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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 05/11
AN INTERVIEW WITH WENDY & LISA
Former Prince divas become heroic composers
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music of albums like Purple Rain. But the duo has been on their own for more than 20 years and can now be heard on TV shows like Crossing Jordan, Nurse Jackie, and Heroes. Wendy and Lisa talk about the music of Heroes and their new album, White Flags of Winter Chimneys.
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Tuesday 05/12
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH ACOUSTIC EIDOLON
Guitjo and cello converge
Acoustic Eidolon is the long-lived duo of cellist Hannah Alkire and guitarist Joe Scott. They create lyric, modern instrumental folk music using cello, guitar and Joe Scott's invention, the guitjo, a double-necked instrument combining banjo and guitar. When he plays it, it sounds more like a harp guitar with resonating ringing strings surrounding Alkire’s fluid and sometimes impassioned cello lines. Their new album is River of Fire and they play music from it live, on Echoes.
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Wednesday 05/13
New music from Bluetech and he's released The Divine Invasion, an ecstatic assault of downtempo electronics. We'll also hear a new score for an opera called Impressions of the West Lake from Kitaro
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Thursday 05/14
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH ANTOINE DUFOUR
Finger-style filigree and tapping tangents
Canadian guitarist Antoine DuFour is a finger-style player with a wide dynamic range who started playing while listening to his father's progressive rock albums. Antoine's latest album is Existence and it's a tour de force of finger-style guitar playing. He deploys his formidable technique when he plays live on Echoes.
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Friday 05/15
AN INTERVIEW WITH BILL BRUFORD
A Progressive rock drummer drops the beat
Bill Bruford is the drummer's drummer. He came to renown with progressive rockers Yes, changed perceptions of percussion with several stints in King Crimson and turned away from rock with his own, brainy jazz group, Earthworks. Now he's announced his retirement and dropped a biting tome, Bill Bruford: The Autobiography that talks about life on the road and the changing shape of music. Bill Bruford talks about his odyssey, on Echoes.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive