This Sunday's Echoes Programs
May 27, 2007
INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 05/21
AN INTERVIEW WITH DINO SALUZZI & ANJA LECHNER: BANDONEON BEYOND TANGO
When Astor Piazzolla died in 1992, Dino Saluzzi quietly assumed the mantle of the world's leading bandoneon player. But it's not tango music as much as tango shadows, as Saluzzi plays an intuitive music with a wide array of collaborators. His latest album pairs him with the gifted German cellist, Anja Lechner from the Rosamunde Quartet. Together they talk about the melding of classical sensibilities, tango touchstones and intuitive improvisation that takes place on their CD, Ojos Negros.
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Wednesday 05/23
AN INTERVIEW WITH LOU REED: METAL MACHINE MEDITATIONS
Underground rock icon takes a meditative trip
You may not think of Lou Reed as a meditative kind of guy, but the founding member of The Velvet Underground and purveyor of proto-punk songs like "Walk on the Wild Side" has a new electronic CD designed for meditation and body work. A longtime devotee of Tai Chi, Lou Reed talks about his ambient spaces.
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Thursday 05/24
AN INTERVIEW WITH GLENN JONES: A 12-STRING MUTANT
A John Fahey disciple travels from progressive rock to free-folk
Glenn Jones is best known as the guitarist with the Boston avant-rock group, Cul De Sac. But he's also a disciple of acoustic guitar legend, John Fahey. He befriended the influential guitarist and even recorded an album with him. Jones was plugged in then, but now he's unplugged, exploring the kind of evocative acoustic guitar music that Fahey pioneered. We talk with Glenn Jones about the joy of acoustic strings, and his love of all music progressive.
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Friday 05/25
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH JON DURANT
An ambient guitarist creates looping soundscapes live
Jon Durant is a Boston area guitarist who has been creating ambient guitar soundscapes for well over a decade. A fan of progressive rock, he has a range of guitar styles at his fingertips and dips them in loops and delays on his recent album, Flood. We hear him playing live in his basement studio.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive.
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