We celebrate Ravi Shankar’s career and music on what would have been his 100th birthday. In an interview, he talks about an ancient sound and spirit that helped transform modern music.
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Tuesday, Apr 7, 2020 – Ravi Shankar’s 100th Birthday
Category: Program Highlights
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Monday, Apr 6, 2020 – Poppy Ackroyd Interview
Poppy Ackroyd’s album, Resolve was an Echoes CD of the Month two years ago. We catch up with Poppy, who talks about an approach to classical composition informed by punk rock and Radiohead.
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Weekend, Apr 4-5, 2020 – April CD of the Month Sacred Spaces
Michael Whalen’s epic electronic CD, Sacred Spaces is featured as Echoes April CD of the Month. Then it’s an interview with cellist Hans Christian about his ambient album, After the Fall.
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Friday, Apr 3, 2020 – Music from Elbow & Trentemøller
We’ll hear music from Elbow. The moody English band has a new album Giants of All Sizes. We’re also going to hear a track by electronic artist Trentemøller from his latest album, Obverse.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio
It’s the 36 strings of The California Guitar Trio and the Montréal Guitare Trio. These two virtuoso groups get together to play music from their 2019 CD of the Month, In a Landscape, live.
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Thursday, Apr 2, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
We’ll hear new music from Roger Eno and Brian Eno off the brothers’ new album, Mixing Colours. We’ll also hear new music by ambient guitarist Jeff Pearce that dates back 20 years.
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Wednesday, Apr 1, 2020 – Deep Mountain’s Bapak Dudal
Deep Mountain was the recording projected of Bapak Dudal, unheralded pioneer of ambient world fusion in the 1990s. As part of Echoes 30th Anniversary, we look back at this lost icon.
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Tuesday, Mar 31, 2020 – Hans Christian Interview
Cellist Hans Christian talks about his heavily electronic album, After The Fall. It took him back to his roots which include Pink Floyd, Space music, and his father’s church.
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Monday, Mar 30, 2020 – April CD of the Month Sacred Spaces
With an array of keyboards and synths, Whalen creates an electro-orchestral symphony. John Diliberto takes you to Sacred Spaces by Michael Whalen, the April CD of the Month on Echoes.
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Weekend, Mar 28-29, 2020 – YPPAH & Jake Shimabukuro
YPPAH channels psychedelic, hip-hop and minimalism. They come in to play live and we’ll hear an interview with ukulele master, Jake Shimabukuro this weekend on Echoes.