INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 10/13
AN INTERVIEW WITH FERNWOOD
Acoustic Americana world chamber music
Fernwood is a group that's hard to pin down. They mix Americana elements with Appalachian strings along with bouzouki's from the Middle East and Ireland and sitars from India. Headed up by Todd Montgomery and Gayle Ellett who also plays guitar in the ultra-progressive rock band, Djam Karet, Fernwood creates a global chamber music with Americana accents and cinematically inclined melodies. Fernwood talks about music made on wooden instruments, on Echoes.
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Tuesday 10/14
It's space guitars on the next Echoes when we hear musicians stretching the idea six electric strings in new directions. For these musicians, guitar heroes are out, but layered guitars, morphing into new sounds and draped in infinite reverb are in.
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Wednesday 10/15
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH SUZANNE TENG
Global flutes in world music landscapes
Suzanne Teng is a virtuoso of world flutes from Native American cedar flutes to the Chinese dize. She brings out many of them with her group, Mystic Journey when they play live on Echoes. Joined by percussionist Gilbert Levy, oud player Dan Torres and cellist Peter Walden, Suzanne Teng orchestrates a world fusion dance, live on Echoes.
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Thursday 10/16
We'll hear the nylon string fret work of Dominic Miller who plays with Sting. He has a new CD with Peter Kater. And we'll hear Mogwai, the Scottish post-rock band who works ambient moods into their new CD, The Hawk is Howling.
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Friday 10/17
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH PETER KATER & JOSEPH FIRECROW
A communing of piano and Native flute
Pianist Peter Kater has been working with Native flute players for nearly two decades. His latest project is Sacred Earth, a four-album series for the four compass points. The latest is called Wind of the East and features flute player Joseph Firecrow. In Peter Kater's southern California Living Room he creates intimate interpretations of music from Wind of the East with Joseph Firecrow and guitarist Mike Hamilton.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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