Ottmar Liebert releases collaboration with Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj Middle Eastern influences are already present in the flamenco music that is at the core of Ottmar Liebert‘s sound. He explores those themes even more thoroughly on Under the Rose, a collaboration with Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj. It’s more than just duets. Liebert brings…
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A Moby Celebration-Live @ TLA in Philadelphia
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Moby1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMOBY SURVEYS HIS CAREER IN CONCERT, AND IT IS JUBILANT. The feel good concert of the year for hipsters and sensitive types alike can be found on Moby‘s current tour in support of his album, Wait For Me. On Sunday, September 20, at the TLA in Philadelphia, the…
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Robert Fripp & Toyah Krimsonize Nancy Sinatra
Did you ever wonder what King Crimson would sound like fronted by Nancy Sinatra? Probably not, but Crimson founder, Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, collaborate as The Humans and cover Sinatra’s deathless 60s classic, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” Visually, the video’s a bit on the 1980s cheesy MTV side, think…
Living Room Concerts
Echo Location: Rena Jones’ Ambient Chamber Music
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090916.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSClassical string player Rena Jones, puts cello and violin into laptop generated landscapes. You can hear an audio version of this blog with Rena Jones’ music, here. If you’re a gamer, you’ve probably heard some of Rena Jone’s music. Rena Jones: I write music for Dance, Dance Revolution.…
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What is An Icon?
The Echoes 20th Anniversary Poll is underway with listeners voting on 20 Icons of Echoes and 200 CDs for the 20th Anniversary of Echoes. The comments and Echoes “memories” we’ve been receiving have been gratifying and humbling. And the voting is looking fascinating. Without giving any interim results away, it seems like people have different…
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Harold Budd & Clive Wright Interview
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BuddWright.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Harold Budd & Clive Wright: Strangers in the Ambient Night You can get the Podcast of this interview with music here. Clive Wright and Harold Budd couldn’t be more different. Born in 1936, Harold Budd is elegant, and thoughtful. He looks like he just got off the…
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Echo Location: Donna De Lory’s Pop Chants
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090909.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDonna De Lory turns sacred mantras into ecstatic pop You can hear an audio version of this podcast with Donna De Lory’s music here. Up until last year, when she was pregnant with her second child, Donna De Lory had shaked, shimmied and sung back-up vocals on every…
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Paul Winter at 70
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JadeWarrior.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAn Icon of Global Fusion Paul Winter turned 70 last Monday, on August 31. You can hear a podcast of this interview, with Paul Winter’s music, here. It’s easy to underestimate Paul Winter‘s impact on contemporary music, a mistake I suspect I’ve made myself at times. After dozens…
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ECHOES 20th ANNIVERSARY POLL
The Echoes 20th Anniversary Poll is OPEN Help us celebrate 20 years of astounding sounds and chilled ambiences by voting in the Echoes 20th Anniversary Poll. And enter to win an iPod Touch. You get to pick 20 Icons of Echoes and the Top 200 Echoes Albums. This could be the biggest poll of Echoes…
CD of the Month
Echoes September CD of the Month: Fernwood’s Sangita
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090902.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGlobal Americana Chamber Music You can hear an audio version of this blog, with Fernwood‘s music, here. Fernwood is the name of an acoustic band from southern California, but that’s about the only geographical data on this group that’s easy to nail down. Consisting of multi-instrumentalists, Gayle Ellett…