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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 09/15
AN INTERVIEW WITH NEAR THE PARENTHESIS
San Francisco glitch artist finds melancholy in the scratches
Near The Parenthesis is the performance name of Tim Arndt. He's a musician who mixes melodic piano lines with glitchy electronics and moody atmospheres. We go between the parentheses to find out the points and asides of his music.
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Tuesday 09/16
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH RONN MCFARLANE
Renaissance lutenist enters the 21st century
Ronn McFarlane can play Renaissance lute with the best of them, but when he's not plucking sounds by anonymous troubadours, he writes his own music and that's much more contemporary. Ronn McFarlane steps into the Echoes living room to play his modern music for lute, live.
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Wednesday 09/17
AN INTERVIEW WITH LUDOVICO EINAUDI
Ambient chamber music from the classical birthplace
Italian composer Luciano Berio was an icon of 20th century avant-garde music standing alongside John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ludovico Einaudi studied with Berio but took a different path towards consonant music and a lush harmonic language that is folk-like in its simplicity. We talk to him about his ambient chamber music.
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Thursday 09/18
We hear new space music from Ian Boddy and Robert Rich from their live album, React. We will also hear the latest from Windham Hill records founder and guitarist, Will Ackerman. It's called Meditations.
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Friday 09/19
AN INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN BARTLETT
A progressive rocker in ambient terrain
Kevin Bartlett is a mutant guitarist who wrestles unearthly sounds and siren calls from his electric instrument. A devotee of progressive rock like Genesis and Mike Oldfield, he's created a progressive opus on his second outing called Glow in the Dark. Kevin Bartlett illuminates his music in an Echoes interview.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive

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