Turn up the volume on the next Echoes when the post-rock band from Philadelphia, I Think Like Midnight, come in to play live.
Saul Stokes builds some of his own electronic instruments and when he plays live, he doesn’t use any computers. He comes in to talk with us about a different mode of making electronic music.
William Fitzsimmons creates a particularly introspective brand of folky dream pop. He comes in to perform music off his latest album, Mission Bell.
New music by Yann Tiersen, who is beautiful ambient chamber music on a new album called All. We’ll also hear new music by Radical Face off his album, Missing Films.
Saul Stokes used to make his own electronic instruments and when he plays live, he doesn’t use any computers. That’s a few of the things that make Stokes a unique musician on the electronic scene.
Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy have created an exalted world of ancient atmospheres, gentle melodies and modern orchestrations on “Cappadocia.” Echoes February CD of the Month.
The Echoes Top 25 for January 2019 has Aukai’s CD of the Month “Reminiscence” at the top, followed by Maui Chill, Hammock, Saul Stokes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Yaima, Spatialize and more.
The Bad Plus are the innovate jazz trio who came to renown covering rock tunes. With new pianist, Orrin Evans, they’ve dropped the rock to explore their own sonic dimensions.
English singer Freya Ridings comes in to play live on Echoes. Freya has a dynamic sound that explores both the powerful and intimate sides of the singer-songwriter aesthetic.
I Think Like Midnight is enigmatic name of a Philadelphia instrumental rock group that includes members of the punk band, The Dead Milkmen. It’s a bitchin’ post rock sound live on Echoes.
Coming up on the next Echoes, a concert of ambient piano when Chad Lawson comes in to play live. He plays music inspired by his album of processed piano improvisations called re:piano.
Coming up on Echoes, music by Rodrigo y Gabriela. The Nuevo flamenco guitar couple tackles a song that is iconic on Echoes, the piece from which the show took its name, Pink Floyd’s “Echoes.”
The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Award-Winning radio program Echoes a $20,000 grant to continue it’s work in bringing new and innovative music to public radio and beyond.
