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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 11/12
AN INTERVIEW WITH JAPANCAKES: AMBIENT COUNTRY ROCK
An instrumental guitar band taps country and classical with a touch of quirk
Japancakes are a band from Athens, Georgia that mixes electric guitar with pedal steel guitar, classical strings with synthesizers and emerges with a sound that's got country airs strung out in classical refrains. We interview three of the central figures in this band that expands the alternative Athens tradition.
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Tuesday 11/13
DAVID ARKENSTONE'S SECRET SOURCES
Symphonically inclined modern instrumentalist hears visions of his past
David Arkenstone is a noted multi-instrumentalist with dozens of albums out on Narada and Windham Hill Records that explore a symphonic style of music with fantasy imagery. His latest album is Myths and Legends. In his southern California home, we put him under the Echoes headphones to hear music that formed his sound, from progressive rock to Celtic music and beyond.
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Wednesday 11/14
RESONANCE: THE ECHOES LIVING ROOM CONCERTS VOLUME 13
Sound resounds on Resonance, our most electronic living room concert CD yet with ambient performances from BT, Rena Jones, David Fulton and Giles Reaves and an unreleased performance by Radio Massacre International. Their electronic journeys are woven in the acoustic threads of Tony McManus, Stephen Bennett, and State of Grace.
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Friday 11/16
AN INTERVIEW WITH EVAN BARTHOLOMEW: THE CLASSICAL SIDE OF BLUETECH
An electronica composer creates ambient chamber music work
We know Evan Bartholomew as Bluetech, one of the most inventive ambient and electronic composers of the last few years. But Evan grew up studying classical music and piano. He brings that side to bear on a CD called Borderlands. We talk with Evan about picking up the digital baton.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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