Screenshot of a preview of San Francisco Opera’s production of Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera by There Stands the Glass.
Top Ten Albums of September (as of 9/23)
1. Sarah Davachi- The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth.
2. Nala Sinephro- Endlessness
Limitless.
3. Masayoshi Fujita- Migratory
Flight paths.
4. Colin Stetson- The Love It Took to Leave You
My review.
5. Blackstarkids- Saturn Dayz
Interplanetary pop.
6. Caroline Davis- Portals, Volume 2: Returning
Passages.
7. Future- Mixtape Pluto
Slime.
8. Alice Zawadzki- Za Górami
Euro folk a la ECM.
9. Jason Stein- Anchors
With Joshua Abrams and Gerald Cleaver.
10. Max Richter- In a Landscape
Stunning vistas.
Top Ten Songs of September (as of 9/23)
1. Midland- “Barely Blue”
Honky tonk masquerade.
2. Dwight Yoakam and Post Malone- “I Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye (Bang Bang Boom Boom)”
Heartaches by the number.
3. Bad Bunny- “Una Velita”
Burning.
4. A$AP Rocky and J. Cole- “Ruby Rosary”
Unholy.
5. SleazyWorld Go- “Olé Olé”
Made it.
6. Dom Salvador with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad- "Os Ancestrais"
Brazilian bounceback.
6. Amaria- “Finer Things”
Luxurious.
8. Jerry Douglas and Aoife O’Donovan- “What Might Have Been”
Possibilities.
9. Regional Justice Center- "Moral Death Sentence"
Here comes the judge.
10. Foxing- “Kentucky McDonald’s”
Art is hard.
Top Ten Performances of September (as of 9/23)
1. Khatia Buniatishvili at Helzberg Hall
My Instagram snapshot.
2. Dwight Frizzell’s “Bridge” at Charlotte Street Foundation
My Instagram clip.
3. Reverie Road at Washington Square Park (Kansas City Irish Fest)
My Instagram clip.
4. Negativland at recordBar (Outer Reaches Festival)
My Instagram clip.
5. The Kansas City Symphony conducted by Matthias Pintscher with cellist Alisa Weilerstein at Helzberg Hall
My review.
6. Damon Smith, Jeff Harshbarger, Krista Kopper and Aaron Osborne at Westport Coffee House
My Instagram snapshot.
7. Jackie Myers, Rich Wheeler and Jeff Harshbarger at the Market at Meadowbrook
My Instagram snapshot.
8. Abraham Olivo at the Market at Meadowbrook
My Instagram clip.
9. The Mighty Mo Jazz Orchestra at Second Presbyterian Church
My Instagram clip.
10. The Sons of Brasil at Harmon Park (Prairie Village Jazz Festival)
My Instagram clip.
The previous monthly recap is here.