Echoes http://www.echoes.org/ en-us ℗ & © 2010 PA Public Radio Associates The Echoes Feature Podcast A weekly musician interview from Echoes, the soundscape of ambient, new acoustic and world fusion music on public radio and on-line. An Interview feature from echoes.org Echoes echoes@echoes.org http://www.echoes.org Krusseldorf is a nom-de-plume used by Swedish electronic artist Simon Heath. He's created a beautifully melodic brand of downtempo electronica which seems to create kinetic sculptures before your eyes. We talk to him about it and his album, From Soil to Space. Thu, 3 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Krusseldorf.mp3 Krusseldorf, Simon Heath, Atrium Carceri, Za Frumi, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He's an icon of Echoes. His latest album, Transitions, was an Echoes CD of the Month, and listeners picked it as the Best Echoes CD of 2011. We talk to this veteran musician about his musical evolution and making an album entirely on lap steel guitars. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PatrickOHearn-2012.mp3 Patrick O'Hearn, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He was the soulful Irish voice of Afro Celt Sound System, but now on his own, Iarla O'Lionaird has teamed up with Brian Eno collaborator, Leo Abrahams. They made an album of deep and atmospheric Celtic Aires called Foxlight. We talk to Iarla about tapping the Celtic soul. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-IarlaOLionaird-2012.mp3 Iarla O'Lionaird, Afro Celt Sound System, AfroCelts, Leo Abrahams, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Darshan Ambient's Dream in Blue was the Echoes CD of the Month in December. We talk to Michael Allison, the man behind this gorgeous electronic music, about his electronic homage to Miles Davis, and how he got from playing with Richard Hell and Nona Hendryx to here. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DarshanAmbient2012.mp3 Darshan Ambient, Michael Allison, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Nigel Mullaney and Ray Sherwin are guitarists and keyboardists deeply into space music, progressive rock and the occult. They started out recording music for relaxation but now create a sound that propels you into the unknown. We talk to them about their album, Music by Mirrors. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Mazmoneth.mp3 Mazmoneth, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Jon Durant is a veteran modern music composer with progressive rock roots. His latest album, Dance of the Shadow Planets, is an exploration of electric improvisation for guitar, violin and percussion. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JonDurant2011.mp3 Jon Durant, Caryn Lin, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org As Carter Tutti, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti record delicate, introspective and personal music, in the 1970s and 80s they were one-half of the pioneering Industrial Rock band, Throbbing Gristle. The first five TG albums have just been re-released, so we talk to these artists who created some of the most confrontational music of the 1970s. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ThrobbingGristle.mp3 Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey, Carter Tutti, Industrial Music, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The influence of Miles Davis is all over these days and none bear it more than Jeff Oster. He takes the electric sound of the jazz icon into the 21st century on a CD of ambient lounge music called Surrender. Jeff Oster talks to John Diliberto about his new CD and life-changes that shaped its mood. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-OSter2011.mp3 Jeff Oster, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Akara is the duo of keyboardist Joshua Penman and singer Femke Weidema, and they say there is another dimension within ours. They sing lyrics written by beings in that dimension and create a global electronic soundscape around them. Back in this dimension, Akara talk about their mythological music. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Akara.mp3 Akara, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Oboist Russel Walder, who came to renown as half of the Stein and Walder duo on Windham Hill records, now creates ambient chamber music, surrounding his instrument with electronic textures. His latest album, Music for a Shift in Consciousness, is inspired by author Bruce Lipton. We talk to both of them about manipulating musical DNA. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Walder-Lipton.mp3 Russel Walder, Bruce Lipton, Music for a Shift in Consciousness, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's lullabies from the Middle East transformed by the voice of Iranian-born singer, Azam Ali. She updates these songs on a new CD called From Night To the Edge of Day. We talk to the singer, who has also been the voice of the Persian fusion groups Vas and Niyaz. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AzamAli-r2011.mp3 Azam Ali, Niyaz, Vas, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Their debut album, Knee-Deep in the North Sea, has just been reissued on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, so we go back to our interview with the Portico Quartet. They're an English jazz group who started out busking on London streets, drawing crowds with music centered on the melodic percussion of the Hang drum. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PorticoQuartet2011.mp3 Portico Quartet, Hang drum, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Gentle Giant wasn't the most popular progressive rock band of the 1970s, but it was one of the most respected. They were known for their complex compositions, madrigal singing, and conceptual albums that pushed the limits of rock. We'll hear their tale, including the story of Elton John almost becoming a member Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-GentleGiant.mp3 Gentle Giant, Progressive Rock, Prog, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Pallers is yet another atmospheric ambient band from Scandinavia, in this case, Sweden. We'll talk to the duo about their haunting debut CD, The Sea of Memories, which mixes ambient sound design and elusive vocals. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Pallers.mp3 Pallers, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Lia Ices is an enchanting singer from Brooklyn who reveals the influences of Kate Bush and Enya in a music that is thoroughly her own. We talk to her about her album, Grown Unknown. The BBC said that "this is one many will be coming back to whenever stress levels flit into the red." Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LiaIces.mp3 Lia Ices, Grown Unknown, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org She was the voice of October Project in the 1990s. Now she's brought that distinctive, full-throated voice to her own music. She just released a front-to-back cover of Pink Floyd's epic album, From the Dark Side of the Moon. We bring Mary Fahl into the light to talk about her passion for Pink Floyd and more. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MaryFahl.mp3 Mary Fahl, Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, October Project, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Johanna is Johanna Cranitch, an Australian transplant with a vocal style influenced by Kate Bush and a sound honed in electronica. Her album Northern Lights is a song-cycle of haunted memories that includes a cover of Bush's tune Cloudbusting. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohannaDustyFloor.mp3 Johanna and the Dusty Floor, Johanna Cranitch, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AOMusic is a conceptual project inspired by thoughts of world peace. They've put together a global melange which includes the South African inspired vocalese of Miriam Stockley who came to fame as the voice of Adiemus. We talk to AOMusic about their ethno-techno sound. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AOMusic.mp3 AOMusic, Miriam Stockley, Adiemus, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org A former dance music DJ plugs into his chilled and melodic side when we talk with Steve Barnes, better known as Divine Matrix. He talks about his music and the concept behind his ostentatious name. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DivineMatrix.mp3 Divine Matrix, Echoes,Steve Barnes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The name Time for Three is a little awkward, but their music is anything but. This young string trio, playing violins and bass talk about their eclectic backgrounds and a music that goes from Arvo Part to Orange Blossom Special. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-TimeForThree2011.mp3 Time For Three, Echoes, String Trio, Zach De Pue, Nick Kendall, Ranaan Meyer, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Balmorhea is a quartet of musicians that should probably be playing rock and roll, and in their own fashion, they might be. Using acoustic guitars, piano, violin and cello, they orchestrate a haunting, pastoral sound tinged by country and born out of the landscapes of Texas. Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Balmorhea2011.mp3 Balmorhea, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ryuichi Sakamoto is the Academy Award winning, critically acclaimed, and willfully eclectic Japanese composer and pianist who has worked with David Bowie, David Byrne and many others. He also founded the pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra and has released a string of solo albums ranging in style from the romantic to the noisy. We talk about concepts of the noise of music with this innovative artist. Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Sakamoto2011.mp3 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Prompted by the release a couple of new recordings, we take a look back at our 2009 interview with Karda Estra, the recording persona of English composer Richard Wileman. He started out as a rocker but veered into composing classical works for chamber ensembles and electric guitar. His imagery tends to be gothic and his music dramatic. We'll talk to him about a sound that falls between progressive rock and classical cracks. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KardaEstra2011.mp3 Karda Estra, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Atomic Skunk's name may stink but the music is pure immersive exotic ambience. Musician Rich Brodsky's latest release is an intoxicating and melodic excursion through electronic modes, ambient moods and gamelan grooves. It's the Echoes CD of the Month for August, so we'll take a look back at an interview we did with Atomic Skunk. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AtomicSkunk2011.mp3 Atomic Skunk, Rich Brodsky, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Iconic guitarist Pat Metheny goes pop on a CD of 1960s cover tunes called What's It All About. The title comes from the lyrics to Alfie and that's one of the pop tunes Metheny covers, along with songs by Paul Simon, Carly Simon, and The Carpenters. Pat Metheny talks about his pop improvisations. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Metheny2011.mp3 Pat Metheny, What's it All About, Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's a name that's out of season for most of the year, but the music fits in all seasons. Winterlight is the recording persona of England's Tim Ingham who creates dreamy, shoegazer-influenced soundscapes topped by epic melodies. He talks about his album, Hope Dies Last, which was the Echoes CD of the Month in June. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Winterlight.mp3 Winterlight, Tim Ingham, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org They actually want to be referred to as Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret and Samuel Rohrer. That's not very concise but it does speak to the collaborative nature of this piano trio, which explores intuitive improvisations and prepared piano. We talk about their latest ECM album, Rruga and the art of free improvisation. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-VallonTrio.mp3 Colin Vallon, Patrice Moret, Samuel Rohrer, ECM, Jazz, Prepared Piano, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Vic Hennegan is something of an anomaly, a black electronic space musician. Growing up in Philly, instead of Michael Jackson, he dialed up the sounds of Tangerine Dream and now makes his own space music. He talks about his new - and best - CD, Field of Worlds and Mirrors. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Hennegan2011.mp3 Vic Hennegan, Electronic, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Fionnuala Sherry is half of the Irish - Norwegian duo, Secret Garden. She steps out on her own with a surprisingly textural, deeply ambient album called Songs from Before. From her home in Dublin, the violinist talks about spinning traditional tunes through an ethereal landscape. Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Sherry.mp3 Finnouala Sherry, Secret Garden, Violin, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The artist known as Moby has been a leading exponent of electronic music for the last two decades. We talk to him about the roots of his sound and his wall of vintage drum machines. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Moby-Electronic.mp3 Moby, Destroyed, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The avatar of ambient soundscapes and dance hits continues on his road to becoming an atmospheric singer-songwriter on his new CD, Destroyed. Moby talks about his new, introspective album concerning themes of love, loss and death. But it's much more life-affirming than that. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Moby-Destroyed.mp3 Moby, Destroyed, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Orchestral electronica is another area of ambient chamber music, and English composer Richard Anthony Jay has tapped into a sound of symphonic majesty with a real orchestra, but touched by electronica's atmospherics. He talks about his music and latest CD, Imperfect Beauty. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Jay.mp3 Richard Anthony Jay, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Despite their name, they don't hate radio, though but they do make music you won't hear broadcast much, except on Echoes. We'll hear from this English trio who can evoke early Pink Floyd one moment and Tangerine Dream the next. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RMI2011.mp3 RMI, Radio Massacre International, Berlin School, Sequencer, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The Forefathers are a Florida band whose guitar-centric sound is based on the e-bow and delay techniques popularized by the Scottish group, Big Country. Their all-instrumental music also embraces Americana with open-sky harmonica melodies. We talk to this band about their latest CD, Aurora. Thu, 26 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Forefathers.mp3 The Forefathers, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Always an exponent of Ambient Americana, guitarist Sumner McKane scores a soundtrack for a documentary called In the Blood, about Maine's logging industry in the early 20th century. He also produced the film. His score calls up folk themes and modern ambiences. Thu, 19 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SumnerMcKane2011.mp3 Sumner McKane, In The Blood, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's lullabies from the Middle East transformed by the voice of Iranian-born singer, Azam Ali. She updates these songs on a new CD called From Night To the Edge of Day. We talk to the singer, who has also been the voice of the Persian fusion groups Vas and Niyaz. Thu, 12 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AzamAli.mp3 Azam Ali, Vas, Niyaz, Lullaby, Persian, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Vicki Richards plays electric violin, and although she was inspired by the fusion music of the 1970s and 80s, her own sound is more introspective and drawn from personal experience. She talks about her new album, She Vanishes, the Echoes CD of the Month for April. Thu, 05 May 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-VickiRichards.mp3 Vicki Richards, Violin, Electric Violin, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Agnes Obel's debut album was the Echoes CD of the Month in January. We sit down with the Danish singer-songwriter who talks about the often personal stories behind her haunting and entrancing ambient chamber music songs. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Obel.mp3 Agnes Obel, Denmark, ambient, Ambient Chamber music, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org In his New York City apartment, Laurie Anderson's music director, Skuli Sverrisson, pulls out his bass, toy piano and more, when he reveals the concepts behind his subtle and complex ambient chamber music. His CD Seria II echoes Italian film composers Ennio Morricone and Nino Rota and sends them into atmospheric terrain. Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Sverrisson.mp3 Skulli Sverrisson, Iceland, Mo Boma, Echoes, ambient, Ambient Chamber music, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org 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 have just put out a new CD of atmospherically chilled music called Bordeaux. They talk about their music on Echoes. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BuddGuthrie2011.mp3 Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins, Echoes, ambient, Ambient Chamber music, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Heligoland is the name of an island off the coast of Germany, and also the title of a Massive Attack album, but it's also a group from Australia via Paris that creates an ethereal dream pop. Their new album, All Your Ships are White, was produced by ex-Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie. We talk to the band's founders, singer Karen Vogt and bassist Steve Wheeler, about Heligoland's journey geographically and musically. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Heligoland.mp3 Heligoland, Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins, Echoes, ambient, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Icelandic composer and keyboardist Olafur Arnalds sculpts an ambient chamber music landscape full of pensive moods and melodies that insinuate themselves in slow motion elegance. We talk with him about the chilled ambiences of his concept album, And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-OlafurArnalds.mp3 Olafur Arnalds, Iceland, ambient, Echoes, ambient, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org This composer and multi-instrumentalist built his reputation as the sultan of symphonic new age music, but on his new CD, Ambient World, he takes a more contemplative and textural approach. We talk with David Arkenstone about the Japanese influence on this album, which was our Echoes CD of the Month in February. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DavidArkenstone.mp3 David Arkenstone, Echoes, ambient, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Interview: In Treatment composer Richard Marvin. There isn't a lot of music in HBO's psychological drama, In Treatment, but listen at the end of each show and you'll hear a composition that taps the mood of these provocative psychological examinations. We talk to Richard Marvin who composed and played these electronic studies of the mind. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RichardMarvin.mp3 Richard Marvin, In Treatment, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He came to renown in the mid 1990s with his dance-fueled electronic hit, Children, but since then, Italian artist Robert Miles has pursued a course of electronic fusion, mixing jazz grooves and rock guitar, and world music elements into his sound. He has a new album called Thirteen that's a study in post-electric Miles Davis ambient textures. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RobertMiles.mp3 Robert Miles, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org In Norway, musicians seem to spin dream pop and electronic ambiences straight out of the arctic air. We'll hear one of the leading exponents of electronica, Royksopp, when they talk about their music from their surprisingly ambient new CD, Senior. Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Royksopp.mp3 Royksopp, Echoes, public radio, Norway Music no http://www.echoes.org Will Romano, author of Mountains Come Out of the Sky - The Illustrated History of Prog Rock, was too young to experience the heyday of progressive rock, but he's gone back to explore the sounds of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Yes, and more in this heavily researched book full of key interviews. We talk with Will Romano about the rise of prog. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-WillRomano.mp3 Will Romano, Echoes, Progressive Rock, Prog, Mountains Come Out of the Sky, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org In Sweden, Johan Agebjorn creates music of paradoxes. He's a fan of disco and has a hit group called Sally Shapiro. But he also makes deep ambient music. It's high-tech, but informed by Gregorian chants and recordings of trains his mother made. Join Echoes when Johan Agebjorn talks about his nordic electronica. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohanAgebjorn2011.mp3 Johan Agebjorn, Echoes, Sally Shapiro, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Fusing his Nashville background with influences ranging from finger-style iconoclast John Fahey to ambient pioneer Brian Eno, William Tyler picks out Americana songs tinged with deep atmosphere on his CD Behold the Spirit. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-WilliamTyler.mp3 William Tyler, Acoustic Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Cluster influenced a generation of musicians from Brian Eno to Johnny Rotten. The catalog of these German electronic legends is currently being reissued. Cluster founders Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius talk about their quirky, often home-brewed electronic sound from the 1970s and 80s. Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Cluster2011.mp3 Cluster, Kluster, Roedelius, Moebius, Eno, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Cellist and pianist Dave Eggar is a complicated musician who does session work for practically everyone, and has released albums from new age piano to sublime chamber works. His latest album finds him exploring Reggae music. Dave Eggar talks about music from Messiaen to Marley. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DaveEggar-Deoro.mp3 Dave Eggar, Deoro, Cello, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Near The Parenthesis is the performance name of Tim Arndt. He's a musician who mixes melodic piano lines with glitchy electronics and moody atmospheres. We go between the parentheses to find out the points and asides of his music. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-NearTheParenthesis2011.mp3 Near the Parenthesis, Tim Arndt, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Mark Preston was a rock drummer until he plugged in and found a deeper, personal space in electronic music. We talk with him about making his first album in high school and his latest CD, Nature and Design, an Echoes CD of the Month last November. Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MarkPreston.mp3 Mark Preston, Ambient Chamber Music, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Nils Petter Molvaer is a 21st century trumpeter from Norway who employs electronic rhythms, free improvisation and elaborate processing on his trumpet for a breathy, introspective sound. He talks about his music and latest album, Hamada. Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Molvaer2.mp3 Nils Petter Molvaer, trumpet, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org A boxharp is a zither instrument associated with Appalachian music and it's also the name of a quirky duo. Scott Solter and Wendy Allen create swampy, moody renditions of folk songs they've heard from people like Burl Ives. It's not your grandfather's Old Smokey. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Boxharp2.mp3 Boxharp, folktronica, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org On his website, Innerviews.org, Anil Prasad conducts introspective interviews with leading figures in music. Now he's written a book called Innerviews - Music Without Borders, with new and expanded interviews with artists like Bjork, Chuck D, Tangerine Dream and John McLaughlin. We interview Anil Prasad about Innerviews - Music Without Borders. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Innerviews.mp3 Anil Prasad, Innerviews, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning are veterans of Celtic crossover playing keyboards and flute. On a new CD of seasonal music called Under the Wonder Sky, they re-imagine Christmas. Joined by violinist Wendy Goodwin, the trio talks about the meaning of Christmas and Under the Wonder Sky. Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohnsonDunning2010.mp3 Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning, Wendy Goodwin, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org As Echoes celebrated its 20th anniversary, listeners voted for the 20 Icons of Echoes. Topping the poll by a wide margin was Brian Eno. Hear why this musician, Producer, philosopher and provocateur is considered so influential. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BrianEno-Icon.mp3 Brian Eno, Ambient, Icon of Echoes, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Like many of us, David Lanz grew up on The Beatles and now he's paid homage to the fab four with a CD of impressionistic Beatles covers called Liverpool: Re-imagining the Beatles. With Gary Stroutsos playing Chinese Xiao flute, they turn Beatles songs into expansive chamber works. They tell us about their sojourn to Liverpool. Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DavidLanz.mp3 David Lanz, Gary Stroutsos, The Beatles, Liverpool, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The American Dollar is a band, not a currency. In a bedroom in Queens, NY, John Emanuele and Rich Cupolo sculpt electronic and guitar dreamscapes that range from ambient to epic. Their music has turned up in ads and TV shows like CSI. We talk to The American Dollar about their music. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-TheAmericanDollar.mp3 The American Dollar, Ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ryuichi Sakamoto is the Academy Award winning, critically acclaimed, and willfully eclectic Japanese composer and pianist who has worked with David Bowie, David Byrne and many others. He also founded the pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra and has released a string of solo albums ranging in style from the romantic to the noisy. We talk about concepts of the noise of music with this innovative artist. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RyuichiSakamoto.mp3 RyuichiSakamoto, YMO, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org A boxharp is a zither instrument associated with Appalachian music and it's also the name of a quirky duo. Scott Solter and Wendy Allen create swampy, moody renditions of folk songs they've heard from people like Burl Ives. It's not your grandfather's Old Smokey. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Boxharp.mp3 Boxharp, folktronica, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org On his website, Innerviews.org, Anil Prasad conducts introspective interviews with leading figures in music. Now he's written a book called Innerviews - Music Without Borders with new and expanded interviews with artists like Bjork, Chuck D, Tangerine Dream and John McLaughlin. We interview Anil Prasad about Innerviews - Music Without Borders. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AnilPrasad.mp3 Anil Prasad, Innerviews, electronic music, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Moogfest 2010 is one of the biggest electronic music festivals of the year. With acts like Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, and Jonsi from Sigur Ros, it's less about Robert Moog and more about his legacy in an electronic world. We talk to the creators of Moogfest and Michelle Moog-Koussa, Moog's daughter and executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Mooogfest2010.mp3 Moogfest, Moog, Robert Moog, electronic music, music festival, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Nils Petter Molvaer is a 21st century trumpeter from Norway who employs electronic rhythms, free improvisation and elaborate processing on his trumpet for a breathy, introspective sound. He talks about his music and latest album, Hamada. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Molvaer.mp3 Nils Petter Molvaer, trumpet, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org You can't turn around these days without hearing the ringing metallic sounds of a Hang drum, but the English group called Portico Quartet takes this exotic instrument into a world of modal jazz improvisations. We'll talk with this chamber jazz ensemble. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PorticoQuatet.mp3 Portico Quartet, Hang Drum, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org No one heard of them 40 years ago, but the 1970s German bands Neu and Harmonia are now cited in every other review of hip alt-rock bands. We talk to a founder of those groups, guitarist Michael Rother, who is still creating brilliant music on his own, and who recently toured the U.S. Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MichaelRother.mp3 MichaelRother, Neu, Krautrock, Kraftwerk, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Producer Daniel Lanois says that Harold Budd plays like feathers on the piano. For over four decades, this composer has been charting a subtle course of ambient chamber music. We'll look back on his music, drawing from 30 years of interviews in an ambient portrait of our 20th Icon of Echoes. Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-HaroldBudd-Icon.mp3 Harold Budd, Ambient Music, Eno, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He plays piano like it's barely there, makes ambient music that whispers and has an electronica duo that seduces. His name is Keith Kenniff, but he records as Goldmund, Helios and Mint Julep. He talks about his fragile music and the new Goldmund album, Famous Places. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Goldmund.mp3 Goldmund, Mint Julep, Helios, Keith Kenniff, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Tierra Negra is a Flamenco guitar duo from Germany. They team up with American harp guitarist Muriel Anderson to play an intricate brand of world string music on their CD, New World Flamenco. We gather the trio to talk about guitar music from Andalusia to Nashville. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-TierraNegra-MurielAnderson.mp3 Tierra Negra, MurielAnderson, Flamenco, Fingerstyle Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org On Fillmore is a duo of audio landscapers. Glenn Kotche, the drummer from Wilco, and bassist Darin Gray use tuned percussion, acoustic bass, and assorted odds and ends to create soundscapes that are sometimes enveloping and sometimes discordant. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-OnFillmore.mp3 On Fillmore, Glenn Kotche, Wilco, Darin Gray, Echoes, public radio, percussion Music no http://www.echoes.org The voice of Dead Can Dance and numerous film scores like Gladiator, Lisa Gerrard channels spirits in a supralingua dialect of the imagination. Through 25 years of interviews, we look back on the music of this iconic, and iconoclastic artist. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LisaGerrard-Icon.mp3 Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Icons of Echoes, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Bruce Kaphan put the ambient in ambient Americana with his album Slider. Ten years later he returns with a new CD of pedal steel guitar melodies called Hybrid. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Brucekaphan.mp3 Bruce Kaphan, Pedal Steel Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Cellist and pianist Dave Eggar is a complicated musician who does session work for practically everyone, and has released albums from new age piano to sublime chamber works. His latest album finds him exploring Reggae music. Dave Eggar talks about music from Messiaen to Marley. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DaveEggar.mp3 Dave Eggar, Cello, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org When you mention guitar gods, Steve Hackett should be right in the thick of it. Coming to renown with the progressive rock group Genesis, Hackett's solo career is marked by expansive, dramatic compositions and solos that make him the Sultan of Sustain. At a triumphal performance at NEARfest 2010, we talk with Hackett about his music past and present. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SteveHackett.mp3 Steve Hackett, Genesis, guitar, Progressive Rock, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org We go into Laurie Anderson's Manhattan studio where the iconoclastic artist talks about her latest work, Homeland, a meditation on life's passage and politics. Critics are calling it her best work since Big Science. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LaurieAnderson2010.mp3 Laurie Anderson, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Guitarist Dave Bainbridge is best known for his work as founder of the Celtic progressive rock group, Iona. On his own and with Uilleann piper Troy Donockley, he sculpts meditative improvisations in cathedrals and expansively orchestrated studio works. We talk to him about a sound born in faith. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DaveBainbridge.mp3 Dave Bainbridge, Iona, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Afro Celt Sound System has contributed some of the defining sounds of Echoes with their mixture of African, Eastern, and Irish music, coupled with electronic grooves and moods. We look back at the energy-charged world fusion of this band. Echoes listeners voted them number 15 of 20 Icons of Echoes. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Afrocelts-Icons.mp3 Afrocelts, Afro Celt Sound System, Simon Emmerson, Iarla O'Lionaird, Real World Records, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Acclaimed downtempo electronic composer Bluetech gets his dub thing going on a new CD called Love Songs To the Source. Bluetech talks about his new electro-Jamaican Jams. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Bluetech2010.mp3 Bluetech, ambient, Evan Marc, Evan Bartholomew, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org We look back on the career of electronic composer Robert Rich, whose techno-tribal music and ambient dreamscapes reflect the state of the art in organic electronic music. Echoes lisyeners voted him number 14 of 20 Icons of Echoes. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RobertRich-Icon.mp3 Robert Rich, ambient, techno-tribal, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org We hear ghost stories from Hungry Lucy. They're an electronica duo from Ohio who take their name from a horror tale and take their music from the interior dreams of singer Christa Belle and electronic artist Warren Harrison. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-HungryLucy.mp3 Hungry Lucy, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Wolfram Spyra is a German electronic artist who falls between the early space music of Klaus Schulze and the modern dance music of techno. He started as an avant-garde sound installation artist before turning to space music and techno. We hear the story of a 3rd generation space musician with Spyra. Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Spyra.mp3 Spyra, Space Music, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org She started out as a two-handed tapping, acoustic finger-style phenomenon, but over the last decade, Kaki King has remolded herself as a punky singer-songwriter wailing on electric guitar. We talk about her evolution and new CD, Junior. Thu, 27 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KakiKing2010.mp3 Kaki King, Acoustic Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Michael Hedges died in 1997, but he remains the most revolutionary acoustic guitarist of the last 30 years. His records on Windham Hill remain as standards of captivating composition married to two-handed tapping and other innovative techniques. Michael appeared on Echoes several times. We look back on his words and music. Thu, 20 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MichaelHedges-Icon.mp3 Michael Hedges, Windham Hill, Acoustic Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Jazz guitarist Ralph Towner from the group Oregon and Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu talk about their unique and intimate meeting born in intuitive interplay and improvisation on their ECM album, Chiaroscuro. Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Towner-Fresu.mp3 Ralph Towner, Paolo Fresu, Oregon, Jazz guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Veteran English electronic duo Sounds from the Ground has just released new music, reissues and lost tracks. We revisit our interview with a band who create a sampledelic mix of chilled sounds. Thu, 06 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SFTG.mp3 Sounds From The Ground, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The Greek synthesist Vangelis has been recording for over four decades, creating symphonic electronic orchestrations and dark ambient expanses. His work includes the films Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner and epic albums like Albedo 0.39 and Oceanic. As number 11 of 20 Icons of Echoes, we hear the Greek electronic giant talk about his career. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Vengelis-Icon.mp3 Vangelis, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Interview - Time for Three. Their name is a little awkward, but their music is anything but, as this young string trio, playing violins and bass talk about their eclectic backgrounds and a music that goes from Arvo Part to Orange Blossom Special. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-TimeForThree.mp3 Time For Three, Echoes, String Trio, Zach De Pue, Nick Kendall, Ranaan Meyer, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Scott August built his reputation as a player of Native American flutes, but on his new CD, he takes his flutes into space with a sound that reveals the influence of 70s space music. His CD is called Radiant Sky and Scott August illuminates it on Echoes. Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ScottAugust2010.mp3 Scott August, Echoes, Native American Flute, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's one of 20 Icons of Echoes when we profile Moby. He looks back on his career from his techno-rave daze to his album Play and his latest, Wait for Me. For our 20th Anniversary, listeners voted Moby the 9th of 20 Icons of Echoes. Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Moby-Icon.mp3 Moby, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's a transmission from All India Radio. They're not from India, though. They're a band from Australia that makes global ambient music full of Americana touches and inviting atmospheres. We talk long distance to All India Radio operator Martin Kennedy. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AllIndiaRadio.mp3 All India Radio, Martin Kennedy, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Four virtuoso guitarists from Germany, Israel and America talk about a convergence of finger-style guitar approaches. We speak with Brian Gore, Stephen Bennett, Lulo Reinhardt and Itamar Erez of International Guitar Night 2010. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-IGN2010.mp3 International Guitar Night, Brian Gore, Stephen Bennett, Lulo Reinhardt, Itamar Erez, Fingerstyle Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org We survey the music of Canadian singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt, a musician who has moved from folky Celtic harp music to global extravaganzas. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LoreenaMcKennitt-Icon.mp3 Loreena McKennit, Icons of Echoes, Celtic, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy step into the Echoes Chamber. These two British synthesists, members of Arc, hear electronic sounds from the past and present. While they try to guess the artists, they also place them in the orbit of their own music in a conversation with John Diliberto. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Arc-EchoesChamber.mp3 R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Will Clipman, Native Aerican Flute, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ambient chamber music composer Kevin Keller's In Absentia is a study in finely calibrated emotions dealing with the disappearance and likely death of his father-in-law. Keller talks about crafting this chamber music in his New York bedroom studio. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Keller2010.mp3 Kevin Keller, Ambient Chamber Music, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's a study in intuitive improvisation and southwestern soundscaping when R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton and Will Clipman talk about their new CD, Dancing into Silence. Its serene performances are born from three musicians completely in tune. Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Nakai2010.mp3 R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton, Will Clipman, Native American Flute, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Bands are still borrowing from the sounds created by Tangerine Dream in the 1970s. We look back on over 40 years of space music from this German electronic band, which Echoes listeners voted one of 20 Icons of Echoes. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-TangerineDream.mp3 Tangerine Dream, Space music, Froese, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org All he did was found Windham Hill Records and jump-start the finger-style guitar renaissance. We look back at the career of guitarist Will Ackerman, one of 20 Icons of Echoes. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-WillAckermanIcon.mp3 Will Ackerman, Guitar, Windham Hill, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Pianist Kori Linae Carothers talks about her intimate chamber music, her recent CD Trillium, and playing with guitarist Will Ackerman and flugelhornist Jeff Oster. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KoriLinaeCarothers.mp3 Kori Linae Carothers, Will Ackerman, Piano, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Acclaimed jazz guitarist Pat Metheny plugs to the Orchestrion, a massive instrument based on the old player piano orchestrations of yore. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PatMetheny2010.mp3 Pat Metheny, Orchestrion, guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Nashville guitarist Michael Spriggs talks about his evolution from country picking to ambient Americana with his album Neurasenia, our Echoes CD of the Month from December. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MichaelSpriggs2010.mp3 Michael Spriggs, Guitar, Nashville, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org In the world of string quartets there is before and after Kronos, the ensemble that revolutionized the form, playing new music from Steve Reich to Sigur Ros. We talk with founder David Harrington about Kronos past and present. Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KronosQuartet.mp3 Kronos Quartet, David Harrington, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He's a collaborator with Brian Eno, played with Imogen Heap and is all over the last Coldplay album. On his own, Jon Hopkins makes a lyrical, glitch-strewn music based in acoustic piano. We talk with him about battered uprights and Kaos Pads. Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JonHopkins09.mp3 Jon Hopkins, Brian Eno, Electronica, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org We continue our journey through 20 Echoes Icons with Patrick O'Hearn, a composer, keyboardist and bassist who has been making organically beautiful instrumental music since his 1985 debut, Ancient Dreams. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PatrickOHearn-Icon.mp3 Patrick O'Hearn, Icons of Echoes, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org An African griot meets a German jazz trumpeter when Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze talk about their unlikely and serenely beautiful collaboration. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-CissokoGoetze.mp3 Ablaye Cissoko, Volker Goetze, Kora, Trumpet, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Americana is a genre that usually refers to rustic music with roots in heartland sounds from folk, blues and country. In 2009, Americana emerged in some unusual locations on Echoes, including jazz, the avant-garde and electronica. John Diliberto's top three albums for 2009 are all dipping into a new stream of 21st century Americana. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-NewAmericana.mp3 Americana, Bill Frisell, Moby, Jon Hassell, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org His followers are legion. His layered, delayed and reverbed guitar sound instantly recognizable. Robin Guthrie talks about music after the Cocteau Twins, his influential 80s band and his new album, Carousel. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RobinGuthrie.mp3 Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins, Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Anna Schaad is a musician steeped in fantasy and besotted by her Navy pilot husband. They both inform her dramatic and evocative music on the album, Dream Within A Dream. Anna Schaad talks about her inspirations. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AnnaSchaad.mp3 Anna Schaad, Violin, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Listeners voted Steve Roach as number two of 20 Icons for 20 Years of Echoes. We'll look back at one of the most influential electronic artists of the last 30 years. From his CDs Structures from Silence to Dreamtime Return and Destination Beyond, Roach's music has been a touchstone of modern ambient and techno-tribal music. Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-IE-Roach.mp3 Steve Roach, Icons of Echoes, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It's been 40 years since Daevid Allen convened his space gypsy rock band Gong which influenced everyone from Ozric Tentacles to Steve Roach. Allen and guitarist Steve Hillage talk about the daze of Gong. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Gong.mp3 Gong, Daevid Allen, Steve Hillage, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Senegalese singer Baaba Maal talks about the evolution of the African Griot and his own ethereal new CD, Television, recorded with The Brazilian Girls. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BaabaMaal.mp3 Baaba Maal, Senegal, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Singer Donna DeLory talks about life in a post-Madonna world as the former back-up singer continues on her path of spiritual pop and mantra chants. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DeLoryDonna2009.mp3 Donna DeLory, Madonna, Kirtan, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Urban Nature is the duo of guitarist Todd Boston and percussionist Ramesh Kannan. They're updating the East-West fusion of John McLaughlin's Shakti, adding looping electronics to their already diverse sound. We talk to these two musicians about their album, Coming Home. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-UrbanNature.mp3 Urban Nature, Indian Music, Fusion, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Echoes is featuring 20 Icons of Echoes, to celebrate 20 years of Echoes. When we asked the listeners to vote, Brian Eno easily topped the listener poll. Hear why when we profile the iconoclastic and influential musician. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Eno-Brian-20Icons.mp3 Brian Eno, Ambient, Icons of Echoes, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Keyboardist Jeff Johnson and legendary guitarist Phil Keaggy collaborate on a tone poem to the Frio river. It mixes multiple guitars and keyboard textures into one of the most perfect albums of the year. It's the Echoes CD of the Month for October. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Keaggy-JohnsonEL.mp3 Phil Keaggy, Jeff Johnson, Frio Suite, Frio River, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Huun Huur Tu is a band from Tuva specializing in the ancient style of harmonic singing that comes from that region. Their music is combined with the electronics and arrangements of Carmen Rizzo, known for his work with Niyaz, Inbar Bakal and his own electronica recordings. It's a meeting of cultures when they come together. Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-CarmenRizzo-HHT.mp3 Carmen Rizzo, Huun Huur Tuu, Tuva, Overtone Singing, Ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Chris Bocast is a journeyman guitarist who plays ambient guitar. When he was living in Colorado, he teamed up with MJ Catalin, a Romanian drummer and electronic musician. The two have never met, but they create a virtual ensemble ambient sound on their album, Stratagem, which was our Echoes CD of the Month for August. Chris Bocast talks about his internet music collaboration Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ChrisBocast.mp3 Chris Bocast, MJ Catalin, Ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org There are a lot of looping, electric cellists out there, but Rena Jones is one of the few who is also orchestrating her own electronica backings, creating patterns of rhythms, glitches and ambient moods. Her previous album, Driftwood, was an Echoes favorite and her latest, Indra's Web, follows suit. We get tangled up with Rena Jones. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RenaJones2009.mp3 Rena Jones, Cello, Electronica, Ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It was 20 years ago that Toby Marks and Andy Guthrie formed Banco De Gaia, an ambient oscillation that has fused techno and ethnic music, psychedelic moods and ambient designs. Only Toby Marks remains and he's just released a double CD called Memories, Dreams, Reflections that features cover versions of songs that influenced him by Pink Floyd and King Crimson, classic Banco tracks revisited, and live performances. Toby Marks looks back at 20 years of edgy bliss. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BancoDeGaia2009.mp3 Banco De Gaia, Ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Harold Budd had never heard of Cock Robin or their guitarist, Clive Wright. And Clive Wright had never heard of pianist Harold Budd. But when Budd moved out into the desert spaces of Joshua Tree, California, where the English-born Wright had lived for years, they got together for a pair of albums that match Budd's spacious melodic sensibilities and Wright's deep reverb ambiences. We hear about their desert reveries. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BuddWright.mp3 Harold Budd, Clive Wright, Ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ben Neill is the sole player of an instrument called the Mutantrumpet. It has three different bells, two sets of valves, a mini-trombone slide and electronics. Neill deploys this contraption in electronica forays full of morphing rhythms and melodies that shift through timbral voices as if they were injected into a kaleidoscope. Ben Neill has been playing the mutantrumpet for about two decades and he talks about his latest moves in an album called Night Science. Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BenNeill.mp3 Ben Neill, Mutantrumpet, Trumpet, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Karda Estra is the recording persona of English composer Richard Wileman. He started out as a rocker but veered into composing classical works for chamber ensembles and electric guitar. His imagery tends to be gothic and his music dramatic. We'll talk to him about a sound that falls between progressive rock and classical cracks. Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KardaEstra.mp3 Karda Estra, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Battlestar Galactica was one of the most sophisticated science fiction shows on television and Bear McCreary composed a soundtrack to match. It's a score based on acoustic instruments, and very traditional ones at that. The fourth season soundtrack has just been released on CD. Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BearMcCreary2009.mp3 Bear McCreary, Battlestar Galactica, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Inbar Bakal is an Israeli singer born of Yemeni and Iraqi parents. Her music, composed with producer and Niyaz member Carmen Rizzo, is a fusion of global grooves and electronic moods, all topped by her sensual voice. Inbar and Carmen talk about their collaboration. Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-InbarBakal.mp3 Inbar Bakal, Carmen Rizzo, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org It was John Cage who suggested that music was always in the air, and John Luther Adams has been tapping that sound for over 30 years. His evocative, atmospheric and sometimes stormy compositions evoke his longtime home in Fairbanks, Alaska. We talk with the noted composer about his life and his permanent ambient installation, The Place Where You Go To Listen, where music is triggered by seismic, magnetic and cosmological events. Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JLAdams.mp3 John Luther Adams, Alaska, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Loner is the recording persona of Geoff Smith, an English singer-songwriter with a penchant for introspective moods, haiku-like lyrics, and songs that linger in your mind like a lost lover. In his London flat, he's composed two CDs filled with melancholy moods. His latest is called Western Sci Fi. Geoff Smith talks about the solitude of Loner. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Loner.mp3 Loner, Geoff Smith, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Bill Frisell is not only one of the best guitarists of our age, but one of the most conceptual. Since his 1983 debut on ECM, he's charted a singular course, mixing country ambience and electronic distortion, weaving together music from Aaron Copland to Madonna, plus his own originals. He's a guitarist's guitarist, a musician's musician and he talks with us about his music, on Echoes. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BillFrisell.mp3 Bill Frisell, Guitar, Disfarmer, ECM, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Rhian Sheehan is a composer from New Zealand who gets to a place of exultant stillness on his CD, Standing in Silence. It's an album born from isolation and innocence. He rummages through his daughter's toy box, emerging with xylophones and music boxes that he electronically deconstructs and weaves into arrangements for electronics and ambient guitar, making the music itself sound like a lost artifact plucked from the dust and silence of another culture. From New Zealand, we talk with Rhian Sheehan. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RhianSheehan.mp3 Rhian Sheehan, music box, electronica, ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Moby has made his most personal album yet. It's called Wait for Me and it's a CD of deep textures, soulful ruminations and unexpected turns. Moby says - It's really designed for one listener. It's not designed for a party, it's not designed for 20 people in a bar or night club to listen to. It's for someone lying in bed Sunday morning 9 o'clock when it's raining outside. We go inside Wait for Me when we talk with Moby. Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Moby2.mp3 Moby, Wait for Me, electronica, ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org In the first of two interviews we talk with Moby about his career that has taken him from the disco dance floors of New York City to an avatar of electronic music that has found favor in the pop charts, on films and in commercials. Moby takes us from his days as the man behind many pseudonyms to his latest album, Wait for Me. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Moby1.mp3 Moby, Wait for Me, electronica, ambient, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Matthew Schoening is in the second generation of looping cellists. He plays an instrument that looks like an electric stick, but it sounds like a string orchestra when he layers it in real time performance. Schoening talks about his journey from lapsed cellist to sound technician and back into the new world of music making. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MatthewSchoening.mp3 Matthew Schoening, Cello, looping, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The Mellotron was the sound of progressive rock and space music in the 1970s. Before digital synthesizers, it was an instrument that played back the sounds of orchestras, choirs, and more. It generated the grandeur of The Moody Blues, Tangerine Dream, King Crimson and many others. In her new documentary Mellodrama, director Dianna Dilworth has chronicled the birth of the Mellotron, going back to the late 1940s and the Chamberlin keyboard. We talk to her about these instruments and their epic journey. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Mellodrama.mp3 Mellodrama, Mellotron, Dianna Dillworth, Progressive Rock, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Mono doesn't take its name from the audio configuration. This band is in full, glorious stereo, but they have a singular focus on making an orchestral rock guitar music that owes as much to Explosions in the Sky as Arvo Part. We talk with Mono founder, guitarist Takaakira Goto, about his dynamic music heard on the CD, Hymn to the Immortal Wind. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Mono.mp3 Mono, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ray Montford is one of those chameleon guitarists who can play just about anything, but on his latest album, A Fragile Balance, he creates and ambient Americana that's like a meeting of Pink Floyd and Ry Cooder. We talk to this gifted musician about his long career in the music trenches and music that touches the sky. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RayMontford.mp3 Ray Montford, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Leo Abrahams is a guitarist who can pluck a plaintive acoustic guitar melody and turn around to mutate his guitar into an ambient abstraction. A sideman with Brian Eno, this ambient accomplice heads for the pastoral side on his CD, The Grape and the Grain. With elements of Americana and English folk music, he creates a lyric recording that's like a soundtrack for the harvest. Leo Abrahams talks about his music on Echoes. Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LeoAbrahams2009.mp3 Leo Abrahams, Guitar, Brian Eno, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Mark Dwane has been a fixture on Echoes since his debut album, The Monuments of Mars. The signposts of Mark's music are expansive, cinematic melodies, propulsive grooves and chordal sweeps that send you careening into space. His albums often have mythic and sci-fi themes, including his latest album, Other Worlds. Although he has been played on Echoes from the beginning and had CDs of the Month selections, this is Mark's first Echoes interview. Thu, 21 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MarkDwane.mp3 Mark Dwane, Guitar Synhesizer, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman came to renown in Prince's 1980s band, The Revolution, helping him compose the music on albums like Purple Rain. But the duo has been on their own for more than 20 years and can now be heard on the soundtracks for TV shows like Crossing Jordan, Nurse Jackie, and Heroes. Wendy and Lisa talk about the music of Heroes and their new album, White Flags of Winter Chimneys. Thu, 14 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-WendyLisa.mp3 Wendy and Lisa, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Prince, Heroes, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Morgan Doctor is a world music percussionist who's as likely to play Indian tabla drums in a Kirtan session with Durga Das as mount the stage with The Cliks, a Canadian power-punk band. On her second solo album, Other Life, she creates imagery-laden journeys colored with Indian instruments and ambient designs. We talk with Morgan Doctor about her Other Life on Echoes. Thu, 07 May 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MorganDoctor.mp3 MorganDoctor, percussion, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Canadian guitarist Antoine DuFour is a fingerstyle 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 fingerstyle guitar Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AntoineDufour.mp3 Antoine Dufour, Fingerstyle Guitar, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org 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 Part 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. Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MandrakeProject.mp3 Mandrake Project, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Christopher Guest is best known for film parodies like A Mighty Wind, Best of Show and most notably, This is Spinal Tap where he plays Nigel Tufnel in the wasted heavy metal band of the title. You might think The Beyman Brothers were a parody as well, but Guest, who is a serious musician, has teamed up with childhood friend David Nichtern of Drala and "Midnight at the Oasis" fame and longtime music collaborator CJ Vanston to create an album of evocative world chamber folk music called Memories of Summer As a Child. The Beyman Brothers give us a real interview. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BeymanBros.mp3 Beyman Brothers, Christopher Guest, David Nichtern, Drala, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Morgan Doctor is one of those musicians who finds herself between worlds. The music on her new solo album, Other Life, is marked by imagery laden instrumental journeys colored with Indian instruments and ambient designs. She's a world music percussionist who's just as likely to play Indian tabla drums in a Kirtan session with Durga Das as mount the stage with the rock band The Cliks. Her album is Other Life, and she creates other music, falling well between the cracks. Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MorganDoctorEL.mp3 Morgan Doctor, percussion, Echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org There aren't too many instrumental albums that will cite political journalist Amy Goodman in the acknowledgments. David Darling has created a post-Bush meditation of chamber cello orchestrations called Prayer for Compassion. We go to the lair of the lord of largo who takes us into the deep and layered world of his music. Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DavidDarling.mp3 David Darling, Cello, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Steve Roach and Erik Wollo are contemporaries from opposite sides of the world and opposite ends of the thermometer. But after three decades of mutual admiration, they got together to collaborate on an expansive CD that took both musicians out of their comfort zones and into new terrain. We connect these artists over transcontinental space to hear their Stream of Thought. Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RoachWollo.mp3 Steve Roach, Erik Wollo, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Roger O'Donnell spent the better part of his career as keyboardist with moody rockers The Cure during their heyday in the 1980s and 90s. But now that he's out on his own, he's traded rock stardom for retro-electronic music played almost exclusively on the Moog Voyager synthesizer. O'Donnell talks about his personal electronic music on his latest CD, Songs from the Silver Box. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RogerODonnell.mp3 Roger O'Donnell, The Cure, Moog, Minimog, Moog Voyager, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He's played with Alice Cooper, Flo and Eddie and was a charter member of Sonia Dada. But when he sat in his home north of Chicago all by himself, bassist Erik Scott came up with an introspective, all-instrumental album that showed what the electric bass can do in the service of evocative compositions. His album is called Other Planets. Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ErikScott.mp3 Erik Scott, Bass, Sonia Dada, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Bill Bruford is the drummer's drummer. He came to renown with progressive rockers Yes, changed perceptions of percussion with several stints in King Crimson and then turned away from rock with his own brainy jazz group, Earthworks. Now he's announced his retirement and dropped a biting tome, "Bill Bruford: The Autobiography" that talks about life on the road and the changing shape of music. