INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 01/26
AN INTERVIEW WITH KAYA PROJECT
Global Electronica Fantasies
Seb Taylor is a musician of many guises, recording under the names Hibernation, Shakta, and Digitalis. But his most fertile persona has been as Kaya Project with his partner, Natasha Chamberlain. Their 3rd full-length album, And So It Goes, expands on the merger of ethno-electronica with world music exotica, from Africa to India. Taylor talks about mixing global musicians with his own electronics and slide guitar in a world music of the imagination
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Tuesday 01/27
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH AL DI MEOLA'S WORLD SINFONIA
Guitar icon plays live on Echoes
We enter world fusion space when Al Di Meola, one of the most acclaimed guitarists of the last 30 years, enters the Echoes Living Room with his World Sinfonia group to play live. Mixing electric and acoustic guitar with accordion and percussion, Al Di Meola orchestrates a virtuoso world fusion with all new music.
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Wednesday 01/28
It's new music from a veteran space synthesist when we hear the latest by New Zealand's David Parsons. It's calledEarthlight and it's a return to his classic sound. We'll also hear music from Norwegian hardanger fiddler, Martíne Lund Hoel.
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Thursday 01/29
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH SUNDAD
A father and son duo converge on dualing guitars in a modern instrumental landscape
Their names are easy to remember, John Eurell Sr. and John Eurell Jr., and the music they make as the father-son duo Sundad is equally memorable. In their Connecticut living Room, Sundad trades acoustic guitar licks, mixing new acoustic, world fusion and a touch of Americana.
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Friday 01/23
We hear the return of Michael Brook and Djivan Gasparyan. They collaborated on a celebrated CD called Black Rock. Ten years later they reunite for a new album of Armenian duduk and guitar ambiences called Penumbra.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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