Friday, January 7th Echoes Program 1045A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Manual Issa Drowned in Light 0:06:00 Tripswitch Strange Parallels Geometry 0:12:35 Happy Rhodes Ra is a Busy God Many Worlds Are Born Tonight 0:18:42 Mark Preston Leaving the Tetons Nature and Design 0:24:09 California Guitar Trio…
Month: January 2011
Playlists
Thursday, January 6th-Echoes Program 1101D
Thursday, January 6th Echoes Program 1101D New music: David Arkenstone and Daft Punk Multi-instrumentalist David Arkenstone is known for his grandiose symphonic synthesizer compositions but he changed direction on a new album called Ambient.World. He plugs into his electronica side with understated, atmospheric instrumentals. We’ll also hear Daft Punk’s score to Tron: Legacy. Start Time…
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Wednesday, January 5th-Echoes Program 1101C
Wednesday, January 5th Echoes Program 1101C Nordic Atmospheres and Angels It’s the evocative sound of Norse singers like Anna Ternheim and Agnes Obel along with sound sculptors like Erik Wollo, Sigur Ros and Nils Petter Molvaer. We explore a distinct modern music culture when we enter the chill of Nordic Atmospheres and Angels on Echoes.…
Reviews & Commentary
Two Bassists Pluck Last Note: R.I.P. Mick Karn & Charles Fambrough.
Two important bassists passed this week. Charles Fambrough, who played with McCoy Tyner and Art Blakey among others, died on January 1 and Mick Karn, who played with Japan, Dali’s Car and David Torn died today, January 4th. These musicians could not be more different. Fambrough was a jazz wizard with prodigious technique and an…
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Tuesday, January 4th-Echoes Program 1101B
Tuesday, January 4th Echoes Program 1101B New music: Skuli Sverrisson and Patrick Ball It’s new music for electric bass when we hear Skuli Sverrisson’s latest project, Seria, an electro-orchestration. We also have the latest from Celtic harpist Patrick Ball with his first instrumental CD in a year. Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name…
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Monday, January 3rd-Echoes Program 1101A
Monday, January 3rd Echoes Program 1101A January CD of the Month Agnes Obel: Philharmonics A Danish chanteuse meets Yann Tiersen-style melodicism for the Echoes January CD of the Month. Agnes Obel creates a quietly captivating music full of breathy vocals and haunting melodies over spare, piano driven arrangements. Agnes Obel’s Philharmonics is the Echoes January…