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…
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Native Flutes in Space: Scott August
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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…
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Echoes Top 25 for March: Ludovico Einaudi on Top
Echoes Top 25 for March The Echoes Top 25 for March is posted. It’s no surprise to see Ludovico Einaudi‘s Nightbook on top. It was our Echoes CD of the Month for March. Right behind it are three albums that could’ve been CDs of the month and one that is, Robert Rich‘s Ylang, which is…
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5 Best Moby CDs: An Icon of Echoes
5 CDs to Get Mobyized Play with Play The B Sides This is the place to start. It’s Moby’s influential album from 1999 where he lifted old blues and gospel recordings and sampled them into his own seductive dance pieces. You’ve heard them all because they’ve all been licensed to films, commercials and TV. Highlights…
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Under the Ylang Ylang Tree with Robert Rich
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100331.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRobert Rich’s YLANG: Echoes CD of the Month for April The ylang ylang is a flowering tree from South Asia, and it provides the name for Robert Rich‘s latest album, Ylang. Appropriately Robert Rich goes back to some of his roots but also expands them into new branches. …
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Lisa Lynne’s Metal Past
Celtic Harpists Heavy Metal Roots We all know Lisa Lynne for her serene Celtic harp music, Celtic inflections and Renaissance imagery. But Lisa has a heavy metal skeleton in her closet. She was an electric bassist in the LA Hair Band scene of the 1980s playing in groups like Matriarch (with Angels of Venice harpist…
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A Decade of International Guitar Nights
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-IGN2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS10 Years of International Guitar Nights You can hear an audio podcast of this interview with music There are a few all acoustic guitar ensembles out there, but the revolving members of International Guitar Night lives up to it’s name with a global cast of players. Celebrating its…
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Nearfest 2010 Tix Go On Sale Sat.
Nearfest Tix go in 30 minutes so start your Engines Tickets for Nearfest, the North East Art Rock Festival, go on-sale this Saturday 3/20/2010. Taking place June 18-20 in Bethlehem, PA, Nearfest this year includes Steve Hackett, Eddie Jobson, Three Friends (Gentle Giant off-shoot), Riverside and a host of prog rockers past, present and future. …
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King Crimson ala Doc Severinsen
In the Court of the Tonight Show Those of you old enough to remember the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson will recall his trumpet-playing and fashion-challenged band-leader and court jester, Doc Severinsen. Doc became kind of a joke on the show, but, he came from serious jazz background and played with the Clarke/Boland Big Band…
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The Mediaeval Baebes Modern Madrigals
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100303.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Mediaeval Baebes put the Goth into International Women’s Day on Echoes. You can hear a podcast of the Mediaeval Baebes interview with their music. Mediaeval Baebes have come a long way since the 16th century. And the band called The Mediaeval Baebes have come even further since…