Monday, November 30, 2015
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Friday, November 27, 2015
Today's Stars:Echosmith
Echosmith is a family band from Chino,California,just east of Los Angeles.The bandmembers are siblings Sydney Sierota,18,lead vocals,tambourine and keyboard;Graham,16,drums;Noah,19,backing vocals,bass;and Jamie,22,backing vocals and guitar.Formed in 2009,they are managed by their father,Jeffery David.*
Echosmith is classified as an indie pop band,influenced by Coldplay and Fleetwood Mac,among others.They were signed by Warner Music Group in 2012 and their first album,"Talking Dreams," was released in 2013.Echosmith have been touring nonstop since even before then,the band says,so they are taking a short break now before beginning to write and record their next record.They have been to Europe seven times this year and toured widely in Asia and the United States as well.Their upcoming shows are:
12-3 Celebrity Theatre,Phoenix
12-4 San Diego Civic Theatre
12-5 Nob Hill Masonic Center,San Francisco.
They are indeed as young as they look.Sydney recently graduated from high school.Jamie is married and he and his wife are expecting their first child;while Noah is recovering from a punctured lung and Graham is still in high school.*
We want to write songs that talk about how life is beautiful regardless of circmstances,the band said,that we can be reminded that we are not alone.Songs that explore love and all its layers.*
Echosmith's biggest hit so far was "Cool Kids." It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum.Another song,"Surround You," made it onto the "Endless Love" soundtrack.They have also appeared on several network TV shows,including The Today Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Echosmith is classified as an indie pop band,influenced by Coldplay and Fleetwood Mac,among others.They were signed by Warner Music Group in 2012 and their first album,"Talking Dreams," was released in 2013.Echosmith have been touring nonstop since even before then,the band says,so they are taking a short break now before beginning to write and record their next record.They have been to Europe seven times this year and toured widely in Asia and the United States as well.Their upcoming shows are:
12-3 Celebrity Theatre,Phoenix
12-4 San Diego Civic Theatre
12-5 Nob Hill Masonic Center,San Francisco.
They are indeed as young as they look.Sydney recently graduated from high school.Jamie is married and he and his wife are expecting their first child;while Noah is recovering from a punctured lung and Graham is still in high school.*
We want to write songs that talk about how life is beautiful regardless of circmstances,the band said,that we can be reminded that we are not alone.Songs that explore love and all its layers.*
Echosmith's biggest hit so far was "Cool Kids." It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum.Another song,"Surround You," made it onto the "Endless Love" soundtrack.They have also appeared on several network TV shows,including The Today Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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Today's Star:Nektaria Karantzi
Nektaria Karantzi,37,was born in the former Byzantine Empire territory of Asia Minor,which is now a part of Turkey.She began her music career as a Greek Orthodox Church choir member,when she was still a child.She was at that time introduced to the monk Elder Porphyrios the Kapsokalyvite,who encouraged her studies of the Byzantine church music.After his death,Elder Porphyrios was canonised (proclaimed to be an Orthodox Christian saint).
Nektaria attended a music conservatory and eventually enrolled in the University of Athens,taking degrees in music and law and specialising in criminal law;but also studied the canon law (church law).She has been an editor of a legal publication and associated with some prominent Greek law firms.So there's a lot to this woman who loves both medieval ecclesiastical and traditional Greek music,having studied with that master of Greek traditional music,Chronidis Aidonidis,with whom she performs in one of tonight's videos.
Nektaria performs widely in Europe,gives master classes as far afield as the United States,and has recorded several albums of church and traditional music.
Nektaria attended a music conservatory and eventually enrolled in the University of Athens,taking degrees in music and law and specialising in criminal law;but also studied the canon law (church law).She has been an editor of a legal publication and associated with some prominent Greek law firms.So there's a lot to this woman who loves both medieval ecclesiastical and traditional Greek music,having studied with that master of Greek traditional music,Chronidis Aidonidis,with whom she performs in one of tonight's videos.
Nektaria performs widely in Europe,gives master classes as far afield as the United States,and has recorded several albums of church and traditional music.
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