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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 feature - William Orbit

    Electronic provocateur William Orbit has crafted electronic hits for Madonna ...

    Electronic provocateur William Orbit has crafted electronic hits for Madonna and Britney Spears, but on his own he creates quirky, often profound, electronic songs. He's just released the fifth volume of his Strange Cargo series and also a symphonic work. They're only available for on-line streaming via Soundcloud. We talk to the peripatetic artist about the joy of sound.

    Jul 17, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Richard Leo Johnson

    Richard Leo Johnson is an idiosyncratic guitarist who pushed the ...

    Richard Leo Johnson is an idiosyncratic guitarist who pushed the limits of Michael Hedges-style extended technique. He then went completely out-there with an Americana music of the imagination. His new album, Celeste, posits the idea of an alien abduction of once of his characters, the hobo-musician Vernon McAlister. To realize his fantasy vision, Johnson plays a one of a kind acoustic-Theremin guitar built for Martin Guitars.

    Jul 10, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Carl Weingarten

    From ambient guitar to dobro, Carl Weingarten has fused his ...

    From ambient guitar to dobro, Carl Weingarten has fused his own musical path over the last 30 years. He talks about his travelogue of Americana, ambient and electric jazz on Life Under Stars.

    Jul 3, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Brian Reitzell

    Brian Reitzell is the music supervisor for films by director ...

    Brian Reitzell is the music supervisor for films by director Sofia Coppola and he composes original music for TV shows such as Boss and Hannibal. Now he has a new solo album that pays homage to 1970s Krautrock called Auto Music.

    Jun 26, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Lyla Foy

    We first met Lyla Foy in 2013 when she was ...

    We first met Lyla Foy in 2013 when she was recording under the guise of Wall. We were seduced by the austere, yet atmospheric songs of her EP Shoestrings, which touched a deep and resonant chord of melancholy and beauty. Now she's recording under her own name and has released a full-length album on the Sub Pop label.

    Jun 19, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - S Carey

    Sean Carey has created an album of transcendent repose called ...

    Sean Carey has created an album of transcendent repose called Range of Light that uses naturalistic metaphors inspired by John Muir to talk about themes of love and family. He talks about it on Echoes.

    Jun 12, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Tori Amos

    Iconic singer-songwriter Tori Amos talks about life at 50 and ...

    Iconic singer-songwriter Tori Amos talks about life at 50 and her new album, Unrepentant Geraldines that explores themes of politics, religion and love.

    Jun 5, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Thus Owls

    Thus Owls is a Canadian-Swedish group fronted by singer Erika ...

    Thus Owls is a Canadian-Swedish group fronted by singer Erika Angell and her husband, guitarist Simon Angell. They talk about their meeting and the tales they spin of an ancient Swedish island village on their album, Turning Rocks.

    May 22, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Mark McGuire

    Guitarist Mark McGuire is a modern rock guitarist who looks ...

    Guitarist Mark McGuire is a modern rock guitarist who looks to 1970s progressive rock for his influences. The former Emeralds guitarist has created a work of epic proportions called Along the Way. He talks about his prog evolution.

    May 15, 2014 Read more
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    Echoes feature - Marissa Nadler

    Boston based singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler talks about her intimate songs ...

    Boston based singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler talks about her intimate songs and her new CD, July which explores a year in her life, break-up to reunion, July to July.

    May 8, 2014 Read more
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