Composer Forrest Fang manipulates western, eastern and toy instruments along with flowerpots into surreal soundscapes. He talks about his new album, Scenes from a Ghost Train, on Echoes.
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Wednesday, May 9th-Echoes Program 1819C
Tag: World Music
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Forrest Fang & Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Composer Forrest Fang talks about his ambient world music soundscapes and we remember Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson with a 2009 Echoes Interview. Jóhannsson died on February 10, 2018.
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Tuesday February 6th-Echoes Program 1806B
Composer Forrest Fang manipulates western, eastern and toy instruments along with flowerpots into surreal soundscapes. He talks about his new album, Scenes from a Ghost Train, on Echoes.
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1708D
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound. We talk with Ma and other members of the ensemble.
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2016-Echoes Program 1634C
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound.
Interview Podcast
Ron Korb in the Echoes Podcast
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Ron Korb explains how he went from playing the plastic recorder as a child to becoming a grammy nominated world flute master. His latest album is Asia Beauty.
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Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble in the Echoes Podcast
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Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble is among the premiere world music institutions, bringing together artists form traditional and classical worlds into a sometimes joyous, sometimes challenging fusion. Now they have a documentary film, The Music of Strangers.
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Weekend, May 28 & 29, 2016-Echoes Program 1621A
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound.
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Monday, May 23rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1621A
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound.
Interview Podcast
Naná Vasconcelos remembered in the Echoes Podcast
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We remember Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, who died on March 8, 2016. He was a master musician who recorded with Pat Metheny, Jon Hassell, Laurie Anderson and Talking Heads.