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This Sunday's Echoes Programs
July 1, 2007
INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 06/25
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL FUZZ: JAM BANDS IN ELECTRONIC CODE
A classical musician finds a meeting of jam bands and electronica
General Fuzz is the recording persona of James Kirsch. He studied classical music before being introduced to electronics and music computers, but now he creates an ambient electro-lounge music under the guise of General Fuzz. On his new CD, Cool Aberrations, he brings a live component to his music, an influence from his jam band passion. Oh, and all his music is completely free at http://www.generalfuzz.net.
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Tuesday 06/26
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH STARR PARODI
An electric keyboardist unplugs
Starr Parodi cut her chops in the Arsenio Hall Band in the early 1990s and has played fusion keyboards with numerous artists. Now she spends her time with her husband, Jeff Fair, writing film soundtracks and movie trailers. Recently, she turned off her keyboards and sat at a piano for the ruminations of her album, Common Places. Starr Parodi invites us into her Los Angeles home where she plays live.
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Thursday 06/28
AN INTERVIEW WITH NEIL JACOBS: GENTLE GYPSY FINGER-STYLE GUITAR
Balkan inspired music for solo acoustic guitar
Neil Jacobs is based in Columbus, Ohio, but his travels have taken him throughout the Balkans and into Spain where he studied gypsy music. He incorporates these sounds into a unique guitar style on albums like Secret Places. Neil Jacobs takes us on a gypsy guitar journey.
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Friday 06/29
AN INTERVIEW WITH FRITZ HEEDE: TRAVELS DOWN THE RITUAL PATH
Musician and artist create visual music and musical visuals
A couple of years ago we were entranced by the animated DVD, Illuminated Manuscripts by John Banks with music from Fritz Heede. It was a perfect marriage of exotic, kinetic visuals and music. They do it again on a new CD called Ritual Path. We visit Fritz Heede in his Los Angeles studio where he and John Banks take us down the trail.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive.
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