KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: An Interview with Rinde Eckert

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1991.08.16

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

17 min

Dates

1991-08-16 | broadcast
| 1991-08-16 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian interviews Bay Area singer, writer, actor, director, and movement artist Rinde Eckert. Eckert is perhaps best known for his Opera / New Music Theater collaborations with Paul Dresher including their American Trilogy (Slow Fire, Power Failure, & Pioneer). However Eckert has also worked with the Martha Jenkins Dance Company, and has had works commissioned by the American Repertory Theater, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and numerous other organizations. In addition he has also released a CD of his own songs. In this interview he discusses, his favorite singers and his upcoming performance with his new band The Complete Strangers.

Genres

Folk music

Musical Selections

I'll Never Go A Roving / Rinde Eckert

Performers

Rinde Eckert, voice, organ
Will Bernard, electric guitar
Bill Frisell, electric guitar
Clark Suprynowicz, electric bass
Jim Kassis, drums

Subjects

Folk music
Songs with instrumental ensemble
Music theater

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Eckert, Rinde
Bernard, Will (Guitarist)
Frisell, Bill
Suprynowitz, Clark
Kassis, Jim