This Sunday's Echoes Programs
July 30, 2006
INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 07/24
ID#06-J07-00146 (Echoes Program 0621D)
EUPHORIA: ELECTRA SLIDE IN BLUES
Country Blues Slide Guitar meets electronica Euphoria is the brainchild of Ken Ramm. He learned slide guitar at the feet of the Rolling Stones and The Allman Brothers, or at least their records. He takes his slide and applies it to the electronica grooves that resulted in their hit "Delerium" a few years ago, a style that s been called Guitronica. Ken Ramm talks about the new Euphoria CD, PRECIOUS TIME.
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Tuesday 07/25
ID#06-J07-00147 (Echoes Program 0630B)
AJANTAMUSIC: ROCK REFUGEES
A pair of New Wave brothers find refuge in ambient designs Ultravox, Magazine and Cowboys International were bands from the New Wave and it happens that these bands had a then very young guitarist named Robin Simon and his brother Paul as members. Robin meted out slash & burn guitar and Paul pounded the drums. That was 25 years ago. Now Robin and Paul Simon work as AjantaMusic, playing a melodic brand of instrumental ethno-ambient music. In their London home, AjantaMusic talk about their trail from London to Ibiza and beyond.
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Thursday 07/27
ID#06-J07-00149 (Echoes Program 0619A)
AN ECHOES MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
Get on board as we journey by train through an ambient landscape Trains are part of the American mythology. We ll explore their sound from Nashville to points unknown with host John Diliberto on the Echoes Midnight Special.
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Friday 07/28
ID#06-J07-00150 (Echoes Program 0620B)
CHILLED PIANOS
It's a soundscape of crystal drops on the next Echoes when we hear Chilled Pianos. Despite all the electronic keyboards out there, composers still return to the grand piano, gilding it in ambient glass.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive.
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