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Players' Patchwork Theatre Co<p>A behind-the-scenes look at our commedia dell'arte rehearsal at Pennsic 52 two weeks ago!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CommediaDellArte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommediaDellArte</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Commedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commedia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improv</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Pennsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PennsicWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennsicWar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyForCreativeAnachronism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MySCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MySCA</span></a></p>
Stan Stewart aka muz4now<p>To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/pianoimprov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pianoimprov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://muz4now.com/2025/to-the-edge-piano-and-poetry-improvisations" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2025/to-the-edge-p</span><span class="invisible">iano-and-poetry-improvisations</span></a></p>
Whiskers 🇦🇺<p>Unbelievable <a href="https://aus.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/prodigy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prodigy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> 👏 👏 <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlmaDeutscher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlmaDeutscher</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezs6S1jq6qs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Ezs6S1jq6qs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Netherlands Coding Live<p>Join us for an evening of live coded music made by artists from the Netherlands Coding Live community (NL_CL). We will also have a guest from Barcelona, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.toplap.org/@maia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maia</span></a></span> who helped setting up this evening in Helicopter together with Lam Lai. Expect an evening full of algorithmic thinking, live programming, showing screens, fixing errors and adventurous music and visuals.</p><p>We'll have an open stage for a 9-min from-scratch live coding session. If you like to participate in the session, please feel free to send us a message! Or come to the event with your laptop and let us know before we start. The from-scratch rules: start with an empty screen, live code for 9 minutes, the audience always claps at the end!</p><p>when: Friday 15 august<br>start: 19h<br>end: 22h<br>ticket: free<br>drinks: cash only!<br>address: Ulenpasstraat 55, Den Haag</p><p><a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/livecoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livecoding</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/algorithmicmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithmicmusic</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/netherlandscodinglive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netherlandscodinglive</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/nlcl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nlcl</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/toplap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toplap</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/electronic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronic</span></a> <a href="https://social.toplap.org/tags/livemusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>livemusic</span></a></p>
Players' Patchwork Theatre Co<p>Some traditions are enjoyed more than others? This task can be especially daunting when you not only bring home two weeks of garb but theatrical costumes for numerous performances!</p><p>"Down the road came a gentle noble<br>And he said, "I'll be returning<br>I’m headed for a town run far away<br>And the days 'till then I'm countin'<br>But before I'm seen I'll have to clean<br>The Pennsic Laundry Mountain."--Dai Gerdwr</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MondayMotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MondayMotivation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CommediaDellArte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommediaDellArte</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Commedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commedia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improv</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Pennsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PennsicWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennsicWar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyForCreativeAnachronism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MySCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MySCA</span></a></p>
clongclongmoo.org<p>Jazzaria – A Million Notes</p><p><a href="https://www.clongclongmoo.org/2025/08/10/jazzaria-a-million-notes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">clongclongmoo.org/2025/08/10/j</span><span class="invisible">azzaria-a-million-notes/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/acoustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acoustic</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/byncnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>byncnd</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/ccmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccmusic</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/creativecommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativecommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Jazzaria" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jazzaria</span></a></span></p>
BC BY-NC-SA<p>Wings Of An Angel – Nulliparous Translunar Eyeball<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cinematicmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinematicmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experimental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guitars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guitars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jamsession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jamsession</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outsidermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outsidermusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicjam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelicjam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicjazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelicjazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soundtrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soundtrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stonermetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stonermetal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a><br>CC BY-NC-ND (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ccmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccmusic</span></a><br><a href="https://wingsofanangel.bandcamp.com/album/nulliparous-translunar-eyeball" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wingsofanangel.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/nulliparous-translunar-eyeball</span></a></p>
