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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 10/01
OCTOBER CD OF THE MONTH
JAPANCAKES: GIVING MACHINES
The story behind a band called Japancakes is that they started as a band who would play a single melody for 45 minutes. They've come up with quite a few more melodies since that initial concept and you can hear them on their engaging new CD, Giving Machines. Think the Penguin Café Orchestra meets Explosions in the Sky. It's a precision cut album of atmospheric guitar, classical structures and intricate arrangements that range from quaint to country. Japancakes' Giving Machines is our CD of the Month for October.
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Tuesday 10/02
DEVA PREMAL AND MITEN IN A LIVING ROOM CONCERT
Deva Premal is one of the original modern chant Divas. She intones Hindu chants in her silken, air brushed voice over the trans-Indian arrangements of her longtime partner, Miten. These German musicians come into the Echoes Living Room with Nepalese bansuri flute player Manose to transfigure the air with chants that sound more like songs than rituals.
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Wednesday 10/03
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ECHOES
Echoes gets the vote when we turn 18. We'll be looking back at some of the music we first played on Echoes and hear some of the voices that have sculpted the Echoes soundscape.
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Thursday 10/04
AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY MCKEE: FINGER-PICKING YOUTUBE PHENOMENON
Guitarist Andy McKee had been plying his passion for many years He dropped out of high school to concentrate on guitar and had recorded a couple of solo albums in a style that recalled Michael Hedges. But when he put up a video of himself on YouTube, his world changed. With 7 million hits and counting, Andy McKee has lifted himself to the top of the finger-style guitar mountain. He talks about his music and accidental success.
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Friday 10/05
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LUMINOUS WORLD ORCHESTRA: ASSEMBLING A VIRTUAL GLOBAL ORCHESTRA
TV film composer goes off the path
Steven Chesne has made his living composing scores for middle-brow TV shows like "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper," "The Hogan Family," "Kirk," "Life Happens," and "Perfect Strangers." None of that prepares you for the subtle, almost Arvo Part-like global sounds he creates under the guise of The Luminous World Orchestra. We visit Steven Chesne in Los Angeles where he illuminates The Luminous World Orchestra.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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