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An Echo Location: Alu’s Cosmic Cabaret

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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080716.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe latest singer to carry the torch of Kate Bush into new terrain is named Alu [You can also hear an Audio Version of this Blog, with Alu’s music] Ziggy Stardust came from Mars, Sun Ra came from Saturn.  Alu isn’t from another planet, but sometimes she wants…

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Echo Location: Tangled up in Strings-California Guitar Trio & David Pritchard

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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080709.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe California Guitar Trio and David Pritchard are acoustic fingerstyle players who aren’t taking the lonley solo route. You can also hear an Audio version of this Echo Location, with music. If you think one acoustic guitar is good, there are some musicians who think 2, 3 or 4…

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Beck, James Blunt and Elliott Smith producer Tom Rothrock unleashes his Americana Electronica.

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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080702.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSI’ve been beating the drum for Tom Rothrock‘s music for about a year and a half now, ever since I heard his debut album, Resonator. It’s an album of electric slide guitar and dobro married to strings and rhythm loops that conjure up an atmosphere that’s palpable. I’ve…

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Sacred Earth-Wind of the East

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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080625.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPeter Kater creates a new Native Fusion project with Sacred Earth–Wind of the East (Hear an Audio version of this blog with music) On a new project called Sacred Earth, pianist Peter Kater expands his reputation as one of the leading purveyors of Native American fusion. With Sacred…

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NEARfest 2008

NEARfest celebrates 10th Anniversary. I’ve only been to 4 NEARfest festivals, and you can read my previous postings for 2007, 2006 and 2005.  Their 10th anniversary still found a festival happily wed to a 70’s Prog sensibility of fret burning guitar solos, complicated time signatures and pitch bending keyboard runs. The only group that served as…

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Biomusique – The 10,000 Steps – Echoes

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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080528.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSYou’ve heard the voice of Lisbeth Scott. You may have picked up on one of her solo singer-songwriter albums like Dove or heard her calling the heavens in gothic chants with State of Grace. But it’s more likely you’ve encountered her in dozens of film soundtracks. She sang…

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On-Line Finds: Eldad Lidor, Renfro, Bryan El

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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080521.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe discover new music on-line with Eldad Lidor, Renfro and Bryan El You can also hear an audio version of this blog with music in an Echo Location There was a time, just a couple of years ago, when most of the music that was released came from…

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