Chill out to these meditative Living Room Concerts from the Echoes archive
Steve Tibbetts &
Choying Drolma (2005) The Echoes Living Room is transformed into an ambient Buddhist temple when guitarist Steve Tibbetts, Tibetan nun and singer Choying Drolma, and percussionist Marc Anderson play their music live. Steve Tibbetts sets Drolma's ancient chants and hymns to his ambient sound designs, bridging time and distance, on their CD SELWA. Choying Drolma, Steve Tibbetts and Marc Anderson call down the spirits, live.
Life in Balance (2004)
Echoes soothes the chakras with a live performance by Pittsburgh-based duo, Life In Balance. Sitting on the floor of the Echoes Living room, Ami Sciulli is surrounded by large, milk-white translucent crystal bowls. Sitting next to her is Steve Sciulli. He's got a batch of electronics at his knees and various flutes, including the Japanese shakuhachi and Indian bansuri in his mouth. We hear them play the ambient meditations of their CD, STAR.
Huzur Nawaz (2004) Before adopting the Sufi name of Huzur Nawaz, he was known as Stephen Coughlin, releasing his first album, SONG OF THE REED under that name in the 1980s. Since then, he's been exploring a sound that travels from Gothic cathedrals to Sufi meditations, playing his Indian bansuri flute as well as his soprano saxophone. In his home in central California, Huzur Nawaz gathers a group of singers and players to unfold the sound of his albums, HUZUR THE PRESENCE and his collaboration on MYSTERIES by Musica Divina.
Donna DeLory (2004)
In her Los Angeles living room, Donna DeLory sits cross-legged in front of her harmonium and unfolds the Mantric chants of her CD, THE LOVER AND THE BELOVED. Although she has several solo albums out, DeLory is best known as a back-up singer for Madonna on every Madonna tour and most albums since the mid 1980s. On her own, DeLory strikes a more meditative pose. Joined by an ensemble of tabla, guitar and cellist Cameron Stone, DeLory loses herself in the ecstatic meditations of her delirious mantric arrangements.