Big Ears 2023

Blood Ulmer was all right. If you don't appreciate slap bass, you might have had a hard time.

I wanted to see him but picked Rickie Lee Jones because I've never seen her and don't when my next chance will be. (She was great, fwiw.)

Slap bass sucks. But Harmolodic Slap Bass is awesome.

Who was in his band? Amin Ali?

Did anyone go to the Eliane Radigue performance? If so, what was it like? I’m assuming she wasn’t personally in attendance, but I was shocked to see how many octogenarians who showed in 2022.

I was there - she was not in attendance. It was supposed to be a performance by Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Carol Robinson (clarinet), who had both been taught their pieces directly by Radigue, but Robinson was unable to attend due to illness, so it ended up being just one solo trumpet piece. I was transfixed though.

Awesome, thanks for the update, crüt