Thomas Bartlett performs as Doveman and plays in the Celtic group, The Gloaming. Nico Muhly is a contemporary classical composer. Together, they adapt Balinese gamelan to pop.
Playlists
Friday, November 16th, 2018-Echoes Program 1846E
Tag: World Fusion
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Mystic Journey
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Mystic Journey sound like the house band in Middle Eastern. We talk to flutist Suzanne Teng and percussionist Gilbert Levy about their world fusion in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Thursday, November 8th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1845D
New music by Indarra, an entrancing band with a supernatural Basque name centered on the declamatory vocals of Sue Hutton. We’ll also hear the latest by the chant trio White Sun on Echoes.
Playlists
Tuesday, November 6th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1845B
Dead Can Dance talk about their conceptual album, Dionysus, a wedding of Greek mythology, tribal culture and global ritual sounds. Brendan Perry talks about hallucinogens to ecstasy on Echoes.
Best Of
Echoes October Top 25: David Arkenstone Goes Sky High
The Echoes Top 25 for October 2018 features David Arkenstone’s CD of the Month “Colors of the Ambient Sky” at the top, followed by Dead Can Dance, William Fitzsimmons and Talitha Rise.
CD of the Month
November 2018 CD of the Month: DEAD CAN DANCE
Dead Can Dance has released a challenging album for longtime DCD fans, “Dionysus”. It’s a conceptual album of ritualistic music that draws on Middle Eastern modalities for an ecstatic state.
Playlists
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – Echoes Program 1843B
Flutist Suzanne Teng and percussionist Gilbert Levy talk about their world fusion band, Mystic Journey, which sounds like the house band in an exotic Middle Eastern palace of the imagination.
Playlists
Friday, October 19th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1842E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Byron Metcalf. He’s a percussionist who has a PhD in psychology, has worked on hit pop records with Kenny Rogers and collaborated with Steve Roach.
Playlists
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1842C
On the next Echoes, trance out to Simrit Kaur a Greek born, American raised and Eastern inclined singer. who takes Kirtan chants into world fusion territory on a new live album.
Playlists
Weekend, September 29 & 30, 2018 – Echoes Program 1839A
The world fusion chamber group Aukai comes to Echoes for a magical performance. Headed up by Markus Sieber from the chant duo Mirabai Ceiba, Aukai plays his gentle compositions live.