Month: May 2013

Climb Over Wall with Lyla Foy

Hear the Echoes interview with Lyla Foy of Wall I don’t think we’ve ever had an artist interviewed on the show with as little materiel as Wall.  That’s the recording persona of English singer-songwriter Lyla Foy who has managed to build up a lot of buzz with a sparse amount of materiel equaled only by…

Weekend May 10th, 11th & 12th-Echoes Program 1319A

Program Descriptions Weekend May 10th, 11th & 12th Echoes Program 1319A Echoes CD of the Month Rhian Sheehan – Stories from Elsewhere This composer from New Zealand has created a modern ambient chamber music masterpiece. He merges influences from Sigur Rós, Brian Eno, film scoring and customized music boxes into a dream world of sound…

Thursday May 9th-Echoes Program 1302D

Program Descriptions Thursday May 9th Echoes Program 1302D New Music: Uwe Gronau & Aes Dana It’s new electronic music from Europe. We’ll hear Germany’s Uwe Gronau with Visions, and France’s Aes Dana with Pollen. Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 The Album Leaf Skylines  Forward/Return 0:06:00 Mecca Bodega Rove…

Global Electronica and Guitar Icons

Tonight on Echoes (5/9/2013) it’s dream pop from England with Still Corners‘ new album “Strange Pleasure“, global electronica from Gaudi‘s new “In Between Times.” And speaking of global, I’ve got a band called Syriana on Peter Gabriel‘s  Real World Label.    They have members from Ireland, Algeria and Palestine and they sound like Dick Dale in…

Wednesday May 8th-Echoes Program 1319C

Program Descriptions Wednesday May 8th Echoes Program 1319C New Music: Still Corners & Gaudi New music from England’s Still Corners from their new CD Strange Pleasures and Gaudi, the Italian world-electronica artist who also has a new album, In Between Time. Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Thurston Moore…

Euro Electronics & Jason’s Electronica Fleece

Tonight on Echoes, (5/8/2013) new electronic music from Europe.  We’ll hear Germany’s Uwe Gronau with Visions and France’s Aes Dana with Pollen. We’ll also hear from a duo called Koan.  They’re from Moscow and their sound is a mixture of downtempo techno but with a rich melodicism.  Their album, Argonautica will take you on a…

The Merryness of Mree – Dreampop Folk

I love this song from Mree, real name Marie Hsiao.   I can hear elements of Kate Bush with Julia Holter and maybe even a touch of Enya.  She has a new album coming in August, but for now, here’s a song called “Into the Well. ~John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign up for Echoes CD of the…

Tuesday May 7th-Echoes Program 1319B

Program Descriptions Tuesday May 7th Echoes Program 1319B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Tristeza L’Accident Heureux  Paisajes 0:06:00 Majeure Geneva Spur  Solar Maximum 0:15:43 Delerium Frostbite (feat. Anna-Lynne Williams)  Music Box Opera 0:21:23 David and Steve Gordon Ultra Lounge  Yoga Moods 0:29:00 break   Second Half Hour 0:30:00…

A London Taxi Ride with Wall.

Tonight on Echoes you can hear an interview with Lyla Foy of the English Dreampop band called Wall.  She came to renown when she participated in a web series called  The Black Cab Sessions.   A couple of guys would coerce musicains into the back of a big black London taxi and get them to play…

Monday May 6th-Echoes Program 1319A

Program Descriptions Monday May 6th Echoes Program 1319A Echoes CD of the Month Rhian Sheehan – Stories from Elsewhere This composer from New Zealand has created a modern ambient chamber music masterpiece. He merges influences from Sigur Rós, Brian Eno, film scoring and customized music boxes into a dream world of sound called Stories from…