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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 12/22
25 ESSENTIAL ECHOES CDs for 2008
We pick our 25 favorites from 2008
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 2008. I can tell you that artists like Digitonal, Sumner McKane and Alu are sure to be on there. We'll hear what surfaces in 25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2008.
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Tuesday 12/23
It's sounds of the season from Loreena McKennitt's A Midwinter Night's Dream and Aine Minogue's Winter: A Meditation and new music by Sounds From the Ground. Their an electronica dub duo from England. Their album is Brightwhitelight and it illuminates.
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Wednesday 12/24
SONIC SEASONINGS 2008
LIVING ROOM CONCERTS FOR CHRISTMAS WITH LISA LYNNE & ARYEH FRANKFURTER, AINE MINOGUE, SUMNER MCKANE AND TIM FARRELL
From Celtic to psychedelic, we create an intimate evening of performances that tap into the spirit of Christians with concerts recorded from Maine to Southern California.

Windham Hill and New Earth Recording artist Lisa Lynne teams up with fellow Celtic harpist Aryeh Frankfurter for a set of exotic seasonal tunes playing Celtic harps, bandura, bouzouki and nyckleharpe.

Harps also figure prominently when the critically acclaimed Irish harpist and singer, Aine Minogue sits in a chamber ensemble playing Irish carols and original songs for the season. We take an Psychedelic Americana turn with Sumner McKane. His album What A Great Place To Be was the October CD of the Month on Echoes. With his ensemble, Sumner paints a Maine winter landscape in ambient guitar colors.

It's back to pure acoustic music with Tim Farrell. Billboard magazine said that "Farrell stands apart from the numerous acoustic guitar slingers out there." He'll deploy his intricate finger-style technique across original songs for the season and maybe even a carol or two. Sonic Seasonings, the way Christmas should sound.
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Thursday 12/25

AN ECHOES CHRISTMAS
Celebrate the Day with a Different Kind of Christmas Music
Just when you thought you were sick of Christmas carols, we find new ways of hearing some ancient sounds for the day with music by Andreas Vollenweider, Ronn McFarlane, Al Petteway & Amy White and more. It's Christmas music that's cool, and chilled.
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Friday 12/26
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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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive

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