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Maurice RickardThings are extremely tense in the world, and it's been affecting me, too. Even so, I'm going to try to get centered this evening at 8PM EDT (GMT-4) for my 251st Monday-night <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#improv</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/livestream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#livestream</a>. Tonight might be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoogGuitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoogGuitar</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalSteel</a>, depending on the vibe. Let's oscillate together at <a href="https://twitch.tv/onezeromusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://twitch.tv/onezeromusic</a>

aburtchSoothing balm for the soul. “Riga Black" by Chuck Johnson. <a href="https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/track/riga-black" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/track/riga-black</a><a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a>

Maurice RickardMonday's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#improvisation</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalSteel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> is out now. This one acknowledges the darkness while it journeys toward the light. $0/name-your-price at <a href="https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/music-at-a-distance-247" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/music-at-a-distance-247</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/originalMusicTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#originalMusicTracks</a>

Maurice RickardMusic might seem unimportant in a crisis. We should do what we can to help. For me, one way to help is to keep my Monday-night commitment to making music, with my regular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#improvisation</a>, if you need to take some time to pull back from understandable stress. Tonight, it seems like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalSteel</a> needs to speak. Find out what it has to say at <a href="https://twitch.tv/onezeromusic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://twitch.tv/onezeromusic</a>

Wolfgang ArmbrusterSusan Alcorn ist überraschend gestorben [Freejazz Collective](<a href="https://www.freejazzblog.org/2025/02/susan-alcorn-1953-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.freejazzblog.org/2025/02/susan-alcorn-1953-2025.html</a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musik</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jazz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pedalsteel</a>

AccordionBruce<a href="https://heads.social/@bourgwick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bourgwick</a> — In 1990, Alcorn met accordionist and pioneering electronic composer Pauline Oliveros. "I went to her first 'Deep Listening' retreat," Alcorn says. "Pauline is from Houston, where I was living, and we became friends ... And so that widened my ideas of what you would call music, and certainly what you would call improvisation. That had a profound effect on how I played, and still does." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guitar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accordion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accordion</a>

jesse jarnowle sigh, farewell to pedal steel <a href="https://heads.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> hero susan alcorn. i interviewed her almost exactly 5 years ago, one of the forerunners of the avant-<a href="https://heads.social/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a> explosion. gracious & inspiring. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/01/07/793989801/the-endless-potential-of-the-pedal-steel-guitar-an-odd-duck-by-any-measure" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2020/01/07/793989801/the-endless-potential-of-the-pedal-steel-guitar-an-odd-duck-by-any-measure</a>

neddyoTonight: avant garde solo pedal steel in an art gallery on a frigid Tuesday eve? Sign me up! Actually Zürcher Gallery was surprisingly packed for Susan Alcorn, all treated to some eyes-closed untethered legato meditations. A perfect balm for the day.<a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/nycfreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nycfreaks</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#livemusic</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nyc</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pedalsteel</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/susanalcorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#susanalcorn</a>

BC BY-NC-SASusan Alcorn & George Burt – A&B <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jazz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#experimental</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeimprov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeimprov</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeimprovisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeimprovisation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freejazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freejazz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/georgeburt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#georgeburt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalsteel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/susanalcorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#susanalcorn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> CC BY-NC-ND (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreativeCommons</a> Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) <a href="https://iorramrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://iorramrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-b</a>

Maurice RickardMy 241st Monday-night <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#improv</a> is now up, on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalSteel</a>. Timbres of low brass, some closer, more complex harmonies and microtones, and other chance-taking beginning on the fourth piece. Whatever you're celebrating, this may provide a low-key soundtrack. $0/name-your-price. <a href="https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/music-at-a-distance-241" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/music-at-a-distance-241</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/originalMusicTracks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#originalMusicTracks</a>

