We celebrate Ravi Shankar’s career and music on what would have been his 100th birthday. In an interview, he talks about an ancient sound and spirit that helped transform modern music.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Apr 7, 2020 – Ravi Shankar’s 100th Birthday
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Reviews & Commentary
Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary of Blown Minds
It was 50 years ago that The Beatles released their psychedelic masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Echoes John Diliberto looks back on the impact of this album.
Playlists
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016-Echoes Program 1635B
She’s the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the sister of Norah Jones and the leading sitarist in the world. Anoushka Shankar comes in with her ensemble of percussion, shenai and bass to perform music from her album of hybrid Indian sounds, Land of Gold.
Playlists
Weekend, April 30 & May 1, 2016-Echoes Program 1617A
She’s the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the sister of Norah Jones and the leading sitarist in the world. Anoushka Shankar comes in with her ensemble of percussion, shenai and bass to perform music from her album of hybrid Indian sounds, Land of Gold.
Playlists
Monday, April 25th, 2016-Echoes Program 1617A
She’s the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the sister of Norah Jones and the leading sitarist in the world. Anoushka Shankar comes in with her ensemble of percussion, shenai and bass to perform music from her album of hybrid Indian sounds, Land of Gold.
CD of the Month, Program Highlights
Hans Christian Nanda Devi September CD of the Month
Hans Christian is a classical cellist turned global music explorer. As a founding member of the Hind- Chant Fusion group Rasa and on his own solo albums he creates a global orchestra of the imagination playing instruments from India, Swedish Nyckleharpe, cello, lap steel, percussion and more.
Interview Podcast
Fernwood in Echoes Podcast
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Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery are modern musicians purveying a backwoods Americana global music fusion as Fernwood. Arcadia is their second album of mostly acoustic ruminations, orchestrated with everything from sitars and guitars to bouzoukis and dilruba in a global music of the imagination.
Interview Podcast
Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman in Echoes Podcast
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Indian musician Ricky Kej and South African flutist Wouter Kellerman created a world fusion epic called Winds of Samsara which won the 2015 New Age Grammy Award
Living Room Concerts
Afro Celt Founder Takes Beatles Global
Hear the Fresh Handmade Sound Collective live tonight on Echoes The name Fresh Handmade Sound Collective probably means nothing to you unless you’ve been to one of the Lush Cosmetic stores or Spas, but you should know the name of Simon Emmerson, a founding member of Afro Celt Sound System, still the defining exponents of…
Interview Podcast
Anoushka Shankar in Echoes Podcast.
Hear Anoushka Shankar & Nitin Sawhney Talk about Traces of You in Echoes Podcast. Ravi Shankar passed away in December of 2012. He left an incredible legacy, scores of disciples and two daughters who have achieved their own kind of fame, Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones. The two sisters got together while Shankar was in…