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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 05/18
AN ECHOES INTERVIEW WITH MARK DWANE
One of the legends of indie-space music takes us out of this world
Mark Dwane has been a fixture on Echoes since his debut album, The Monuments of Mars. The signposts of Mark's music are expansive, cinematic melodies, propulsive grooves and chordal sweeps that send you careening into space. His albums often have mythic and sci-fi themes, including his latest album, Other Worlds. Although he has been played on Echoes from the beginning and had CDs of the Month selections, this is Mark's first Echoes interview.
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Tuesday 05/19
AN INTERVIEW WITH RAY MONTFORD
A Canadian guitarist makes ambient Americana
Ray Montford is one of those chameleon guitarists who can play just about anything, but on his latest album, A Fragile Balance, he creates and ambient Americana that's like a meeting of Pink Floyd and Ry Cooder. We talk to this gifted musician about his long career in the music trenches and music that touches the sky.
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Wednesday 05/20
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID DARLING
A cellist's contemplative politics
There aren't too many instrumental albums that will cite political journalist Amy Goodman in the acknowledgments. David Darling has created a post-Bush meditation of chamber cello orchestrations called Prayer for Compassion. We go to the lair of the lord of largo who takes us into the deep and layered world of his music.
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Thursday 05/21
MEMORIES OF MOOG
On what would have been his 75th Birthday, we remember Robert Moog. 45 years after its creation, the name Moog is still synonymous with synthesizer for many people. His instrument was among the first that could be played on-stage in realtime. In the 1960s, Moog driven songs like "Popcorn" were commercial hits and Walter Carlos's Switched-On Bach created a fire storm of critical acclaim and controversy. In the seventies the Moog helped launch space music and the Mini-Moog became the instrument of choice for progressive rock and fusion keyboard players. Today the Moog is enjoying a revival with retro-space, ambient lounge and techno musicians. Robert Moog unplugged the final patchcord on August 21, 2005. In this special Echoes, we hear comments on Robert Moog and his invention from Wendy Carlos, Redshift's Mark Shreeve, Sun Ra, Klaus Schulze, David Borden, Jan Hammer and Jimmy Lavalle of The Album Leaf.
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Friday 05/22
AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE ROACH & ERIK WOLLO
Arctic ambiences meet desert dreams
Steve Roach and Erik Wollo are contemporaries from opposite sides of the world and opposite ends of the thermometer. But after three decades of mutual admiration, they got together to collaborate on an expansive CD that took both musicians out of their comfort zones and into new terrain. We connect these artists over transcontinental space to hear their Stream of Thought.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive