An Echoes Ambient Americana Soundscape
On a July 4th we take you into twangquility with an Ambient Americana Soundscape. The surge of Ambient Americana that we talked about last year has only increased, especially with Bob Holmes from the band SUSS really pushing that message out there. He calls it Ambient Country and I’m good with that to although I prefer the alliteration of Ambient Americana. We’re going to hear a lot of those acts and some of the pioneers. It all started with Brian Eno’s album, Apollo in 1983 and was charged further by Ry Cooder’s score to the film, Paris, Texas in 1984. It kind of lay dormant for a while although there were recordings by Harold Budd, and English pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole. One of the signature albums of the genre is something of an outlier in the expansive Steve Roach catalog. It’s an album called Dust to Dust where he collaborated with guitarist Roger King. Expect to hear that, SUSS and their offshoots, Explosions in the Sky, Chuck Johnson and PanAmerican & Kramer. After the fireworks, chill your mind with John Diliberto on an Echoes Ambient Americana Soundscape from PRX.