She’s the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the sister of Norah Jones and the leading sitarist in the world. Anoushka Shankar comes in with her ensemble of percussion, shenai and bass to perform music from her album of hybrid Indian sounds, Land of Gold.
The Echoes Top 25 for April includes the the CD of the Month for April by All India Radio, the March CD of the Month by by Miranda Lee Richards and the debut of The Great American Canyon Band.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear British neo-chamber music composer Helen Jane Long. She has a new album called Identity.
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Ane Brun’s music is always personal, touching on themes of love and life’s tribulations. But on her latest album, When I’m Free, Brun sings songs of empowerment.
David Cross was the violinist with King Crimson. Now he has a new project with Sean Quinn called Cross & Quinn. We’ll hear that and new music by Banta.
Kiasmos is the electronic project of ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds and fellow Icelander, Janus Rasmussen. They talk about how they moved from minimalist techno to something more lush and orchestral.
The Necks are a piano trio from Australia, a description that says nothing about their music.
She’s the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the sister of Norah Jones and the leading sitarist in the world. Anoushka Shankar comes in with her ensemble of percussion, shenai and bass to perform music from her album of hybrid Indian sounds, Land of Gold.
Earth Day takes place on Friday, April 22. In this special edition of Echoes, we explore environmental music including an interview with John Luther Adams and a performance by Kenji Williams’ Bella Gaia.
Earth Day Dreaming is a seven-hour instrumental soundscape inspired by the natural world. We’ll hear environmental sounds turned into music, and compositions that evoke those natural scenes.