Maurice RickardMy 238th Monday-night <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#improv</a> session is now up on Bandcamp. Back on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalSteel</a>, this one occupies a place of stillness. $0/name-your-price at <a href="https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/music-at-a-distance-238" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snwv.bandcamp.com/album/music-at-a-distance-238</a>

neddyoDaniel Lanois playing solo ambient pedal steel/electronica set at the gorgeous St Ann's in Brooklyn (where BK Folk fest is held) as part of the Reflections (spin-off of Ambient Church) on 2/22. All those shows are amazing and highly recommended, this will be special. Tickets here: <a href="https://link.dice.fm/t5ObqgnaVOb?sharer_id=5e2df9c739210046c2276a5b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://link.dice.fm/t5ObqgnaVOb?sharer_id=5e2df9c739210046c2276a5b</a><a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/nycfreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nycfreaks</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#livemusic</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nyc</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ambient</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/daniellanois" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#daniellanois</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pedalsteel</a>

Dollar CountryI’ve just come across this record I never thought I’d find, because I didn’t even know it existed! I’m a big Charline Arthur fan and thought I knew all of what she had released, but there are two on the small El Dorado label out of Mesa AZ. Arthur was previously on RCA Victor before being released for not having enough hits...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/patsycline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patsycline</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elvis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elvis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockabilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rockabilly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockabillypioneer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rockabillypioneer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlinearthur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#charlinearthur</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eldoradorecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eldoradorecords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mesaaz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mesaaz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arizona</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rockabilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rockabilly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlineanddottie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#charlineanddottie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalsteel</a>

jesse jarnowhead for the hills & beyond with last night's frow show on listener-supported <a href="https://c.im/@WFMU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WFMU</a>! 3 hours of new <a href="https://heads.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a>, including a set-long tribute to 2 friends who departed last week, plus a buncha fresh <a href="https://heads.social/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jazz</a>, brian eno's discreet music on <a href="https://heads.social/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a>, bill evans trio '60, neil young solo '92, & more. <a href="https://bit.ly/4cSa0E1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4cSa0E1</a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/freeform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeform</a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radio</a>

jesse jarnowhawt <a href="https://heads.social/tags/BobDylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BobDylan</a> rumor: <a href="https://heads.social/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a> hero greg leisz will be joining dylan's band for the fall european tour. longtime bill frisell collaborator, briefly in bob weir's wolf bros., & a gazillion other credits, including dylan's "shadow kingdom" <a href="https://thedailydylan.substack.com/p/new-steel-guitar-player-revealed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thedailydylan.substack.com/p/new-steel-guitar-player-revealed</a>

aburtchHave I mentioned recently how excited I am for Chuck Johnson's new "Sun Glories" album!? It's going to be killer. This time he's got more musicians than usual including drums, cello, viola, sax, etc. so there's more going on and a bit of a jammier sound. I love the additions, highly Recommended. <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/ChuckJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChuckJohnson</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/Ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ambient</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/Guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guitar</a> <a href="https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/sun-glories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/sun-glories</a>

aburtchNew music from Chuck Johnson!! This is my favorite <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ambient</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/PedalSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedalSteel</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guitar</a> player. Looks like the new album “Sun Glories" drops 8/16. First track “Teleos" is up now on <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/Bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bandcamp</a> <a href="https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/sun-glories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/sun-glories</a>

JakeThat <a href="https://heads.social/tags/RickNelson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RickNelson</a> live album is pretty good country rock. Randy Meisner on bass. Tom Brumley on <a href="https://heads.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pedalsteel</a>. “She Belongs to Me”<a href="https://youtu.be/VR2M0GNhs_Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/VR2M0GNhs_Q</a>“If You Got to Go, Go Now”<a href="https://youtu.be/s7OJ63cmav0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/s7OJ63cmav0</a><a href="https://heads.social/tags/BobDylan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BobDylan</a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/DollarBin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DollarBin</a>

neddyoAlso, three straight shows with a pedal steel guitar, undoubtedly a new personal record. My favorite instrument. <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pedalsteel</a>

neddyoNext: Jeff Lampert and Friends at Skinny Dennis. Always a good time. Cover band, sure, with a heavy pedal steel flavor, what could be bad? <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/nycfreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nycfreaks</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#livemusic</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/brooklyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#brooklyn</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/williamsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#williamsburg</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/skinnydennis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#skinnydennis</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/coverband" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#coverband</a> <a href="https://shakedown.social/tags/pedalsteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pedalsteel</a>

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