Michael Sprigg’s Neurasenia leads the Echoes Top 25 for December. See the complete list here. Have a great New Year! John Diliberto ((( echoes )))
Month: December 2009
CD of the Month
Jimmy Wahlsteen 181st Songs Echoes CD of the Month for January
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20091230.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSwedish musician Jimmy Wahlsteen Channels Pop into Fingerstyle Guitar. You can hear an Audio Version of this blog, with Jimmy Wahlsteen’s music. On the cover of his debut album, 181st Songs, Jimmy Wahlsteen just looks too stylish to be a fingerstyle guitar slinger. GQ poses and an androgynous…
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Patrick O’Hearn #3 of 20 Icons of Echoes
This past fall Echoes listeners voted on 20 Icons for 20 Years of Echoes. Tonight we’ll be featuring their #3 selection on that list, Patrick O’Hearn. Two See a list of 5 Essential Patrick O’Hearn Albums, go here. Two see the complete list of 20 Icons of Echoes, go here. John Diliberto ((( echoes )))
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Anna Schaad’s Electronica Love Song
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20091223.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA Celtic Violinist, Electronica Tone Poem s and Jet Pilots. You can hear an audio version of this Echoes Blog, with Anna Schaad‘s music On the surface, violinist Anna Schaad might seem like a New Age artist with Loreena McKennitt aspirations. Her first three albums often found her…
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3 Variations of a New Americana: Moby-Bill Frisell-Jon Hassell
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20091216.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAmericana Pulls Up Its Roots You can hear an audio version of this Blog with music Americana is a genre that usually refers to rustic music with roots in heartland sounds from folk, blues and country. Looking back on 2009, Americana emerged in some unusual locations on Echoes,…
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BEST OF ECHOES 2009-The Listener Poll
The listeners have chosen their favorite CDs of 2009
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Harold Budd-Post Miles Improvisor
For a totally different side of Harold Budd, check out this YouTube video of him in a fairly free form blowout with Bill Laswell, Jaki Liebezeit, Graham Haynes and Jah Wobble. This isn’t your father’s ambient chamber music and you wouldn’t hear it on Echoes, but wow! Harold et al: Put this out! John…
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Harold Budd-Avatar of Ambient Chamber Music
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20091209.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHarold Budd’s Quiet World When Daniel Lanois, the producer of U2, Bob Dylan and Peter Gabriel first heard Harold Budd, he hadn’t yet met him. Daniel Lanois: For The Plateax of Mirror , I never even met him (laughter), cause he did recordings, like two track piano recordings. …
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Portishead Drop new Song for Amnesty International
Portishead are releasing a brand new track – “Chase the Tear” for Amnesty International. Chase the Tear is a slice of deep retro synth pop full of analog drive and of course the serene anguish of singer Beth Gibbon. This isn’t a throw-away track but deeply felt performance with a very moody performance video to…
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Top 25 ECHOES CDs for 2009: Essential Choices
25 ESSENTIAL ECHOES CDS FOR 2009 We’ve sorted through some 2000 CDs and downloads that came into Echoes in the last year and we’ve picked our favorite CDs for 2009. You can vote for your’s in the Best of Echoes 2009 Poll. Deadline is 9AM, December 11. Overall, the mood of 2009 on Echoes was…