Foxy Digitalis
Overcast skies and rain finally wrapped around Tulsa this week, teasing us that autumn may actually arrive this time. We’ll see. I’m hopeful because I’ve got 10 days for enough leaves to fall to make a pile large enough for multiple people to walk through at a time. Fingers crossed. Songs of Our Lives this week […]
Starting off the week with a bit of history, and some news from Pefkin, Imaginary Softwoods, & Camilla Padgitt-Coles. All that and more before I leave to visit to the stone store. Wednesday’s episodes of the Daily are exclusive to Patreon. Sign up now! Album of the Day: Nicole Mitchell “Duo With Deer Isle” Additional […]
It’s been a busy, exhausting week here at FDHQ to the point that I’ve only managed to get through about half of the pile of music I was hoping to investigate. Granted, a lot of time was spent in the studio (again), so sound has been (as ever) the main focus around here, but, unfortunately […]
Foxy Digitalis depends on our awesome readers to keep things rolling. Pledge your support today via our Patreon. It’s been almost a year since I announced Foxy Digitalis was coming back in 2021 and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first big surprise came when there was an instant outpouring of excitement and support. I honestly wasn’t […]
I already wrote quite a bit about this trio of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, and Mike Reed when Foxy Digitalis premiered “Soprano Song,” but with as much as I’ve listened to and dug into …and then there’s this, I could write a book. Every time I listen, though, I come back to the AACM’s (Association for […]
The combined prowess of Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, and Mike Reed is something to marvel. All three are gifted players and innovative, inspirational composers. As Artifacts, the trio comes together in joyous, virtuosic fashion on original compositions plus one each by Roscoe Mitchell and, “Soprano Song,” a choice Muhal Richard Abrams cut. Abrams was a […]