARK.

1 week ago | pitchfork.com | Matthew Blackwell

Sam Wilkes wasn’t happy with “The Fool on the Hill.” The bassist had played the song—one of his favorites—at a gig dedicated to Beatles covers. It didn’t go well. Wilkes decided to try again, this time recruiting longtime friends Gregory Uhlmann and Josh Johnson to his cause. The three had never played together as a group, but they booked a concert at L.A. jazz club ETA and trusted fate and chemistry.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Matthew Blackwell

1 day agoNFL free agent QBs: Another former Pro Bowler besides Aaron Rodgers remains available among signal-callersThe NFL saw a quarterback domino effect of sorts this week, as Joe Flacco, Drew Lock, and Josh Johnson found new homes in recent days. Flacco went …12 hours agoJosh Johnson | What Viral Means Today#joshjohnson #comedy #standupcomedy #funny Josh Johnson live from Comedy Works Downtown in Denver, Colorado.

3 weeks ago | daily.bandcamp.com | Matthew Blackwell

BEST FIELD RECORDINGS The Best Field Recordings on Bandcamp, March 2025 By Matthew Blackwell · April 02, 2025 Bandcamp hosts an amazing array of field recordings from around the world, made by musicians and sound artists as well as professional field recordists. In this column, we highlight the best sounds recorded outside the studio and released in the last month.

1 month ago | pitchfork.com | Matthew Blackwell

“i seek another dimension in music,” the trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith wrote in his 1973 book notes (8 pieces) source a new world music: creative music. Like an astrophysicist, he discovered that time is malleable—not the neutral medium in which a piece develops, but an integral part of the composition. Time is expressed through what Smith calls “space/silence,” which he deploys with an expert hand that makes each note, when it comes, shine out like a celestial event.