clongclongmoo.org<p>Jazzaria – Three Things</p><p><a href="https://www.clongclongmoo.org/2025/08/03/jazzaria-three-things/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">clongclongmoo.org/2025/08/03/j</span><span class="invisible">azzaria-three-things/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/acoustic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acoustic</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/byncnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>byncnd</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experimental</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/ccmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccmusic</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/creativecommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativecommons</span></a> <a href="https://social.bau-ha.us/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@Jazzaria" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jazzaria</span></a></span></p>
Andi Chorley<p>Live At Metro Al-Madina by Live At Metro Al-Madina, released on Sagittarius A-Star in 2015.</p><p>Featuring some of the most innovative musicians from Beirut, Cairo, Istanbul and Chicago, Karkhana's seven multi- instrumentalists build a transcendental atmosphere, developing what could possibly be called "free Middle Eastern music".</p><p>Umut Çağlar: Flute, Violin, Percussion<br>Mazen Kerbaj: Trumpet, Plastic Trombone, Crackle Synth<br>Maurice Louca: Organ<br>Sharif Sehnaoui: Drums<br>Sam Shalabi: Oud, Electric Guitar<br>Özün Usta: Double Bass </p><p><a href="https://karkhana.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-metro-al-madina" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">karkhana.bandcamp.com/album/li</span><span class="invisible">ve-at-metro-al-madina</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/samshalabi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>samshalabi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/beirut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beirut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/cairo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cairo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>istanbul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/oud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/flute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a></p>
BC BY-NC-SA<p>Wings Of An Angel – Exploit Your Natural Beauty<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ambient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ambient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassicalMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicalMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avantgarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avantgarde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cinematicmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinematicmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>experimental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/melancholy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>melancholy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modernclassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modernclassical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoclassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoclassical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/outsidermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outsidermusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/piano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/soundtrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soundtrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a><br>CC BY-NC-ND (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ccmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccmusic</span></a><br><a href="https://wingsofanangel.bandcamp.com/album/exploit-your-natural-beauty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wingsofanangel.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/exploit-your-natural-beauty</span></a></p>
Exposé Online<p>New <a href="https://mas.to/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>review</span></a> today: "With this latest release, Now It Can Be Told, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JohnnyHunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyHunter</span></a> is joined by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DeeByrne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeeByrne</span></a> (alto sax), <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChrisSharkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisSharkey</span></a> (guitar), and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MichaelBardon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelBardon</span></a> (bass guitar), with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AntonHunter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntonHunter</span></a> offering some additional guitar on the album’s final track. Make no mistake, this is a 55 minute continuum of all-electric heavy <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a>..." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ExposeOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExposeOnline</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AvantJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvantJazz</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FreeJazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeJazz</span></a> <a href="http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/johnny-hunter-now-it-can-be-told-3.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">expose.org/index.php/articles/</span><span class="invisible">display/johnny-hunter-now-it-can-be-told-3.html</span></a></p>
Players' Patchwork Theatre Co<p>Return to an enchanted island of nymphs, magicians, and monsters with "Adoration on Arcadia", our first 16th Century style commedia dell'arte pastorale at Pennsic TONIGHT (Thursday, August 7) at 6:00pm on the Amphitheatre stage!</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CommediaDellArte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommediaDellArte</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Commedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commedia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improv</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Pennsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PennsicWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennsicWar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyForCreativeAnachronism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MySCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MySCA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magic</span></a></p>
Andi Chorley<p>Ended Wednesday and started Thursday with Radiowaves by The Sunn Trio released on The Paper Knife in 2015.</p><p>"There's a woozy, heatstroke feel to the band's innovative blend of surf rock, free jazz, mystical drone, and world music. Consistently recording and releasing material via self-distributed cassettes, the Trio's sound mutates in concert, with fantastic flurries of distorted guitars butting up against mantric psychedelic saxophone runs and looping bass." - Jason Patrick Woodbury </p><p><a href="https://sunntrio.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sunntrio.bandcamp.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>"The scorching heat of the Arizona day, and the complementary soothing coolness of its night, is whence Sunn Trio emerges. Playing a punk-spirited, Arabic-music-tinged free jazz, the ‘trio’ release cassette recordings of their live performances since at least 2015, with Radiowaves.."</p><p><a href="https://www.2182recordingcompany.com/sunn-trio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">2182recordingcompany.com/sunn-</span><span class="invisible">trio</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/sunntrio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sunntrio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/arizonascene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arizonascene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cassette</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/freejazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freejazz</span></a></p>
