Tag: echoes

5 Essential Ravi Shankar CDs for 90th Birthday

Celebrate Ravi Shankar’s 90th Birthday with 5 CDs Ravi Shankar turns 90 today.  He was born  April 7, 1920 in Benares, India.   Tonight, April 7, we’ll feature an interview with the sitar master on Echoes.   His impact on Indian music is undeniable.  His impact on world music is still being calculated, but may be even…

Native Flutes in Space: Scott August

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100407.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSScott August Takes the Desert Southwest into Space You can hear an audio podcast of this blog with Scott August’s music In the 1980s, Scott August was looking for an outlet for his instrumental music when he got advice from another musician. Scott August:  I happened to meet…

The Mediaeval Baebes Modern Madrigals

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100303.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Mediaeval Baebes put the Goth into International Women’s Day on Echoes. You can hear a podcast of the Mediaeval Baebes interview with their music. Mediaeval Baebes have come a long way since the 16th century.  And the band called The Mediaeval Baebes have come even further  since…

ECHOES TOP 25 FOR FEBRUARY-NAKAI TOPS

Native Flutes and Ambient Chamber Music Top Echoes Top 25 It’s no surprise that R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman topped the Echoes charts this month with their uniformly exploratory album, Dancing Into Silence.  It was our Echoes CD of the Month for February. And right behind it, Ludovico Einaudi‘s Nightbook, which has…

Ludovico Einaudi’s Nightbook, Echoes March CD of the Month

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100224.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSLudovico Einaudi’s Tales from the Nightbook You can hear a podcast of this review with Ludovico Einaudi’s music. Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a different kind of classical composer.  He’s a student of the avant-garde and the rich classical tradition of his native Italy.  But the 54 year-old pianist…

Jack Rose Remembered

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JackRose.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThere’s a good article called Remembering an Acoustic Artist by Joel Rose (no relation) about Jack Rose, the iconoclastic acoustic guitarist who passed away December 5, 2009. The article is online at the Philadelphia Inquirer It also points to a set of memorial concerts with some really great…

Jon Hopkins-Eno & Coldplay Collaborator

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100203.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSJon Hopkins’ Quaint Electronica You can hear an audio version of this interview with Jon Hopkins’ music. You may not know Jon Hopkins, but you’ve heard him on albums by Coldplay, Massive Attack,  Imogen Heap and Brian Eno. On Coldplay’s Viva La Vida or Death and All His…

Echoes Top 25 for January

The Echoes January Top 25 is topped by Jimmy Wahlsteen’s 181st Songs. See the complete Echoes Top 25 for January I didn’t see any of these titles at the Grammys on Sunday, but I’m sure glad we had them to play on Echoes in the first month of 2010. As our January CD of the…

R. Carlos Nakai’s Dancing Into Silence Echoes Feb CD of the Month

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100127.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSR. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton & Will Clipman’s Southwestern Ambiences You can hear an audio version of this review with music from Dancing into Silence. R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton and Will Clipman have made some of the most moving and provocative music of the last 20 years. …

Pat Metheny’s Mechanical Orchestra

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PatMetheny2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPat Metheny Goes Past Old School to Antique School. Hear the audio version of this interview with music in the Echoes Podcast.   You can hear the full interview with Pat Metheny with Orchestrion demo and Metheny’s music here. As a child, I remember  visiting Clark’s Trading Post…