Echoes Playlist

March 10-14, 2003

Following is a listing of the musical selections airing on Echoes for the week of March 10-14, 2003.  The dates on the playlists are the dates the programs are distributed to stations.  Please check the program ID number to verify the program if your station broadcasts the program on a different day than it is distributed.

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FEATURES FOR THE WEEK

Tuesday 03/11/03
ECHOES CD OF THE MONTH
PETER KATER'S RED MOON
Peter Kater has been a staple on Echoes for years, especially his collaborations with Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai. On RED MOON (Silver Wave) he works with Nakai again as well as other Native players including 2002 Grammy Award winner Mary Youngblood, and non-Natives like Ara Tokatlian from Arco Iris and Paul McCandless from Oregon. Powered by electronica grooves from Paul Avgerinos, Kater orchestrates a richly textured, lushly melodic CD.

Wednesday 03/12/03
RED SHIFT MANTRA: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAGIC KINGDOM
In Orlando, Florida, there's a group who take the spirit of Disney World and warp it into surreal landscapes. Red Shift Mantra is a gathering of young musicians who orchestrate ambient landscapes, but unlike most ambient bands, they play much of their music live. A collective of violin, flute, piano, bass, keyboards, voice and percussion, Red Shift Mantra channels inspirations that range from Star Trek to Carl Sagan, Genesis to Tangerine Dream on their debut album, DEEP FIELD IMAGE. We gather RSM together for a journey into sound.

Thursday 03/13/03
THOMAS NEWMAN: THE ROAD TO SOUNDTRACK REDEMPTION
The most idiosyncratic of the Newman film composing family that includes his father, Alfred Newman, bother David and cousin Randy Newman, Thomas Newman talks about breaking the mold of Hollywood film scores. Newman's scores include "The Shawshank Redemption" "Road to Perdition" and "Erin Brockovich." He won an Emmy last year for his theme to HBO's "Six Feet Under." "I still to this day wonder why strings equal big screen," says Newman. In Newman's scores, they don't. Gamelan metalophones, mutating guitars strummed with maracas and sponges, and arcane instruments like the stroviol populate his scores. We go inside Thomas Newman's Los Angeles studio where he plays some Rube Goldberg style instruments and talks about breaking the death-grip of the Hollywood orchestral score.

Friday 03/14/03
THE MUNDI ENSEMBLE: GETTING MEDIEVAL IN TEXAS
The Mundi Ensemble sounds like the name of a classical group polaying ancient music on Original instruments. The Mundi
Ensemble does play Ancient music, but with a post-modern sensibility. Headed up by British born guitarist Darrel Mayer,
the ensemble plays ancient songs and new compositions with a minimalist sensibility and a hint of Duane Eddy, albeit on
classical guitar. Their second album, AS BARLEY FALLS (check) is a whimsical mix of the old and new, recorded live in an Austin church where they're based. Members of the Mundi Ensemble talk about ancient sounds in the Texan heartland.


Echoes Programs for the week of March 10-14, 2003

 Monday 3/10/03

Tuesday 3/11/03

Wednesday 3/12/03

Thursday 3/13/03

Friday 3/14/03

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Click on a program number to see that day's playlist.

Some stations tape-delay Echoes, please check with your local station if there is some question about what program was aired on a specific day.

The playlists include start times that indicate the approximate beginning of that piece of music, represented in minutes and seconds after the start of the hour.

 

There are also links to purchase many of the CDs, clicking the "buy-it" button will take you to an Amazon.com entry with more information about the CD. If there is no "buy-it" button, the CD is not currently carried by Amazon.com.

 

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