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A weekly musician interview from Echoes, the soundscape of ambient, new acoustic and world fusion music on public radio and on-line.

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    Echoes Interview feature - Gooding

    AN INTERVIEW WITH GOODING Gooding is a hard rock guitarist ...

    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.

    Jun 5, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - The Ahn Trio

    The members of the Ahn Trio are the only musicians ...

    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.

    May 29, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Touched by Eno

    Musicians who weren't even born when Brian Eno recorded his ...

    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.

    May 22, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Brian Eno Profile

    Brian Eno celebrates his 60th birthday this week. Rarely has ...

    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.

    May 15, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - DJ Spooky - Sound Unbound

    The New York sampling savant talks about his new book, ...

    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.

    May 8, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Jon Hassell in the Echoes Chamber

    ON HASSELL ENTERS THE ECHOES CHAMBER Jon Hassell created fourth ...

    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.

    Apr 24, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Balmorhea

    AN INTERVIEW WITH BALMORHEA Balmorhea is a quartet of musicians ...

    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

    Apr 17, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Nik Bartsch's Ronin

    AN INTERVIEW WITH NIK BARTSCH'S RONIN Nik Bartsch's Ronin brings ...

    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.

    Apr 10, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Gustavo Santaolalla

    AN INTERVIEW WITH GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA: BREAKING THE HOLLYWOOD SOUNDTRACK FORMULA. ...

    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.

    Apr 3, 2008 Read more
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    Echoes Interview feature - Holger Czukay

    HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY HOLGER CZUKAY Before the age of digital ...

    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.

    Mar 27, 2008 Read more
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