INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 04/20
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MANDRAKE PROJECT
Progressive ambiences from Pittsburgh
The Mandrake Project is a collective of musicians that is making progressive rock for the modern world. On their latest album, A Miraculous Container, they merge elements of world music, electronica, virtuoso playing and compositions that sometimes echo Arvo Pärt meeting Radiohead. The Mandrake Project includes veterans of the Pittsburgh music scene and a violinist from the Polyphonic Spree. They reveal the secrets of the Mandrake Project.
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Tuesday 04/21
AN INTERVIEW WITH ANTOINE DUFOUR
Fingerstyle, Canadian style
Canadian guitarist Antoine DuFour is a finger-style guitarist with a wide dynamic range who deploys his formidable guitar techniques across several albums including his latest, Existence. He started acoustic guitar playing while listening to his father's progressive rock albums. Dufour gives us a master class in the techniques of modern finger-style guitar.
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Wednesday 04/22
AN ECHOES EARTH DAY SOUNDSCAPE
The sound of nature in music
It's the sound of crickets, wind and whales, which must mean it's time for another Echoes Earth Day Celebration. At a time when the environment has never been more fragile or threatened, we celebrate the world in sound on Earth Day 2009 with music by David Darling, George Winston, Bob Holroyd and more.
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Thursday 04/23
New music from H.U.V.A Network. That's a collaboration between Magnus Birgessen of Solar Fields and Vincent Villius of Aes Dana. We’ll also hear new music by Jeff Ball.
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Friday 04/24
AN INTERVIEW WITH ROKIA TRAORE
A griot of mood
From Mali comes Rokia Traore, a singer-songwriter whose lyrics are in her native Bamama tongue but whose songs speak a universal language through her sensual, smokey voice. We talk with her about her new album Tchamantché that moves through deep meditations and joyous hymns.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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