Monday 07/06 and weekend of July 11th
ECHOES JULY CD OF THE MONTH
MOBY: WAIT FOR ME
Moby has made his most personal album yet as well as his most perfect Echoes recording. It's called Wait for Me and it's a CD of deep textures, soulful ruminations and unexpected turns. Moby says: "It’s really designed for one listener. It’s not designed for a party, it’s not designed for 20 people in a bar or night club to listen to. It’s for someone lying in bed Sunday morning 9 o'clock when it’s raining outside." We go insideWait for Me when we talk with Moby and feature his album as our Echoes July CD of the Month.
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Tuesday 07/07
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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Wednesday 07/08
ECHOES THEN AND NOW: ALEX DE GRASSI
We repluck the strings of an Echoes icon
Alex De Grassi is among the most influential of finger-style guitarists. He's the cousin of Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman, but that's not why he was among the most popular and critically acclaimed artists on that label. As we near our 20th anniversary we look back at Alex De Grassi from his Windham Hill debut to his latest work.
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Thursday 07/09
It's a meditative album from flute player Gary Stroutsos. His new CD is based on George Harrison's "Within You Without You." We also have something new from Ancient Astronauts, an avant-hip-hop project with some surprising ambient instrumentals from their album called, We Are To Answer.
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Friday 07/10
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MANDRAKE PROJECT
Progressive ambiences from Pittsburgh
The Mandrake Project is a collective of musicians that is making progressive rock for the modern world. On their latest album, A Miraculous Container, they merge elements of world music, electronica, virtuoso playing and compositions that sometimes echo Arvo Pärt meeting Radiohead. The Mandrake Project includes veterans of the Pittsburgh music scene and a violinist from the Polyphonic Spree. They reveal the secrets of the Mandrake Project.
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