PRI: Echoes
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 - Mary Fahl - Love and Gravity
The former lead singer of October Project talks about her ...
The former lead singer of October Project talks about her new album, Love and Gravity, and about writing a song for the audiobook of Anne Rice's novel, The Wolves of Midwinter.
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Echoes feature - Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II at 20
It was 20 years ago that Aphex Twin released his ...
It was 20 years ago that Aphex Twin released his double CD, Selected Ambient Works Volume II. It's the album that's most responsible for launching the second generation of ambient music and it still remains controversial. We talk with journalist Marc Weidenbaum who has just released an entire book on this one recording for the 33 1/3 series.
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Echoes feature - Simon Emmerson - Fresh Handmade Sound
Simon Emmerson is a co-founder of Afro Celt Sound System, ...
Simon Emmerson is a co-founder of Afro Celt Sound System, but now he makes music for Lush Cosmetics. We talk with Emmerson as well as sitarist Sheema Mukherjee and keyboardist Simon Richmond about soap, serenity, sound and commerce.
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Echoes feature - Steve Roach
Steve Roach is an icon of modern electronic and space ...
Steve Roach is an icon of modern electronic and space music, and 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of his signature work, Structures from Silence. We go back 30 years with Roach and connect that early recording to his current music.
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Echoes feature - Mike Oldfield
The creator of Tubular Bells is enjoying a renaissance with ...
The creator of Tubular Bells is enjoying a renaissance with his triumphant appearance at the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony, and the 40th anniversary of his signature work. He rocks out on a new CD called Man on the Rocks. We talk tubular bells and beats.
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Echoes feature - Linnea Olsson
Swedish cellist and singer Linnea Olsson talks about looping cello ...
Swedish cellist and singer Linnea Olsson talks about looping cello and the chamber pop of her debut album, Ah!
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Echoes feature - Priscilla Ahn
Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn takes a new electronic direction on her ...
Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn takes a new electronic direction on her CD, This Is Where We Are. It's also a love letter to her husband, actor Michael Weston. She talks about it in this intimate and candid interview.
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Echoes feature - Lunasa
The Irish band Lunasa talks about keeping the spirit of ...
The Irish band Lunasa talks about keeping the spirit of Irish traditional music alive in the 21st century.
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Echoes feature - Juliette Commagere
Juliette Commagere breaks the singer-songwriter hummin' and strummin' modality with ...
Juliette Commagere breaks the singer-songwriter hummin' and strummin' modality with her album of electronic songs called Human. We talk about the soul of the machine.
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Echoes feature - James Hood
He played drums with the Pretenders and created tripped-out electronica ...
He played drums with the Pretenders and created tripped-out electronica as Moodswings. But now James Hood is an evangelist for the Hang, a metal hand drum that looks like a flying saucer. He talks about his Hang conversion and new double CD, Ceremony.
