“It hurts to play this music.” —Wadada Leo Smith At the bottom of a well, when you see the night sky, that’s your only perspective. I feel like this thing about cynicism, we take for granted. Suicide is painless. Why then write these words? Why not just kill myself? Why title a song after something … Continue reading Eliot Cardinaux – “Suicide is Painless”: Mal Waldron & the Difficult Poetry of the Title
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Our Hearts as Thieves: What the Wildflower Witnessed
The international ensemble Our Hearts as Thieves now offer up their sophomore record, what the wildflower witnessed, a double record (CD/Download) comprised of two long-form live sets & two short studio tracks recorded at Loft, in Cologne, in January, 2020
Sean Ali & Eliot Cardinaux: The Scaffold in the Rain
The Bodily Press is proud to announce the release of The Scaffold in the Rain, a limited-edition color chapbook featuring acrylic paintings by Sean Ali, and poems by Eliot Cardinaux.
Eliot Cardinaux: Around the Faded Sun
"Around the Faded Sun is an homage to the importance Paul Celan & Osip Mandelstam took on for me as a young musician, struggling to revive in myself the will to speak through poetry."
Cardinaux / McEvoy / Goldman: take me by the hand of darkness
The Bodily Press is proud to present take me by the hand of darkness a new trio record by poet/pianist Eliot Cardinaux, bassist Will McEvoy, and drummer Max Goldman.
New Release! Eliot Cardinaux: Winter Poems
The chapbook releases officially on February 11th through The Bodily Press, and will be available then to order online through bandcamp, in physical format only.
New Release! Magpie: Six Feet on Solid Ground
It's Beefheart and Tom Waits meet Melt Banana sitting in the back row of a Keith Jarrett concert in Japan. And it's going to do you some good.
Eliot Cardinaux: Sweet Beyond Witness
The Bodily Press is happy to announce the release of Eliot Cardinaux's Sweet Beyond Witness.
