Month: May 2012

Laurie Anderson Freefalls with HTC AD

I know I’m a little late but since no one in my limited circle has mentioned it, I thought I would. Have you heard Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman” used in an HTC phone commercial?  I’m confused with whether this is the hippest thing in the world or most lamentable.  Should I be cheering that a…

Monday May 21st-Echoes Program 1221A

Monday May 21st Echoes Program 1221A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Michael Mandrell Ancient Art of Soul Travel  The Great Spiral Dance  0:06:00 Wall Matthews Asleep Among the Stones and Moss The Dreaming Light  0:10:01 Amberfern Ottoman Palace  Distant Horizon: Meditarranean 0:15:35 Gary Wager Beatific Morpheme Age of…

Friday May 18th, 19th & 20th-Echoes Program 1220A

Friday May 18th, 19th & 20th Echoes Program 1220A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Jerry Douglas Senia’s Lament  Lookout for Hope 0:06:00 Digitonal Seraphim (Angel Mix)  Be Still my Bleeping Heart 0:13:27 AeTopus Wending  Between Empires  0:18:10 Thomas Newman Long Old Life  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 0:21:21…

Thursday May 17th-Echoes Program 1220D

Thursday May 17th Echoes Program 1220D Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Shulman Transmissions in Bloom pt 1  Endless Rhythms of the Beatless Heart 0:06:00 George Sarah Cloudy  Who Sleep the Sleep of Peace  0:10:08 Geigertek In Another Light  The Timeless Mind 0:18:56 Niyaz Vafa Sumud 0:24:25 Nattefrost In…

Wednesday May 16th-Echoes Program 1220C

Wednesday May 16th Echoes Program 1220C Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Burkard Schmidl Gemini  Zodiac Symphony 0:06:00 Oliver Tank Last Night I heard Everything in Slow Motion  Dreams 0:09:55 Kevin Keller Trio Across the Sky pt 3 Across the Sky 0:14:52 Thomas Newman Anokhi  The Best Exotic Marigold…

Dr. Who Gets Pink Floyd Treatment

The “Dr. Who Theme” is pretty iconic for English musicians.  Written by  Ron Grainer and realized by Delia Derbyshire, it was one of the first electronic TV scores and plugged in several generations of electronic musicians.  I just ran across this video by a group called Traffic Experiment.  It’s a Pink Floyd “Echoes” era style…

Tuesday May 15th-Echoes Program 1220B

Tuesday May 15th Echoes Program 1220B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Royksopp Senior Living  Senior 0:06:00 Frank Smith Song for Day One (feat. Michael Manring)  Hope Returns  0:11:43 Lights Out Asia They Disappear Into the Palms  Hy-Brasil 0:18:05 Matthew Schoenning Finale Motif 0:29:00 break Second Half Hour 0:30:00…

Monday May 14th-Echoes Program 1220A

Monday May 14th Echoes Program 1220A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Jerry Douglas Senia’s Lament  Lookout for Hope 0:06:00 Digitonal Seraphim (Angel Mix)  Be Still my Bleeping Heart 0:13:27 AeTopus Wending  Between Empires  0:18:10 Thomas Newman Long Old Life  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 0:21:21 Jef Stott White…

Weekend May 11th, 12th & 13th-Echoes Program 1219A

Weekend May 11th, 12th & 13th Echoes Program 1219A Echoes CD of the Month Coyote Jump: Waking from the Roots Multi-instrumentalist Colin Farish and Native flute player John Carlos Perea have created an impeccable fusion of Native flute, strings and world music ensembles on their stellar debut, Waking from the Roots. Start Time Group Name…

Thursday May 10th-Echoes Program 1219D

Thursday May 10th Echoes Program 1219D New Music by David Michael and George Sarah Music from David Michael who has a new CD of chamber songs for Celtic harp called After the Rain. We’ll also hear from George Sarah, an LA based musician, who works behind the scenes but has a great new album called…