This Sunday's Echoes Programs
August 26, 2007
INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 08/20
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH MICHAEL HALAAS & JOAN JEANRENAUD
A stormy duet for piano and cello
Michael Halaas is a journeyman pianist with several CDs of solo piano. But this isn't your average meditative, new age keyboardist. He's been called a cross between Metallica and Pink Floyd. In a San Rafael living room, Halaas is joined by cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, a name familiar to fans of the Kronos Quartet. Together they create the dramatic structures from their CD, The Lucidity Project, live.
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Tuesday 08/21
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL FUZZ: JAM BANDS IN ELECTRONIC CODE
A classical musician finds a meeting of jam bands and electronica
General Fuzz is the recording persona of James Kirsch. He studied classical music before being introduced to electronics and music computers, but now he creates an ambient electro-lounge music under the guise of General Fuzz. On his new CD, Cool Aberrations, he brings a live component to his music, an influence from his jam band passion. Oh, and all his music is completely free at http://www.generalfuzz.net.
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Wednesday 08/22
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH AURAH
Dream voices and looping guitars live
Aurah is the duo of Marc Dold and Judith Martin. Together, they've made elaborately arranged albums like Kismet and Etherea Borealis. When they play live, it's just the two of them, and through looping, they build up guitar and keyboard orchestrations and vocal choirs. In their garage studio behind their Los Angeles home, Aurah invite us in to hear their soundscapes created live.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive.
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