Hear New Age Ancient and Modern. Prompted by the January death of New Age pioneer Iasos, Echoes takes a spin through some early new age music as well as some of its more recent exponents.
The March CD of the Month is Sacred Places, by Hollan Holmes. We’ll hear that and a program of long tracks – four epic pieces all spanning some 20 minutes each. Take a long ride with Echoes.
Kevin Keller talks about his album, Evensong. It is partly based on the chants and hymns of 12th century Abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Kevin brings these gothic sounds into the 21st century.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we get amorphous with Forrest Fang, from his album called The Lost Seasons of Amorphia, which combines synthesizers with zither, gamelan, and gu-zheng.
David Holmes is a longtime giant of electronic music and a prolific film composer. He teams up with singer Raven Violet to create a politically charged album, Blind on a Galloping Horse.
New music from Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton from their album, Seven Conversations. It’s an improvisation in ambient space. We’ll also hear from Deborah Martin and Erik Wollo.
The California Guitar Trio Live. As if 18 strings weren’t enough, they’ve added six more with Tom Greisgraber on the 12-string Chapman stick. They debut their newest, unreleased music.
New music by Limina, an ambient chamber music project from Tyler Durham. He recorded with members of the London Symphony Orchestra to get the crystalline sound of his album, Coming Home.
We enter the world of Chant. From Abbess Hildegard von Bingen to contemporary musicians exploring a medieval sound, we’ll hear voices descending from the heavens and tuning the spirit.