Sherry Finzer is a classical flute player who has discovered another path, creating ambient chamber music with electronic orchestration and flute choirs. She talks about her musical concepts.
Lanterna is the recording persona of Henry Frayne. He’s best known as a leading exponent of Ambient Americana, creating dreamy, delay-drenched compositions for electric guitar. He works his magic live on Echoes.
Philip Selway is best known as the drummer for Radiohead, but he’s also a singer-songwriter who has just released his second album Weatherhouse. Selway talks about the album's melancholy themes and psychedelic arrangements.
Tubular Bells is one of the signature compositions of the late 20th century, on which composer Mike Oldfield played over a dozen instruments. We talk with two musicians from Australia who have taken on the challenge of playing it live with no backing tracks or computers.
Angela Sheik does the one-woman-band thing with looping pedals and effects on her album Home Before Dark. We’ll also hear from Bella Gaia’s “Beautiful Earth."
Sherry Finzer is a classical flute player who has discovered another path.
If it wasn’t for Martin Mull’s 1970s TV series, Fernwood T2 Night, the name Fernwood would more instantly conjure up pastoral images of a backwoods town from a time gone…
The first month of the new year begins strongly with a Top Five that includes 3 CDs of the Month. At the top is this month’s pick, Sherry Finzer’s haunting…
Songs may drive the emotional soul of a film. They might be the element that leaves the most lasting impression, but whether it’s The Rolling Stones or Brian Eno, they still get their acknowledgment last on movie credit rolls.
7and5 is the recording persona of John Nixon, a Detroit electronic artist who records jingles in his day job, but scores ambient electronic fantasies at night.
Lyla Foy Brings her Haunting Songs to Echoes Live. A lot of modern singers can’t bring it live. They need backing tapes, ghost vocals, and…
Angela Sheik’s album Home Before Dark brings us her one woman band equipped with looping pedals and effects.
Tubular Bells for Two performs one of the signature compositions of the late 20th century on which composer Mike Oldfield played over a dozen instruments in this layered piece. TB for 2 do it live with just two musicians.
Philip Selway is a singer-songwriter who has just released his second album.
Lanterna is the recording persona of Henry Frayne from Champaign, Illinois.
