Ricky Kej is an Indian musician steeped in the Bollywood sound. Wouter Kellerman is a South African world music flutist. They got together for a global exploration called Winds of Samsara, merging Indian, African and Middle Eastern sounds into a hymn for peace dedicated to Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi. They talk about their Grammy…
Congratulations to 2015 Grammy winners from the Echoes side of the music stream. Beck‘s Morning Phase was the number one Echoes CD in 2014. We were as shocked as anybody, except Kanye West, who of course, had to be the MOST shocked, because he’s, you know, fucking Yeezus. He bum rushed the stage during Beck’s…
Concert: Hundred Waters. Hundred Waters is a band out of Northern Florida who create a searing dream pop centered on electronic textures and the voice and melodies of Nicole Miglis. They recently released their second album, The Moon Rang Like a Bell on Skrillex’s OWSLA label. Monday February 9th Echoes Program 1506A Start Time Group…
Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery are modern musicians purveying a backwoods Americana global music fusion. Arcadia is their second album of mostly acoustic ruminations orchestrated with everything from sitars and guitars to bouzoukis and dilruba in a global music of the imagination. Weekend, February 7th & 8th Echoes Program 1505A Start Time Group Name Song…
Echoes at the Grammys. We survey the Echoes artists who are up for Grammy Awards including St. Vincent, Beck, Aphex Twin and Anoushka Shankar. We’ll hear the Echoes artists and John Diliberto will make his Grammy picks and predictions. Friday February 6th Echoes Program 1505E Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half…
The New Age Grammy category is always the hardest to figure out. Every year there are obvious choices I think should win. Yet last year, in what had been one of the best collection of nominees in a while with Brian Eno, Kitaro, R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater, an unknown and relatively unheard nominee, Laura…
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Erik Scott played bass with Alice Cooper, and was a founding member of Sonia Dada. On his own, he creates atmospheric music centered on his melodic bass lines.
Echoes hears from Angela Sheik. Her album Home Before Dark brings us her one woman band talentedly equipped with looping pedals and effects for beautifully and slightly quirky songs. We’ll also hear from Bella Gaia’s “Beautiful Earth.” Thursday February 5th Echoes Program 1505D (Previously 1450D) Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half…
Max Richter was among the first in the second generation of ambient chamber music composers, creating haunting themes based in minimalist strategies. He recently recorded a reimagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and has scored films and TV shows like HBO’s The Leftovers. Deutsche Grammophon has released a four-CD box set of his early recordings…
Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran have created an ambient chamber music merging electronics and strings.