Day: April 7, 2010

5 Essential Ravi Shankar CDs for 90th Birthday

Celebrate Ravi Shankar’s 90th Birthday with 5 CDs Ravi Shankar turns 90 today.  He was born  April 7, 1920 in Benares, India.   Tonight, April 7, we’ll feature an interview with the sitar master on Echoes.   His impact on Indian music is undeniable.  His impact on world music is still being calculated, but may be even…

Native Flutes in Space: Scott August

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100407.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSScott August Takes the Desert Southwest into Space You can hear an audio podcast of this blog with Scott August’s music In the 1980s, Scott August was looking for an outlet for his instrumental music when he got advice from another musician. Scott August:  I happened to meet…

Wednesday, April 7th-Echoes Program 1014C

Wednesday, April 7th Echoes Program 1014C Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 John Wubbenhorst True Water’s Depth  True Water 0:06:00 Guitar Republic Radio Republic  Guitar Republic 0:08:39 Jeff Beck Corpus Christi Carol Emotion and Commotion 0:11:07 Peter Gabriel Heroes Scratch My Back 0:15:05 Broekhuis/Keller/Schonwalder Storm Chaser Repelen 3 0:29:00…