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BillBruford.mp3 Bill Bruford, Drums, Progressive Rock, Yes, King Crimson, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Jon Hassell's latest album is called "Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street," a title taken from a 13th century poem by Rumi. Mixing laptops, layered compositions, and live sound processing, it often sounds like Miles Davis meeting Arvo Part, tuning in signals from space. We talk with Jon Hassell about Fourth World music in the 21st Century. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JonHassell2009.mp3 Jon Hassell, trumpet, Fourth World, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org 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, Tchamantche that moves through deep meditations and joyous hymns. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RokiaTraore.mp3 Rokia Traore, Mali, griot, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org One of the often overlooked figures of progressive rock is Japanese composer Stomu Yamash'ta. In the 1970s, Yamash'ta played with Stevie Winwood, Al Di Meola and Klaus Schulze. Many of his seminal albums have just been reissued. We travel back to Taidokoju Temple for a meditation with Stomu Yamash'ta. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-StomuYamashta.mp3 Stomu Yamashta, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org We explore a couple of new programs for the computer and iPod that let you make your own ambient dreamscapes. One is the Buddha Machine and the other is Brian Eno's Bloom. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BuddhaBloom.mp3 Bloom, Brian Eno, Buddha Machine, Buddha Machine Wall, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Seb Taylor is a musician of many guises, recording under the names Hibernation, Shakta, and Digitalis. But his most fertile persona has been as Kaya Project with his partner, Natasha Chamberlain. Their third full-length album, And So It Goes, expands on the merger of ethno-electronica with world music exotica. Taylor talks about mixing global musicians with his own electronics and slide guitar in a world music of the imagination. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KayaProject.mp3 Kaya Project, Seb Taylor, Natasha Chamberlain, Hibernation, Shakta, Digitalis, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Johann Johannsson's CD Fordlandia was one of the most haunting albums of 2008 with its deep ambient chamber music designs. From his home in Reykjavik, Johannsson talks about music that explores the philosophical ramifications of IBM computers from the 1960s and the failed totalitarian utopia of Fordlandia. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohannJohannsson.mp3 Johann Johannsson, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Johan Agebjorn is a musician who lives in two worlds connected by electronic wires. With a project called Sally Shapiro, he makes smooth electronic dance music. Under his own name, he explores ambient sounds, environmental spaces and gothic tinged melodies. Agebjorn talks about his snow shrouded sound. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohannAgebjorns.mp3 Johann Agebjorn, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org John Gregorius is a finger-style guitarist who places his instrument in ambient soundscapes on his album, Heaven and Earth, our December CD of the Month. He has played rock and roll, but he merges Windham Hill-style acoustics with Steve Tibbetts-style landscaping. John Gregorius talks about his guitar journey, which includes the Christian imagery that suffuses his music. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohnGregorius.mp3 John Gregorius, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org In another time, say the 1950s or 60s, Saul Stokes might have been considered an experimental composer, constructing his own instruments, creating random events, bypassing conventional musical form. But rarely has an experimental composer made music as haunting and soulful as that heard on his new CD, Villa Galaxia. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SaulStokes-EL.mp3 Saul Stokes, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Celtic music and Christmas go together as well as The Messiah by Handel and Christmas. If you want to tap into that contemplative, fireplace, snowflakes and Christmas tree mood, there is nothing like a good Celtic aire to get you there. John Diliberto looks at new releases from Enya, Loreena McKennitt and Aine Minogue. Thu, 25 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-CelticXmas-EL.mp3 Celtic, Christmas, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Aine Minogue, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org John Eurell Senior was a rock and roll guitarist who hung up his axe to get on with life when he started playing acoustic guitar with his son, John Junior. For the last several years, they've been playing as Sundad mixing twin acoustic guitars in the spirit of fusion artists like John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola. John Jr. and Sr. talk about coming together on music while at different points in their lives. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Sundad.mp3 Sundad, Acoustic guitar, fusion, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org A lot of instrumental players decide they want to be singers, but usually, that means they start writing songs with words. Dean De Benedictis, who has recorded several electronic albums under his own name and as Surface 10, has gone another way. He's using his voice to make electronic music. On his album, A Cambient Variations, all the sounds come from his voice, but he layers, loops and processes that voice into an ambient dreamscape. Dean De Benedictis opens his mouth and talks about singing. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DeanDeBenedictis.mp3 R Carlos Nakai, Native American Flute, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org R. Carlos Nakai put the Native American flute on the map and he's taken it to places no one could have ever expected, from canyons to concert halls, world fusions to electric excursions. He sits down in the darkness of the Echoes Chamber where host John Diliberto plays him music, including people who may have influenced him, and artists he has influenced. Join R. Carlos Nakai in the Echoes Chamber as he tries to identify music on the wind. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-NakaiEC.mp3 R Carlos Nakai, Native American Flute, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The Marcin Wasilewski Trio are just barely old enough to remember communist rule in Poland, but to them, jazz represented freedom. They express that freedom in intuitive, and often introspective improvisations that play with colors as much as notes. We talk to these three musicians who have been playing together since they were teenagers. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Wasilewski.mp3 Marcin Wasilewski Trio, ECM, Jazz, piano, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org For several years, guitarist Sumner McKane has been releasing albums of evocative soundscapes dipped in Americana as cinematic as a John Ford western and as nuanced as an Andrew Wyeth painting. But McKane's landscapes are tinged in ambient atmospheres and pulled by an undertow of psychedelia that makes it some of the most unassumingly mind-bending music of the decade. In his home north of Portland, Maine, Sumner McKane takes us through the photo album of his latest CD - What A Great Place to Be. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SumnerMcKane.mp3 Sumner McKane, ambient americana, psychedelic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter are best known for playing the Celtic harp, but that doesn't quite convey what happened when they got together on the album, Two Worlds One. Besides their harps, they pulled out violin, bandura, bouzouki, guitar and more, creating enhanced duets on original songs and traditional tunes from Scandinavia. Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter take us on a journey where two worlds and two hearts became one. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LynneFrankfurter.mp3 Lisa Lynne, Aryeh Frankfurter, Celtic Harp, Harp, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Artists like Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze did have musical children and among them is a musician named Vic Hennegan. He makes a music born of technology and reveling in spacious rhythms and layered timbres. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Hennegan-EchoLocation.mp3 Bombay Dub Orchestra, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org East-west fusions have been going on since at least the early 1960s when Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar sat down with musicians like jazz saxophonist Bud Shank and classical violinist Yehudi Menuhin. That cross-legged crossover hasn't stopped, and one of the latest iterations comes from the Bombay Dub Orchestra. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BDO-EchoLocation.mp3 Bombay Dub Orchestra, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Rudy Perrone is a guitarist from Long Island who played progressive rock with a band called Cathedral and explored solo music as an acoustic player. His CD, The Language of Spirits, was produced by Windham Hill Records founder and guitarist, Will Ackerman. Rudy Perrone talks about his journey from prog rock to idyllic acoustics. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RudyPerrone.mp3 Rudy Perrone, Will Ackerman, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Fernwood is a group that's hard to pin down. They mix Americana elements with Appalachian strings along with bouzoukis from the Middle East and Ireland and sitars from India. Headed up by Todd Montgomery and Gayle Ellett who also plays guitar in the ultra-progressive rock band, Djam Karet, Fernwood creates a global chamber music with Americana accents and cinematically inclined melodies. Fernwood talks about music made on wooden instruments, on Echoes. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Fernwood.mp3 Fernwood, Djam Karet, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Jesse Cook was among a wave of flamenco inspired guitarists who came along in the wake of Ottmar Liebert's Nouveau Flamenco. But he's risen above the crowd with a combination of charismatic showmanship and melodically driven tunes. Jesse comes to the Echoes studio with his band to talk about life after children and turning a Bob Dylan tune into a Rhumba. Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JesseCook.mp3 Jesse Cook, Flamenco, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org They aren't from Asia, but this Milwaukee trio is making an exotic brand of post-rock music merged with ambient aesthetics. They layer guitars, keyboards, drums and electronics in cinematic landscapes that have a heroic sound despite some foreboding titles like Radars Over the Ghosts of Chernobyl. We talk to these architects of ambient rock about roots that go from shoegazer rock to New Age music. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LightsOutAsia.mp3 Lights Out Asia, Ambient, Milwaukee, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Al Di Meola came to renown with Chick Corea's Return to Forever, garnered his own fame with a string of signature fusion albums, and then returned to acoustic guitar for world fusions and tango dances. In the midst of his reunion tour with Return to Forever, AL Di Meola stepped into the Echoes Chamber, where he talked about music from those who influenced him and those he influenced. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DimeolaEchoesChamber.mp3 Al Di Meola, Return to Forever, Fusion, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Near The Parenthesis is the performance name of Tim Arndt. He's a musician who mixes melodic piano lines with glitchy electronics and moody atmospheres. We go between the parentheses to find out the points and asides of his music. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-NearTheParenthesis.mp3 Near The Parenthesis, glitch, Tim Arndt, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Juno Reactor is a techno-ambient collective centered on Ben Watkins. He began as a more conventional techno-composer but has expanded his sound considerably to include flamenco guitars, Latin Chants and heavy metal thunder. In recent years he's composed music for the Matrix films. Ben Watkins talks about his own music matrix. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JunoReactor.mp3 Juno Reactor, Ben Watkins, The Matrix, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ronn McFarlane plays impeccable early music with the Baltimore Consort, but when he wasn't playing music from Renaissance masters like Anonymous, he was writing his own music which uses contemporary guitar playing techniques and a melodic sensibility that's more cinematic than baroque. Ronn McFarlane talks about his new music for lute on his CD Indigo Road Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RonnMcFarlane.mp3 Ronn McFarlane, Lute, Renaissance, Early Music, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org JOHN CAGE - IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES Few contemporary composers had the influence of John Cage. From experimental music to minimalism, Brian Eno to George Winston, echoes of John Cage continue to resound to this day, more than 6 decades after his "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano" were first published. John Cage was a conceptualist of sound who turned even silence into music as he did with his famous piece, 4 minutes and 33 seconds. John Cage died in August of 1992. but we hear his thoughts in sound from a 1987 interview. