Merrin Karras is the performance name used by Irish musician Brendan Gregoriy, as his vehicle for ambient electronic sounds born in analog synthesizers. Brendan Gregoriy talks about the metal exorcism of Merrin Karras.
Haroula Rose grew up hearing the Greek music of her immigrant parents but went on to be influenced by singers like Judee Sill, Joni Mitchell and Bobbie Gentry. She plays music from her new CD, Here the Blue River, live.
The Album Leaf was on the leading edge of Post-rock, creating glitch strewn, melodic and ambient rock landscapes that embodied everything that the word “cinematic” implies. Almost every song on Between Waves has the feel of scenery streaming past a train window, a non-stop, yet shifting panorama of sound.
The live electronica band STS9 goes R&B on their new record The Universe Inside, but we find the one chill, yet souldful track on it. The progressive rock band, The Pineapple Thief, has a lot of chill songs on their new album called Your Wilderness.
Bon Iver takes their laid back sound into abstract space. We’ll hear a track from the album 22, a Million. We’ll also hear from the acclaimed electronic soundtrack to the Netflix series, “Stranger Things” by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein from the group SURVIVE.
Aukai is Markus Sieber’s all-instrumental project operating in an area of pristine sound, rustic roots, and soulful melodies. Markus Sieber talks about his global music journey.
She’s the daughter of Ravi Shankar, the sister of Norah Jones and the leading sitarist in the world. Anoushka Shankar comes in with her ensemble of percussion, shenai and bass to perform music from her album of hybrid Indian sounds, Land of Gold.
The Album Leaf was on the leading edge of Post-rock, creating glitch strewn, melodic and ambient rock landscapes that embodied everything that the word “cinematic” implies. Almost every song on Between Waves has the feel of scenery streaming past a train window, a non-stop, yet shifting panorama of sound.
The sister group from Colorado, SHEL returns to Echoes for their third visit on the heels of their best album yet. It’s called Just Crazy Enough and features some of their most vibrant songs and most elaborate production.
Aidan Knight is a singer-songwriter whose music is slow and introspective with an array of instrumental styles from humming and strumming guitar to more orchestral arrangements. He gets pretty spacey too.