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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100428.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHammock’s Chasing After Shadows… Living With Ghosts Echoes May CD of the Month You can hear an Audio version of this with Hammock’s music There are Hammocks you swing in. They lull you into a hazy dream on a hot summer day. Hammock the band might have the…
New Video from an Echoes Favorite Here’s a new video from Carl Weingarten, a great guitarist who has been concentrating on the dobro in recent years. He’s put together an urban-pastoral sci-fi video for his track “Bone Dog Blues.” John Diliberto ((( echoes )))
Three Italian Guitarists Turn Finger-style Guitar On Its Ear. Last Stop, The Monkey in NYC If there’s one type of CD that crosses the Echoes transom most frequently, it’s finger-style guitar. And at this point, it’s rare to find something new in that world. Tommy Emmanuel is a virtuoso with frightening technique. But his music…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100421.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMusical Children of Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream Improvise Electronic Dreams. You can hear an audio version of this blog with RMI’s music The English band called Radio Massacre international has been around for a long time. How long? Steve Dinsdale says the trio made their first recordings…
#10 of 20 Icons of Echoes: Dead Can Dance 5 Essential Dead Can Dance Albums Tonight on Echoes we’ll be featuring an extended feature on Dead Can Dance as we look back on the career of this influential band who listeners voted as #10 among 20 Icons of Echoes for our 20th Anniversary. Dead Can…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100414.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS We had the pleasure of hosting Time for Three, the string trio of violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer, in the Echoes Living Room a while back. They gave a performance of almost frightening virtuosity and intuitive interplay, tapping into their more…
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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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…
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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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. …