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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Eric Mingus on the show. Eric’s newest album, Lessons From My Father, is tremendous and moving. We talk about his research on the Mingus Mill in North Carolina and collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma before diving in to memories of his father playing in the house, […]
Please, for the love of everything, enough with the goddamn fireworks, yeah? It’s been going on every night for the past week, and just because it’s now the 5th of July, I don’t expect we’ll be lucky enough for it to stop. Maybe I’m just getting old and crotchety, but damn. Anyway, read about a […]
As ever, the Daily is over on Patreon since it’s Wednesday (and it’s a pretty fun one today! Join us!), but there’s no dearth of great stuff on the main site today. As Zelda Friday fast approaches, Leaving Records is celebrating properly, and hopefully, I won’t disappear off the face of the Earth. Lastly, there are a […]
Took a quick road trip to Dallas last weekend that was simultaneously incredible and exhausting. I think I’m finally getting my bearings back, but some of this edition was written in a weird, weary haze. I also went a little wild on last week’s Bandcamp Friday, so I am swimming in an absolute bounty of […]
I once told someone that I collect bars. It felt cringey as I heard it leave my lips, but now, after having just helped a friend move, after a handful of trips up stairs lugging his boxes of books and LPs, I’m pretty pleased with my intangible (read: weightless) collection. There’s a list (no shit […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. What a fucked up week. I got nothing. Listen to some tunes. Do something good. Eric Mingus & Catherine Sikora The Zuzax Protocol (Self-Released) A fantastic set of guitar and saxophone duets from these longtime collaborators, The Zuzak Protocol has flames shooting out from […]
There are so many aspects of corners that make it a singular, special entry in Catherine Sikora’s stellar discography. I talked to Sikora about the concept and experience of creating these pieces in this interview, but to quote from the release notes: corners was recorded in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on a beautiful Sunday in May 2021, as part […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. There’s this magical moment on Catherine Sikora’s newest album, corners, specifically on the piece “Sometimes, Acceptance is Better Than Love,” where she stops playing for a brief moment and the sound of her saxophone hangs there, resonating in warmth while decaying […]