Day: October 30, 2013

Akara Enters the World of Echoes Top 25 for October

The band who creates music from The World Beyond, tops the world of the Echoes Top 25 for October.  Akara’s The World Beyond was the Echoes CD of the Month and I’m increasingly impressed by the sophistication and meticulous detail of this CD, all the while edited to some throbbing grooves. I would love to…

Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Meditations

LOU REED: METAL MACHINE MEDITATIONS Hear an interview with Lou Reed talking about his final album. You may not think of Lou Reed, who passed away on October 27, as a meditative kind of guy, but the founding member of The Velvet Underground and purveyor of proto-punk songs created an electronic CD designed for meditation…

Wednesday October 30th-Echoes Program 1344C

Homepage Wednesday October 30th Echoes Program 1344C New Music: Anoushka Shankar & Bombay Dub Orchestra New music from Anoushka Shankar from her new CD Traces of You, her first since her father Ravi Shankar died and featuring her half-sister, Norah Jones. John Diliberto keeps the India thing going with the latest by Bombay Dub Orchestra…