FEATURES FOR THE WEEK
On ECHOES

Tuesday 04/18
CARYN LIN: JEAN-LUC HENDRIX IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Violinist plugs in and turns on an ambient chamber music sound
Caryn Lin started out as a classical violinist, but after hearing her instrument through an electronic echo, she became wired. She plays a space age-looking instrument with a guitarist's array of stomp boxes. She can whip it out like Hendrix, but tends towards a more pastoral, chamber orchestra sound, except the only person in the orchestra is Caryn Lin, multiplied though her loops and effects. Caryn talks about her new CD, THE CALL. View the Playlist

Wednesday 04/19
JEFF PEARCE: 10 STRINGS OF AMBIENCE
Ambient guitarist trades his 6 string guitar for the 10 string Chapman Stick
Jeff Pearce has been an avatar of ambient guitar for over a decade, creating albums of tremulous, ice crystal melodies and layered textured drones. Up until now, he's done it all on a six string electric but recently he's been entranced by the Chapman Stick, a 10-stringed instrument that looks like a guitar fretboard on steroids. Pearce plugs in and talks about slow motion music on 10 strings. View the Playlist

Thursday 04/20
LAURIE ANDERSON: TIME TRAVELER
Musings and memories from the soul caretaker of the digital age
Laurie Anderson is an American treasure, a chronicler of life on this planet from the mundane to the profound. While the artist was almost a pop star in the 1980s, appearing on magazine covers in a white tuxedo with her white violin, she's never lost her sense of reflection, self-awareness and a gift for detecting the absurd. On break from a performance of her latest work, The End of the Moon, at Philadelphia's Prince Music Theater, the poet laureate of the digital age reflects on the United States of American consciousness as she approaches her 60th birthday in 2007.View the Playlist

Friday 04/21
EARTH DAY ECHOES
An Echoes Earth Day Soundscape
It's the sound of crickets, wind and whales, which must mean it's time for another Echoes Earth Day Celebration. At a time when the environment has never been more fragile or threatened, we celebrate the world in sound on Earth Day 2006. View the Playlist

Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlists Archive.

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