Month: January 2015

Weekend, January 31st & February 1st-Echoes Program 1504A

Jeff Johnson is a noted keyboardist who has recorded on Windham Hill Records and released dozens of recordings on his Ark Music label.  Phil Keaggy is a monster guitarist out of Nashville who has been an icon both among Christian music fans and fingerstyle pickers. Over the last 3 years they’ve released a pair of…

Echoes Top 25 for January 2015

Dreams and More in Echoes Top 25 for January.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 Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream.  There’s last month’s pick, Wax Tailor’s propulsive chanson and Hollywood sound collage,…

Remembering Edgar Froese in Echoes Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EchoesPodcast-EdgarFroese-TangerineDream.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe Remember Edgar Froese in Echoes Podcast Listen to the interview below or download the podcast from iTunes I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands,…

Thursday, January 29th-Echoes Program 1504D

Robert Rich - Filaments

New Music from Robert Rich.New music from Robert Rich with an album of retro New Age electronics called Filaments. We’ll also hear from the dream pop band called Purity Ring who have a new album of EDM influenced songs called Another Eternity. Thursday January 29th Echoes Program 1504D Start Time Group Name Song Name Album…

Wednesday, January 28th 2015-Echoes Program 1504C

Interview: Sounds from the Ground. Pedal steel guitar, big bands and helicopters are all possible in the music of Sounds from the Ground. They’re an English ambient duo who have been creating a sampledelic mix of chilled sounds for two decades.  They’ve just released a 20 year retrospective album.  We revisit our interview with a…

Tuesday, January 27th, 2015-Echoes Program 1504B

He played bass with Alice Cooper and Flo & Eddie and was a founding member of art-rock group, Sonia Dada.  On his own, bassist Erik Scott creates atmospheric music centered on his melodic, bending bass lines.  He talks about his new instrumental collection, Spirits and his attempt at vocal music on And the Earth Bleeds.…

Monday, January 26th-Echoes Program 1504A

Jeff Johnson is a noted keyboardist who has recorded on Windham Hill Records and released dozens of recordings on his Ark Music label.  Phil Keaggy is a monster guitarist out of Nashville who has been an icon both among Christian music fans and fingerstyle pickers. Over the last 3 years they’ve released a pair of…

The Dream is Over: Edgar Froese R.I.P.

Hear our tribute to Edgar Froese tonight on Echoes. I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands, textures that swirled, and sounds that were completely unfamiliar. My music world was forever changed. Now…