
Inbar Bakal's Hebrew hymns on electronic wings
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
From: John Diliberto
Length: 00:03:30
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Piece Description
Inbar Bakal is an Israeli singer born of Yemeni and Iraqi parents. Her music, composed with producer Carmen Rizzo (Seal, Alanis Morrisette), is a fusion of global grooves and electronic moods, all topped by her sensual voice. Inbar and Carmen talk about their collaboration.
Echo Location is a 3 1/2 minute weekly feature an artist, event, album or trend in new music. Radio producer and music critic John Diliberto has had a long and deep relationship with new music and each week he shares the excitement of new discoveries with Echo Location.
Diliberto's interests are wide-ranging, from the French retro-lounge duo Air, to Balmorhea's Americana chamber music, to Gerry O'Beirne's Celtic fingerstyle guitar and more.
He's a segue master. Each edition of Echo Location features a beautifully edited music blend, that's combined with John's thoughtful insights and artists's comments to make a sound-rich journey for listeners.
Echo Location can be scheduled as a weekly series or individual episodes can be used as desired on their own, within an arts, news magazine or music program.
Broadcast History
WXPN Philadelphia and WITF Harrisburg, PA
Timing and Cues
Incue: [sonar sound] + This is an Echo Location: Soundings for New Music.
Outcue: I’m John Diliberto and this has been an Echo Location, Soundings for New Music