Tag: Avant-garde

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015-Echoes Program 1519B

Nels Cline is best known as the guitarist with Wilco, but long before he joined that band he had a burgeoning solo career as a an outside jazz guitarist.

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Bing & Ruth in Echoes Podcast

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Bing & Ruth mix reed instruments, two double basses, cello and delay electronics into a haunting, hypnotic ambient chamber music sound.

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015-Echoes Program 1516C

On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.

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The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brought together an array of musicians from the bleeding edge of the avant-garde to the cutting edge of rock and folk. Kronos Quartet presided over this meeting ground of Vanguard music that included Laurie Anderson, Wu Man, Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens and much much more.

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Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary

Between the Ears of Big Ears 2015: Interviews with 7 Performers

We hear features from 7 of the performers at Big Ears 2015 including Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Max Richter, William Tyler, Silver Apples, and Bill Frisell.

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