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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 10/08
AN INTERVIEW WITH ANOUSHKA SHANKAR & KARSH KALE: OCEANS OF TRADITION
Indian traditions go pop
Anoushka is the sitar playing daughter of Ravi Shankar who is equally at home with Indian classical and Goa electronica. Karsh Kale is a beat master as comfortable with a tabla drum as a computer. They recently got together on a new CD called Breathing Under Water that ranges from traditional Indian to pop songs with guest appearances by Ravi Shankar, Sting and Anoushka's sister, Norah Jones.
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Tuesday 10/09
DEMANIA LIVE ON ECHOES
Finger-popping world fusion live
DeMania is an acronym for the three musicians in the band, finger style virtuoso Alex De Grassi, electric bass demon Michael Manring and tabla player Chris Garcia. On their own, each musician can create an ensemble of sound. Together, they play a world fusion that harkens back to John McLaughlin's Shakti. DeMania come into the Echoes Living Room to play live.
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Wednesday 10/10
AN INTERVIEW WITH PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER
Hasidic Rebellion and Hebraic fusions
Pharaoh's Daughter is an ambitious project headed up by singer and oud player Basya Schecter. She left her strict Hasidic upbringing only to return to Jewish traditions after forbidden detours into Led Zeppelin. With Pharoah's Daughter, she creates a rich world fusion drawing from across the Middle Eastern diaspora and contemporary western music. Basya and her band talk about their cosmic kabala.
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Friday 10/12
HAROLD BUDD & ROBIN GUTHRIE: SHOEGAZERS IN AMBIENCE
The originator of Dream Guitar returns to the avatar of Ambient Chamber Music
Harold Budd is the keyboardist who created the sound of ambient chamber music. As the guitarist of The Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie created dream guitar textures. The two musicians got together in the 1980s for the album The Moon and the Melodies and have reunited some 20 years later for the soundtrack to Invisible Skin and a pair of atmospherically chilled albums, After the Night Falls and Before the Day Breaks. They were our CDs of the Month in June and now we talk with the musicians who made them.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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