Andi Chorley<p>Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra<br>by Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra, released on Discrepant in 2015.</p><p>Initially a combination of two of Lebanon's most active and longest standing groups, JKAVO was founded when Scrambled Eggs (punk-rock band founded in 1998) &amp; "A" Trio (free improv trio founded in 2002) joined forces and mixed styles to record "Beach Party at Mirna el-Chalouhi" in January 2009, combining each trio's distinctive sound to create something genuinely new, somewhere between punk and krautrock, free jazz and improvisation..</p><p><a href="https://discrepant.bandcamp.com/album/johnny-kafta-anti-vegetarian-orchestra" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discrepant.bandcamp.com/album/</span><span class="invisible">johnny-kafta-anti-vegetarian-orchestra</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DooEqVlDtY&amp;list=RD9DooEqVlDtY&amp;start_radio=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9DooEqVlDt</span><span class="invisible">Y&amp;list=RD9DooEqVlDtY&amp;start_radio=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/JohnnyKaftaAntiVegetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnnyKaftaAntiVegetarian</span></a> Orchestra <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/scrambledeggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrambledeggs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/atrio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atrio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/psychedelia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/freejazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freejazz</span></a></p>
BC BY-NC-SA<p>Yes Deer – Everything That Shines, Everything That Hurts<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Experimental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Experimental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freejazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freejazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/improvisedmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisedmusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oslo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oslo</span></a><br>CC BY-NC (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCommons</span></a> Attribution Non Commercial) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ccmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccmusic</span></a><br><a href="https://therealyesdeer.bandcamp.com/album/everything-that-shines-everything-that-hurts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therealyesdeer.bandcamp.com/al</span><span class="invisible">bum/everything-that-shines-everything-that-hurts</span></a></p>
Paula Gordon<p>This tribute by Wayne Horvitz really captures him -- present in the moment:<br>Butch’s humanity was phenomenal. ...<br>To me he seemed to live less in the past or future than anyone I have ever known. On the street, in the park, in an airport, even waiting for a cab, he was always there for you...<br><a href="https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/my-only-mentor-butch-morris-1947-2013/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newmusicusa.org/nmbx/my-only-m</span><span class="invisible">entor-butch-morris-1947-2013/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ButchMorris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ButchMorris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/conduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a></p>
Paula Gordon<p>Butch Morris demonstrates some conduction concepts in 2007:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFdHksQedA8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lFdHksQedA</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a> (13 minutes)<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/conduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a></p>
Paula Gordon<p>Working on link pages for one of my blogs, remembering Butch Morris, jazz musician, composer and conductor (2/10/1947-1/29/2013). A true artist. He gave me the most consequential advice of my formative years: "Why not."</p><p><a href="https://www.conduction.us/about" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">conduction.us/about</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br><a href="https://craftsmanship.net/the-conductionist/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">craftsmanship.net/the-conducti</span><span class="invisible">onist/</span></a> (a very cool website, btw!)<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/conduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a></p>
Players' Patchwork Theatre Co<p>It's the second week of Pennsic 52 and though we've already staged two of our three commedia dell'arte plays, we're going into the next with a song in our step!</p><p>"Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious." --Virgil</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MondayMotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MondayMotivation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CommediaDellArte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommediaDellArte</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Commedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commedia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improv</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theater</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Pennsic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsic</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PennsicWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennsicWar</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SocietyForCreativeAnachronism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocietyForCreativeAnachronism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MySCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MySCA</span></a></p>
Games for Music wiki / G4M<p>Today's "taverns" are maybe the closest thing to music from prompts list of <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/rpgaday2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rpgaday2025</span></a>.</p><p>From the perspective of live accompaniment to a <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a>, they are quite straightforward and may be frequent enough to reserve an instrument especially for them, like a <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/mandolin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandolin</span></a> or a <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/dulcimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dulcimer</span></a>. </p><p>They are also easy to be treated as in-game, "diegetic" ambiance and provide an opportunity for rest from constant <a href="https://tabletop.vip/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a>. For a fitting setting, learn a few jigs and you're ready to go... ;)</p>