Zakir Hussain, the master of the tabla and a world fusion explorer with John McLaughlin’s Shakti, Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum has died at the age of 73.
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Indian Tabla Master Zakir Hussain 1951-2024 R.I.P.
Tag: World Fusion
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 14-15, 2024 – Programs 2450A & 2450B
MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
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Thursday, Dec 26, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Kinobe channels 60s instrumental film sounds on his album, Over the Horizon. We’ll also hear Jeff Oster’s downtempo, low-fi ambient jazz.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 November: Erik Wøllo on Top
Erik Wøllo’s Solastalgia tops the Echoes November 2024 list, followed by Rena Jones & Kilowatts, Emma Anderson, David Darling, and 21 other great CDs.
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Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024 – An Echoes Night Before Christmas
Get the sugar plums dancing with an Echoes Night Before Christmas. It’s a time when life seems suspended between the Christmas build-up and the explosion of Christmas morning.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 9, 2024 – Echoes Program 2450A
MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 21-22, 2024 – Christmas Concert & Best of
Trevor Gordon Hall is a master finger-style guitarist who also plays a custom-designed instrument called the Kalimbatar, that combines the African kalimba with an acoustic guitar.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 7-8, 2024 – Programs 2449A & 2449B
Afro Celt Sound System, the most inventive and dynamic of World Fusion bands. OVA is their first album since the passing of founder Simon Emmerson. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.
Coming Up
Friday, Dec 20, 2024 – An Echoes Winter Solstice
Get ready for the big chill on An Echoes Winter Solstice. Echoes’ John Diliberto creates a soundscape of snow-shrouded trees, silent saguaro cacti and white-out conditions, with no Christmas Carols.
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Thursday, Dec 19, 2024 – Echoes In Memoriam
Many musicians who lit up the Echoes sky left us this year. They may have left the planet but their music remains. John Diliberto remembers, with Echoes in Memoriam.