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Astriferous, a death metal band from Costa Rica Support BA! Burning Ambulance is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit. Donations to us are tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 170, and we are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts under sections 2055, 2106, or 2522. Support us through Fractured Atlas or BurningAmbulance.com. Let’s kick off the second half of 2026 with one of our monthly roundups.

Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane - At Iridium 2004 The largest project Burning Ambulance Music has ever been involved with — the Cecil Taylor Orchestra Humane digital box set At Iridium 2004 — is out today. 14 complete sets, recorded March 23-28, 2004, a total of over 16 hours of music. Buy it now exclusively on Bandcamp.

Can you believe this year’s half over already? Well, it is, which means it’s time to take stock of things. I’ve been doing these lists since 2022, and the methodology hasn’t changed: every January, I start an Excel spreadsheet that I call “INCOMING MUSIC.” I organize it by Artist, Album Title, Release Date, Genre, and whether it’s a Promo, a Purchase, or just a Download from somewhere.

The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton (author’s own copy) Support BA! Burning Ambulance is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit. Donations to us are tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 170, and we are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts under sections 2055, 2106, or 2522. Click here to make a donation, and share that link with your rich friends! I wrote about John Coltrane’s Africa/Brass for Everything Jazz.

L-R: Karin Johansson, Hasse Westling, Nils Wohlrabe Support BA!Burning Ambulance is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit. Donations to us are tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 170, and we are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts under sections 2055, 2106, or 2522. Click here to make a donation, and share that link with your rich friends! Pianist Karin Johansson has been a friend of BA for several years now.

Lee Clay Johnson, Bloodline Support BA:Burning Ambulance is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit. Donations to us are tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 170, and we are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts under sections 2055, 2106, or 2522. Click here to make a donation, and share that link with your rich friends! I finished reading Lee Clay Johnson’s Bloodline this week.

BIG NEWS! After literal months of back-and-forth with the IRS (they had so many questions about exactly what it is we do here), Burning Ambulance is officially a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit! Donations to us are tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 170, and we are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts under sections 2055, 2106, or 2522. Click here to make a donation, and/or share that link with your rich friends.

Guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer died last week at 86. He first came to prominence via his connection with Ornette Coleman: he was a member of the saxophonist’s live band in the early ’70s, and Ornette (along with bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer Denardo Coleman) played on Ulmer’s debut album, Tales Of Captain Black, which was released on the Artists House label in 1979.

Galvanist (L-R: Tanner Erhart, Chris Navarro, Micah Tippit, Kevin George) I love living in Montana. It’s absolutely beautiful; the forests, rivers, and lakes in my corner of the state are incredible. I see hawks and eagles fly overhead on a regular basis. Deer show up in my yard to eat dandelions. But culturally speaking, it can be a little isolating. There are lots of musicians around playing one variety of country or folk music or another, but not a whole lot else.