Playlist Week of 2016-07-02

* Marais: Sonnerie de Saint-Genieve du Mont (Harnoncourt) (Harmonia Mundi CD)

* Lachenmann: NUN/Notturno (Musik für Julia) (WDR, et al.) (KAIROS CD)

* John Cage Meets Sun Ra: The Complete Concert (Meltdown/Modern Harmonic 2LP)

* John Coltrane: Kulu Sé Mama (Impulse! CD)

* John Coltrane: Live In Seattle (Impulse/GRP 2CD)

* Open Sky: Open Sky (P.M. LP)

* Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: Buoyancy (Relative Pitch CD)

* Mazur/Neuringer: Diachronic Paths (Relative Pitch CD)

* Weather Report: Black Market (Columbia LP)

* Willie Nelson: Teatro (Island/Modern Classics 2LP)

* Van Morrison: No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (Mercury LP)

* John Renbourne: The Attic Tapes (Riverboat 2LP)

* John Martyn: Glorious Fool (WEA LP)

* Forest: Forest (Harvest/Radioactive LP)

* Strawbs: Just A Collection Of Antiques And Curios (A&M LP)

* Amon Duul II: Phallus Dei (UA/Revisited CD)

* Rodriguez: Searching For Sugarman OST (Light In The Attic 2LP)

* Genesis: Seconds Out (Charisma 2LP)

* Genesis: Three Sides Live (Atlantic 2LP)

* Opeth: Deliverance (Music For Nations/KOCH 2LP)

* Acid Mothers Temple: Recurring Dream And Apocalypse Of Darkness (Important 2LP)

* Acid Mothers Temple: Lord Of The Underground: Vishnu & The Magic Elixir (Alien8 LP)

* Grails: Burning Off Impurities (Temporary Residence 2LP)

* Wolves In The Throne Room: BBC Session 2011 Anno Domini (Southern Lord EP)

* Kylesa: Static Tensions (20 Buck Spin LP)

* Kylesa: Exhausting Fire (Season of Mist LP)

* Pelican: The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw (Hydra Head/Viva Hate 2LP)

* Pelican: City of Echoes (Hydra Head LP)

* Wild Nothing: Life of Pause (Captured Tracks LP)†/‡

* Ecstatic Vision: Sonic Praise (Relapse LP)

†=iPod/iTunes

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Commentary:

Happy 4th of July!

Well, this blows me away: Perihelion, my last download-only album with Sam Byrd, got an honorable mention in the "Best of 2016 (So Far)" list over at avantmusicnews.com. This site is no mere blog, but an essential resource for new music fans. We are in some pretty heady company over there (and I can think of several recent albums by musicians WAY more famous and deserving than me which did not make the list) so I am, indeed, completely honored.

Incidentally, I'm putting the final touches on a solo album featuring lots of Moog. Stay tuned.

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RIP Bernie Worrell.