Piece Description

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.

Echo Location is a 3 1/2 minute weekly feature that focuses on an artist, event, album or trend in new music. With his long and deep relationship with new music as a radio producer and music journalist, John Diliberto shares the excitement of new discoveries with Echo Location. Notes XPN Program Director Bruce Warren, "John plays some incredible music. He's the best in his field."

Diliberto's interests are wide-ranging, from the French retro-lounge duo Air, to the Ahn Trio's ambient chamber music, to Gerry O'Beirne's Celtic fingerstyle guitar and more. John is a segue master: each edition of Echo Location features a beautifully edited music blend, that's combined with his thoughtful insights and artists's comments to make a sound-rich journey for listeners.

David Srebnik, the Music Format Curator at the Public Radio Exchange said: "The music, writing, hosting and production are typical of the craft consistently practiced by John Diliberto - making it both good radio and good listener service for those in your audience who look to you for the next best CD to add to their personal sound bank."