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohnCage.mp3 Alex De Grassi, Echoes Chamber, Fingerstyle Guitar, Windham Hill, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Alex De Grassi was among a handful of guitarists who defined finger-style playing in the 1970s and 80s. We put Alex under the headphones and play him music sight unseen as he identifies contemporaries, influences and musical progeny. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DeGrassiEC.mp3 Alex De Grassi, Echoes Chamber, Fingerstyle Guitar, Windham Hill, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Ozric Tentacles grew out of 1980s rave culture in England, but they took their cues from the 70s psychedelic space music of Gong more than the thump of techno. Headed up by Ed Wynne, a classic guitar hero with a spacescape mind, they've released several albums and toured relentlessly since they formed at Stonehenge in 1984. Ed and bassist-synthesist Brandi Wynne take us on a trip through the world of Ozric Tentacles. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-OzricTentacles.mp3 OzricTentacles, Ambient Music, Progressive Rock, Gong, Steve Hillage, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Italian composer Luciano Berio was an icon of 20th century avant-garde music standing alongside John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ludovico Einaudi studied with Berio but took a different path towards consonant music and a lush harmonic language that is folk-like in its simplicity. We talk to him about his ambient chamber music. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Einaudi.mp3 Ludovico Einaudi, Ambient Chamber Music, Luciano Berio, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org He scored the strings for the Sid Vicious rendition of the song My Way and hung out with Brian Eno, but Simon Jeffes is best known for his idiosyncratic and influential chamber group, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Simon Jeffes died in 1997 but his CDs are all being reissued. We revisit an interview with this pioneering composer. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PenguinCafeOrch.mp3 Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Simon Jeffes, Brian Eno, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Alu is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, who creates ambient soundscapes for her songs of lost innocence, cultural ennui and interior dialogues. With a voice that sounds like Kate Bush in a cabaret, Alu sings of casket salesmen, circus cosmos and buzzin' brains that populate her captivating fantasy stories. We talk about her sophomore album, Lobotomy Sessions. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Alu.mp3 Alu, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org 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. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Ultimae.mp3 Ultimae, Aes Dana, Solar Fields, electronica, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Kevin Bartlett is a mutant guitarist who wrestles unearthly sounds and siren calls from his electric instrument. A devotee of progressive rock like Genesis and Mike Oldfield, he's created a progressive opus on his second outing called Glow in the Dark. Kevin Bartlett illuminates his music in an Echoes interview. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KevinBartlett.mp3 Kevin Bartlett, Aural Gratification, Progressive Rock, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH RETURN TO FOREVER. In the 1970s, Chick Corea's Return to Forever was among the Gods of Fusion. The classic version of that band has gotten back together for a reunion tour. Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke return to the birth of fusion when they talk about Return to Forever then and now on Echoes Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ReturnTOForever.mp3 Return to Forever, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Al DiMeola, fusion, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH BIOMUSIQUE Biomusique is a new group, but the musicians in it have been making challenging music for years. Lisbeth Scott is the singer from State of Grace and numerous soundtracks including the Narnia films. Greg Ellis was the percussion half of the Persian fusion duo Vas. The two artists get together on a series of meditations for voice and global atmospheres that take them into new and intimate terrain. They bring us with them to the spirit behind The 10,000 Steps. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Biomusique.mp3 Biomusique, Greg Ellis, Lisbeth Scott, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH SASHA Welsh born electronic composer Sasha is one of the early figures of ambient house and rave culture. He mentored musicians like BT and he's recently put out a new collection of remixes that includes his epic soundtrack to the surf film, New Emissions of Light and Sound. Sasha lights us up on Echoes. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Sasha.mp3 Gooding, guitar, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORB It's been 17 years since The Orb unleashed Little Fluffy Clouds on the world and opened the door for groups like the Future Sound of London, Loop Guru and DJ Spooky. Original Orb members Alex Paterson and Youth get back together on a new CD of hallucinogenic grooves and surreal landscapes called The Dream. The Orb talks about their sample and slice journey. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-TheOrb.mp3 Gooding, guitar, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH GOODING Gooding is a hard rock guitarist by night with his group, The Angel Devil, but by day he finds a more impressionistic instrumental side where he's often playing acoustic guitar over electronic backings. His albums have a charming retro design with family portraits and titles like Clap If You Love Vampires. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Gooding.mp3 Gooding, guitar, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The members of the Ahn Trio are the only musicians selected in People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people list who have ever been played on Echoes. But in between photo shoots, the Ahn Trio have been creating a modern chamber music that draws from contemporary classical composers like Kenji Bunch to canny covers of songs by Astor Piazzolla, David Bowie and Michael Nyman. We talk to this trio of Seoul sisters about their impeccable music and the dreamy atmospheres of their latest CD, Lullaby for My Favorite Insomniac. Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-AhnTrio.mp3 Ahn Trio, ambient chamber music, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Musicians who weren't even born when Brian Eno recorded his seminal albums have been touched by his music. Artists from across genres, from pop to avant-garde, African to Asian, have found their music shaped by Eno, sometimes directly, often as a life-changing influence. On Brian Eno's 60th birthday, we hear from some of them including Harold Budd, Loop Guru's Dave Muddyman, David Toop, BT and Bluetech. Thu, 22 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BrianEno-Touched.mp3 Brian Eno, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Brian Eno celebrates his 60th birthday this week. Rarely has an artist made such a monumental impact on modern music with such subtlety. As part of a week long celebration of Eno's music, we look back at his career with interviews from Eno, Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, and members of Bang on A Can. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BrianEno60.mp3 Brian Eno, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org The New York sampling savant talks about his new book, Sound Unbound. DJ Spooky is one of the leading conceptualists of sampling culture. He doesn't play a conventional instrument, but mixes matches, slices and distorts sounds from other recordings into his own elaborate soundscapes. In his new book, Sound Unbound, DJ Spooky, a.k.a. Paul D. Miller, assembles essays from Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Jaron Lanier and more, revealing the sonic contours of digital culture. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DJSpooky.mp3 DJ Spooky, Paul D Miller, ambient, sampling, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org ON HASSELL ENTERS THE ECHOES CHAMBER Jon Hassell created fourth world music and is one of the most influential musicians of the last 40 years - just ask Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno or Ry Cooder. We beam music into Jon's headphones as he reveals the links from his past to his future. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Hassell-EchoesChamber.mp3 jon hassell, ambient, Fourth World, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH BALMORHEA Balmorhea is a quartet of musicians that should probably be playing rock and roll, and in their own fashion, they might be. Using acoustic guitars, piano, violin and cello, they orchestrate a haunting, pastoral sound tinged by country and born out of the landscapes of Texas Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-Balmorhea.mp3 Balmorhea, ambient, ambient chamber music, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH NIK BARTSCH'S RONIN Nik Bartsch's Ronin brings a Zen balance to elliptical orbits tied to minimalist designs in a heady, but inviting sound. It's jazz by reference, but not by definition. We talk to Nik Bartsch about 36 hour concerts and Zen-funk. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-Ronin.mp3 Nik Bartsch, Ronin, ECM, jazz, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA: BREAKING THE HOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK FORMULA. In his Los Angeles homes, Argentine born composer Gustavo Santaolalla talks about his film scores for movies like Brokeback Mountain, Babel and Amores Perros. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-Santaolalla.mp3 Holger Czukay, Can, sampler, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY HOLGER CZUKAY Before the age of digital samplers and music computers, Holger Czukay was cutting and pasting sounds pulled off radio broadcasts, shortwave, and anywhere else he could find them and manipulating them into audio landscapes. He was a founding member of the seminal German group Can, a student of Karlheinz Stockhausen and a collaborator with David Sylvian, Brian Eno and Jah Wobble. We celebrate his 70th birthday and listen to some of his sonic collages. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-HolgerCzukay.mp3 Holger Czukay, Can, sampler, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES BLACKSHAW James Blackshaw is a young English finger-style guitar who has roots in the rustic avant-garde Americana of John Fahey, but he's finding his own sound, one that looks to Indian and new classical music as much as folk. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-JamesBlackshaw.mp3 James Blackshaw, guitar, 12-String, ambient, ambient chamber, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH JACK ROSE Jack Rose takes us to the outer edges of the acoustic guitar. Rose played in the avant-garde rock group Pelt before setting off on a solo guitar path that's part John Fahey and part something you've never heard before. We'll hear this idiosyncratic musician talk about his journey on Echoes. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-JackRose.mp3 Jack Rose, guitar, Pelt, ambient, ambient chamber, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH MICO NONET: Combining vintage pre-digital synthesizers and symphonic instruments, Mico Nonet creates music that whispers at the edges of consciousness, where electronic and acoustic sounds converge as one. We talk with Joshua Kramer, cellist Efe Baltacigil and French horn player Paul Lafollette about their Mico Nonet. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-MicoNonet.mp3 mico nonet, ambient, ambient chamber, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID BELMONT: David Belmont was a normal guitar player until he heard the Paul Butterfield Band's East West. That set him on a course of Indian inflected finger-style guitar playing that he expands into his Windwater Ensemble. David Belmont talks about his guitar odyssey. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DavidBelmont.mp3 David Belmont, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org DAVID ARKENSTONE'S SECRET SOURCES - David Arkenstone is a noted multi-instrumentalist with dozens of albums out on Narada and Windham Hill Records that explore a symphonic style of music with fantasy imagery. In his southern California home, he comments on music that formed his sound, from progressive rock to Celtic music and beyond. