Alongside Harold Budd's profound solo works lie numerous
collaborative CDs. Experiencing a casual intimacy with a range
of luminaries he explores atmosphere, texture, color and mood.
A SONG FOR LOST BLOSSOMS (74'51") features Budd on piano
and other keyboards and guitarist Clive Wright. This collection of
seven tracks from studio and live sessions show this duo
engaging intuition to its fullest. While the current of Budd's muted
synthesizer tones rush beneath Wright's ethereal e-bow guitar
leads, time slips behind a curtain and a feeling of ephemerality
engulfs this album. Reverberant piano chords open up space
within which a languid guitar solo softly strums. Theirs is an
(echo) Chamber Music, inspired by classical ensembles, in
recital from the digital salon - and the listener will hang on every
note they play. Along with all the well-behaved ambient music is
the title track, a lovely poem written and recited by Anna LaCazio
(with Budd and Wright providing the musicbed). Sensing depth
beneath the calm, A SONG FOR LOST BLOSSOMS plays on
while the world falls asleep. Even after all these years, Harold
Budd still finds new places to go with his music.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from A SONG
FOR LOST BLOSSOMS the new CD by Harold Budd & Clive
Wright

For more on A SONG FOR LOST BLOSSOMS, access:
http://www.darla.com

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Dean De Benedictis & Vic Hennegan Live on STAR'S END
10.19.08

Dean De Benedictis + Vic Hennegan make their east-coast
debut in Philadelphia as part of The Gatherings Concert Series
on 18 October 2008. Following their concert, De Benedictis &
Hennegan will perform live on the 10.19.08 broadcast of STAR'S
END Ambient Radio. Please tune in for details.

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STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD

To mark 30 years of continuous broadcast of STAR'S END,
WXPN has released the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology
CD. This double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music
from 12 renowned artists. The unique performances were culled
from on-air in-studio radio concerts by some of our community's
greatest talents. Included on the disc are previously unreleased
live selections donated by: The Ministry of Inside Things, Orbital
Decay, Ian Boddy, AirSculpture, Radio Massacre International,
Robert Rich, Rudy Adrian, Jonn Serrie, Jeff Pearce, Saul Stokes
and Steve Roach.

The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD is available for
a $60 donation to WXPN, which includes membership and all of
its benefits (current WXPN members can receive the STAR'S
END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD for a $25 donation). Call
1-800-565-WXPN for details.

Thanks very much for your support!

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STAR'S END broadcasts every Saturday night/Sunday morning
from 1am-6am (EDST) on:

88.5fm WXPN Philadelphia, PA
88.7fm WXPH Middletown, York and Lancaster, PA
90.5fm Worton/Baltimore, MD
99.7fm Harrisburg, PA
104.9fm Lehigh Valley, PA
W285DH Whitehall, PA

and live on the web at http://xpn.org

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
http://www.starsend.org