Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
Coming Up
Monday, Nov 6, 2023 – Russel Walder Interview
Tag: World Fusion
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 14-15, 2023 – Programs 2341A & 2341B
The Grammy winning group, Opium Moon is creating a middle eastern world fusion that is equal parts sacred and sensual. I talk to this ensemble which includes acclaimed violinist Lili Hayden.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Opium Moon Interview
Playlists
Monday, Oct 9, 2023 – Echoes Program 2341A
The Grammy winning group, Opium Moon is creating a middle eastern world fusion that is equal parts sacred and sensual. I talk to this ensemble which includes acclaimed violinist Lili Hayden.
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 7-8, 2023 – Programs 2340A & 2340B
The October CD of the Month from Russel Walder. He’s come a long way since his Windham Hill duo with Ira Stein. We also celebrate 34 years of Echoes with a look back at music we played in 89.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 September: VEiiLA at the Top
VEiiLA’s Sentimental Craving for Beauty leads the Echoes Top 25 for September, followed by Jeff Oster, Lis Addison, a Mark Shreeve Tribute, Kinobe, and 20 more great albums.
CD of the Month
Echoes Oct. CD of the Month: Russel Walder
Russel Walder came to renown in the 1980s as half of a Windham Hill Duo with Ira Stein. But his new music is more electronic and less pastoral, a tribal sound for the global village.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 2, 2023 – Echoes Program 2340A
The October CD of the Month from Russel Walder. He’s come a long way since his Windham Hill duo with Ira Stein. Speak to the Storm is full of sensual moods and electronic atmospheres.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 14-15, 2023 – Opium Moon Interview
The Grammy winning group, Opium Moon is creating a middle eastern world fusion that is equal parts sacred and sensual. We talk to this ensemble which includes acclaimed violinist Lili Hayden.
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 13, 2023 – Music from Shekina Rose
We have music by Shekina Rose, a singer from Sedona who’s got a song for whales. We’ll also hear the electronic Arabic fusion of Didon remixed by Bombay Dub Orchestra.