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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK

Monday 09/22
AN ECHOES AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
The sounds of fall descend
As summer turns into fall and looks towards winter, we have a soundscape of autumnal moods and melancholy ambiences as we celebrate the time of harvest and the turn towards colder and darker times.
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Tuesday 09/23
AN INTERVIEW WITH SIMON JEFFES AT THE PENGUIN CAFÉ
Ambient chamber music pioneers get the re-issue treatment
He scored the strings for the Sid Vicious rendition of "My Way" and hung out with Brian Eno, but Simon Jeffes is best know for his idiosyncratic and influential chamber group, The Penguin Café Orchestra. Simon Jeffes died in 1997 but his CDs are all being reissued. We revisit an interview with this pioneering composer.
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Wednesday 09/24
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH DAVID CULLEN
Travels with himself on 12 nylon strings
Finger-style guitarist David Cullen has accompanied Windham Hill Founder and guitarist Will Ackerman for years, but he has several CDs of his own. His new one is Guitar Travels on which he double tracks himself playing nylon-stringed guitar. His journey takes him to the Echoes Living Room where he plays live.
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Thursday 09/25
AN INTERVIEW WITH AES DANA AND SOLAR FIELDS
Denizens of downtempo
Ultimae is a boutique French label that's turning into the ECM Records of downtempo and ambient music. Run by Vincent Villuis, who also records as Aes Dana, it’s creating a unique identity in the faceless digital age. We talk to Vincent Villuis, his partner, Sunbeam, and Magnus Birgersson of Solar Fields about life in the downtempo zone.
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Friday 09/28
It's new music from Fernwood. They're an offshoot group from the progressive rock band called Djam Karet, but while Djam Karet kicks up an electric storm, Fernwood is more pastoral, idyllic and acoustic.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive

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