Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 1-2, 2025 – Programs 2508A & 2508B
Tag: World Fusion
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 February: Dieter Spears Breezes into Top Spot
Late Day Summer Breeze by Dieter Spears tops the Echoes February 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, Ludovico Einaudi, Mogwai, C37, and 20 other great CDs.
News
New Zealand Electronic Artist David Parsons Passes
New Zealand musician David Parsons was one of the early artists out of the gate of New Age music and turned towards an electronic world fusion recording two dozen albums.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 24, 2025 – Echoes Program 2508A
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Coming Up
Monday, Mar 10, 2025 – Remembering David Parsons
New Zealand Electronic artist David Parsons left the planet in February. We remember him with a suite of his music that combined electronics with sitar and other world music elements.
Coming Up
Weekend, March 1-2, 2025 – Joss Jaffe & Jim “Kimo” West
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Coming Up
Thursday, Feb 27, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
We have music from Dino Pacifici and Brannan Lane. Their new album is a slow dive into ethno-ambient soundscapes called Imaginary Horizons. We always bring you music of imagination.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 – Ambiences in Black
It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Coming Up
Monday, Feb 24, 2025 – Joss Jaffe & Jim “Kimo” West
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 21, 2025 – Kellerman, Matsumoto, Tandon’s Triveni
New music by Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon. This trio of flutes, cello and voice creates a world fusion meditation called Triveni. We travel its paths.