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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 12/17
25 ESSENTIAL ECHOES CDs for 2007
We pick our 25 favorites from 2007
The listeners had their picks last week, now the Echoes staff, headed up by John Diliberto, makes their selections for the most Essential Echoes CDs of 2007. It was a year of returning icons, new discoveries and an influx of ambient lounge music. We'll hear what surfaces in 25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2007.
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Thursday 12/20
AN INTERVIEW WITH ANOUSHKA SHANKAR & KARSH KALE: OCEANS OF TRADITION
Indian traditions go pop
Anoushka is the sitar playing daughter of Ravi Shankar who is equally at home with Indian classical and Goa electronica. Karsh Kale is a beat master as comfortable with a tabla drum as a computer. They recently got together on a new CD called Breathing Under Water that ranges from traditional Indian to pop songs with guest appearances by Ravi Shankar, Sting and Anoushka's sister, Norah Jones.
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Friday 12/21
AN ECHOES WINTER SOLSTICE
Warm Music for the Longest Night of the Year
We orchestrate a winter landscape in sound, carrying you through the longest night of the year. No carols or Christmas songs, just a glistening expanse of sonic designs that take you to the heart of an astronomical event that has inspired myths and celebrations for millennia.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive

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