On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Bodhiheart, a new age jazz ensemble mixing piano, cello, global percussion and bass and Special EFX guitarist Chieli Minucci with a solo, layered guitar album.
In honor of Black History Month, we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources: jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Downtempo global fusion erupts when we hear Tropo, a project of violinist Tyson Leonard. He mixes electronics with violin and all kinds of global elements on Siente tu Corazon.
It’s a Whole Lotta Love for Led Zeppelin when we talk with Bob Spitz, author of Led Zeppelin: The Biography. He takes us from poverty to Kashmir, drugs to death and heavy metal to heaven.
Guitar icon Phil Keaggy comes in with his acoustic guitar and looping station to generate multiple lines of his evocative melodies live. We hear triple when Phil Keaggy plays live.
We talk to Marconi Union, a true 21st century band. The British electronic trio has a new album out that finds them tapping a more rhythmic, drum driven sound, even though there are no drums.
We have a preview of the Big Ears Festival 2022. Founder Ashley Capps tells us about some highlights of the line-up that includes Patti Smith, John Zorn and Meredith Monk.
The Echoes February CD of the Month takes us into deep space with Emerald Waters by Hollan Holmes. He creates landscape paintings of Texas by day and electronic spacescapes by night.
We talk with Australian singer-songwriter Brigitte Bardini. She’s influenced by shoegaze and dreampop artists. She’s just released her impressive debut, Stellar Lights.
Frostlake is the recording persona of Jan Todd who sings and plays a multitude of instruments including a few you may have never heard of. She has a new album called The Weight of Clouds.