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Arkenstone-SecretSources.mp3 David Arkenstone, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH DEMANIA: 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. We talk to them about their eclectic approach to improvised world fusion. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Demania.mp3 Demania, Alex DeGrassi, Michael Manring, Christopher Garcia, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH SHULMAN: Shulman is an electronic duo mixing sounds from the middle east into the circuitry of their laptop computers. Israel is more war zone than chill zone, but Shulman finds an inner serenity. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Shulman.mp3 Shulman, electronic, electronica, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH ULRICH SCHNAUSS: Ulrich Schnauss is a German electronic artist who takes his forbears like Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk and keys that sound into contemporary electro rhythms, a bit of new wave shoegazer romanticism, and melodies that have the infinite, never-ending sound of a Pachelbel Canon. Ulrich Schnauss steps into the darkness of the Echoes Chamber to comment on the sources of his sound. Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Schnauss-EchoesChamber.mp3 Ulrich Schnauss, electronic, electronica, shoegaze, Tangerine Dream, spacemusic, ambient, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH DEVA PREMAL AND MITEN: 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. We talk with them about chant in the modern world. Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DevaPremal.mp3 Deva Premal, Miten, chant, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH MELANIE HUTTON AND MARSHALL LEFFERTS: Melanie Hutton and Marshall Lefferts work in a slipstream of global fusion that includes Dead Can Dance, Vas and Peter Gabriel. Hammered dulcimer player Hutton sings in a personal glossolalia, Lefferts is a guitarist with a penchant for Frank Zappa and eastern exotica. They got together on the album, Mystery of Souls. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-HuttonLefferts.mp3 Hutton, Lefferts, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH NUCULTURES: AVANT-ROCKERS IN AN AMBIENT LOUNGE Nucultures is a band put together by veteran Philadelphia avant-rocker and guitarist, Tim Motzer. With his wife, singer Ellie Perez and bassist Barry Meehan, they've created a sophisticated and intoxicating take on electro-lounge music. In their basement studio, NuCultures reveal the quirk and work behind their debut album, Butterflies, Zebras and Moonbeams. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Nucultures.mp3 Nucultures, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH QNTAL: MEDIEVAL ROCK FROM GERMANY Old German hurdy gurdys and a statuesque medieval singer collide with synthesizers and grooves with Qntal. Principals Michael Popp and Sigrid Hausen also perform in the more traditional early music group Estampie. They talk about their medieval and modern worlds. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Qntal.mp3 Qntal, Estampie, Mediaval, gothic, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH JAPANCAKES - AMBIENT COUNTRY ROCK Japancakes are a band from Athens, Georgia that mixes electric guitar with pedal steel guitar, classical strings with synthesizers and emerges with a sound that's got country airs strung out in classical refrains. We interview three of the central figures in this band that expands the alternative Athens tradition. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Japancakes.mp3 Japancakes, Austin, guitar, pedal steel, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH MICKEY HART and ZAKIR HUSSAIN - PLANET DRUM KEEPS BEATING. In 1976, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and Indian tabla wizard Zakir Hussain created the Diga Rhythm Band. In 1991 that morphed into Planet Drum and now they return with the Global Drum Project. We gather the two percussionists to talk about creating their 21st century global percussion orchestra. Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MickeyHart.mp3 Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Planet Drum, percussion, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH JEFF OSTER: BUILT TO LOOP. Jeff Oster grew up as a traditional trumpet player, blowing Tower of Power horn lines. Now he's reinvented himself, transforming into a digital designer. Finding collaborators and sounds on-line, he's just crafted his second CD of ambient horn music, TRUE. It was our Echoes CD of the Month in September. We talk with Jeff Oster and Will Ackerman about the looping logic of TRUE. Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JeffOster.mp3 Jeff Oster, trumpet, flugelhorn, Will Ackerman, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org MICHAEL BROOK - SECRET SOURCES Michael Brook has been at the bleeding edge of new music, working with Brian Eno, collaborating with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, scoring films like An Inconvenient Truth and recording his own albums like last year's RockPaperScissors. In his Los Angeles studio, Michael comments on music that has influenced his career and music he has influenced. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-BrookSecretSources.mp3 Michael Brook, infinite guitar, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org HORIZONS TOUCHED: THE MUSIC OF ECM. ECM Records defined a style of music that evokes a sense of space, contemplation and nuance to anyone who listens. A new book called Horizons Touched: The Music of ECM, goes behind the scenes with interviews from over 100 ECM artists and founder Manfred Eicher. We hear from editor and ECM producer Steve Lake and some of those artists. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ECMrecords.mp3 ECM, Manfred Eicher, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org ANOUSHKA SHANKAR AND KARSH KALE INTERVIEW: OCEANS OF TRADITION. 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 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Shankar-Kale.mp3 Shankar, Kale, Raga, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org ANDY MCKEE INTERVIEW: YOU TUBE PHENOMENON. Andy McKee is a fingerstyle guitarist in the tradition of Michael Hedges, and he also plays harp guitar. He's best-known for the You Tube video for his tune Drifting, which has been viewed over 7 million times. Andy McKee talks about his YouTube stardom and the guitar playing that got him there. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-AndyMcKee.mp3 Andy McKee, You Tube, guitar, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org RUSSEL WALDER INTERVIEW: RISE ASCENDS A former Windham Hill oboist orchestrates an ambient chamber music masterpiece. Russel Walder was a mainstay of the 1980s instrumental music scene. He recorded on Windham Hill Records in a duo with pianist Ira Stein and guested on many other records. After many years and emigration to New Zealand he's released a new solo CD that merges ambient chamber music, world music and electronica. From his home in New Zealand, Russel Walder talks about his musical transformation. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-RusselWalder.mp3 Russel Walder, Oboe, Duduk, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org ROGER DEAN INTERVIEW: THE NATURAL WORLD REIMAGINED The cover art illustrator who defined the Progressive Rock era. Roger Dean hasn't played a note, but his cover illustrations for Yes and many others created imaginary worlds that sang their own song. We talk with Roger Dean and Yes singer Jon Anderson about Dean's interaction with bands like Yes and his transformation of the natural world into a supernatural world. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-RogerDean.mp3 Roger Dean, Yes, Jon Anderson, progressive rock, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org EVAN BARTHOLOMEW INTERVIEW: THE CLASSICAL SIDE OF BLUETECH We know Evan Bartholomew as ambient and electronic composer Bluetech. But Evan grew up studying classical music and piano. He brings that side to a CD called BORDERLANDS. We talk with him about picking up the digital baton. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-EvanBartholomew.mp3 Evan Bartholomew, Bluetech, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org DAVE FULTON AND GILES REAVES: TONE ON THE RANGE Dave Fulton was a founder of the veteran space music band, Dweller at the Threshold. Giles Reaves created an electronic classic in the 1980s with his debut album, WUNJO. The musicians got together to create electronic music in a cross country collaboration. We talk with Dave Fulton and Giles Reaves about their CD, THE RANGE. Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-EchoesPodcast-FultonReaves.mp3 Fulton, Reaves, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Paul Winter, the creator of world fusion chamber music, marrying Jazz, Classical and World-Music traditions, has been a frequent guest on Echoes. To celebrate his birthday this week, we revisit an interview with Paul Winter from the early days of Echoes. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PaulWinter.mp3 Paul Winter, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org KLAUS SCHULZE An original member of Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, Schulze is best known for a string of space music albums in the 1970s and 80s with driving sequencer patterns and surreal imagery. In the early 1990s, Klaus looked back on his career. Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-KlausSchulze.mp3 Klaus Schulze, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org Starr Parodi honed her chops in the Arsenio Hall Show Band in the early 1990s and has played fusion keyboards with numerous artists. Now she spends her time with her husband, Jeff Fair, writing film soundtracks and movie trailers. Recently, she turned off her keyboards and sat at a piano for the ruminations of her album, Common Places. Starr Parodi and Jeff Fair talk about an album that mixes originals with unusual cover choices like Buffalo Springfield's for What It's Worth. Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-StarrParodi.mp3 Starr, Parodi, Jeff Fair, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org HAROLD BUDD and ROBIN GUTHRIE: SHOEGAZERS IN AMBIENCE Harold Budd is the keyboardist who created the sound of ambient chamber music. Robin Guthrie created dream guitar textures as the guitarist of The Cocteau Twins. The two musicians first got together in the 1980s and have reunited some 20 years later for a pair of atmospherically chilled albums, "After the Night Falls" and "Before the Day Breaks." Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-Budd-Guthrie.mp3 Budd, Guthrie, ambient, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH THE LUMINOUS WORLD ORCHESTRA: Steven Chesne has made his living composing scores for middle-brow TV shows, but those credits don't prepare you for the subtle global sounds he creates under the guise of The Luminous World Orchestra. Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-LuminousWorldOrch.mp3 Chesne, Lumnious World Orchestra, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org AN INTERVIEW WITH SINGLE CELL ORCHESTRA: MITOSIS IN A MICROCHIP Single Cell Orchestra is the recording persona of Miguel Fierro. For more than a decade he's been making intricate, mind-expanding electronic music. We visit him in his Los Angeles apartment where we talk about his father, jazz horn player Martin Fierro and Miguel's sideline as a stand-up comic. It's an electro-laugh riot, on Echoes. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SingleCellOrchestra.mp3 Single Cell Orchestra, Fierro, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org An Echoes interview with Ulrich Schnauss. Schnauss is a German electronic artist who is influenced by classic spacemusic, but he doesn't simply reproduce it. He's just released his third album, GOODBYE, but it's really hello to an even more psychedelic sound. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-UlrichSchnauss.mp3 Ulrich Schnauss, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org An Echoes interview with Michael Halaas and Joan Jeanrenaud. Pianist Michael Halaas teams up with cello virtuoso Joan Jeanrenaud from Kronos Quartet on a CD called The Lucidity Project. We get them together to talk about a different kind of chamber music. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-HalasJeanrenaud.mp3 Halaas, Jeanrenaud, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org An Echoes interview with Steve Roach. In this Secret Sources session, synthesist Steve Roach puts on the headphones while we play him music that might have been part of his musical journey. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-SteveRoach.mp3 Roach, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no http://www.echoes.org An Echoes interview with General Fuzz. More information at http://www.echoes.org/podcast.html Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-GeneralFuzz.mp3 Rothrock, electronic, echoes, public radio Music no