Fusion guitar icon Al Di Meola has a new album of Beatles covers, Across the Universe,coming. Ahead of it he’s released a video of him playing Strawberry Fields.
Program Highlights
Al Di Meola Covers The Beatles on Strawberry Fields
Tag: World Fusion
Coming Up
Weekend, Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2020 – Lane 8 & Jake Shimabukuro
We talk to Lane 8, the electronic artist bans sll cameras at his concerts and calls his sound “dreamy back-rub house music.” We’ll also hear the ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro playing live.
Reviews & Commentary
Obituary: We Remember Lyle Mays from Pat Metheny Group
Lyle Mays, pianist with Pat Metheny Group, passes at age 66, on 2/10/2020. We remember this creative force in fusion music who co-wrote most of the Metheny Group repertoire.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020 – Jake Shimabukuro Trio
Hawaiian ukulele lion Jake Shimabukuro comes in with his trio to lay down the dreamy ambient textured music of his new album, including a cover of a Pink Floyd classic.
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 21, 2019 – Music from Barrett Martin
New music from Barrett Martin, a percussionist who has played with REM, Queens Of The Stone Age, and Screaming Trees. In his own group, he creates a percussion-based world fusion.
Coming Up
Thursday, Feb 20, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Yppah, an ambient post-rock band that combines live playing with electronics. We’ll also hear the return of Trance Mission, the world fusion band.
Best Of
Echoes January 2020 Top 25: Ambience on Top
The Echoes Top 25 for January 2020 features David Helpling’s Rise, All India Radio, Lana del Rey, Darshan Ambient, and 21 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
CD of the Month
Echoes Feb. 2020 CD of the Month: Hans Christian
Cellist Hans Christian is a leading exponent of east-west fusion. But on his new album, After the Fall, he taps his electronic and classical background.
Coming Up
Weekend, Feb 15-16, 2020 – Taimane Live and Big Ears
This weekend on Echoes, Hawaii’s Taimane brings us her modern take on the Ukelele when she plays live. We’ll also hear a preview of Big Ears Festival 2020, talking to founder Ashley Capps.
Playlists
Thursday, Jan 30, 2020 – Echoes Program 2004D
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear new music by Sonic Yogi. He’s actually an acoustic guitar player, Jonathan Adams and his album of meditative guitar is called Be the Love You Seek.