Month: April 2014

Weekend April 4th, 5th &6th-Echoes Program 1414A

Interview: Mark McGuire Guitarist Mark McGuire is a modern rock guitarist who looks to 1970s progressive rock for his influences. The former Emeralds guitarist has created a work of epic proportions called Along the Way. He talks about his prog evolution. Weekend April 4th, 5th & 6th Echoes Program 1414A Start Time Group Name Song…

Circadian Rhythms-Ambient Songs

Today on Echoes new music from S. Carey & Erothyme Coming up on Echoes, we’ll hear music from S. Carey’s Range of Light.  Carey is the drummer and backing singer for Bon Iver and while he shares Justin Vernon’s vocal timbre he has his own atmospheric approach to the singer-songwriter paradigm.  We’ll also fall into…

Thursday April 3rd-Echoes Program 1414D

Homepage Thursday April 3rd Echoes Program 1414D New Music: S. Carey & Erothyme Coming up on Echoes, we’ll hear music from S. Carey’s Range of Light. It brings out the atmospheric singer-songwriter side of this Bon Iver drummer. We’ll also fall into the lush electronic expanses of Erothyme.  He has a new album called Circadia. …

Japanese Spaces-Arizona Skies

Today on Echoes it’s new music from Hiroki Okano and Steve Roach Hiroki Okano was initiated as a Buddhist monk, but he decided to take a different path.  Throughout the 1990s, Okano made beautiful , delicately etched albums like Enn , Hearing There and Rainbow Over the Gypsy Hill, some of them on the late-lamented…

Wednesday April 2nd-Echoes Program 1414C

Homepage Wednesday April 2nd Echoes Program 1414C New Music: Hiroko Okano & Steve Roach Hiroko Okano was initiated as a Buddhist monk but decided to make music instead. We’ll hear the latest results from his new CD .JP, and we’ll listen to Steve Roach’s deep electronic journey called Spiral Meditations.  Start Time Group Name Song…

Lyla Foy Mirrors the Sky

Lyla Foy’s Mirrors the Sky Echoes April CD of the Month Hear it tonight on Echoes. We first met Lyla Foy in 2013 when she was recording under the guise of Wall. I was seduced by the austere, yet atmospheric songs of her EP Shoestrings, which touched a deep and resonant chord of melancholy and…

Mike Oldfield Rocks Out

Mike Oldfield talks about his homage to American Rock On the heels of his international acclaim at the 2012 Summer Olympic opening ceremony in London and the 40th anniversary of his signature work, Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield takes a hard right into 70s era album rock. His latest CD, Man on the Rocks, features singer…

Tuesday April 1st-Echoes Program 1414B

Interview: Mike Oldfield The creator of Tubular Bells is enjoying a renaissance with his triumphant appearance at the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony, and the 40th anniversary of his signature work. He rocks out on a new CD called Man on the Rocks. We talk tubular bells and beats. Tuesday April 1st Echoes Program…