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.
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. It’s the Echoes CD of the Month for February. Monday February 2nd Echoes…
Jeff Johnson is a noted keyboardist who has recorded on Windham Hill Records and released dozens of recordings on his Ark Music label. Phil Keaggy is a monster guitarist out of Nashville who has been an icon both among Christian music fans and fingerstyle pickers. Over the last 3 years they’ve released a pair of…
Dreams and More in Echoes Top 25 for January.The first month of the new year begins strongly with a Top Five that includes 3 CDs of the Month. At the top is this month’s pick, Sherry Finzer’s haunting Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream. There’s last month’s pick, Wax Tailor’s propulsive chanson and Hollywood sound collage,…
New music by Pink Floyd and Winged Victory for the Sullen.
Over five hours of uninterrupted music counting down the top 250 Echoes Albums of all time, as voted by Echoes listeners.
New Music from Robert Rich.New music from Robert Rich with an album of retro New Age electronics called Filaments. We’ll also hear from the dream pop band called Purity Ring who have a new album of EDM influenced songs called Another Eternity. Thursday January 29th Echoes Program 1504D Start Time Group Name Song Name Album…
Interview: Sounds from the Ground. Pedal steel guitar, big bands and helicopters are all possible in the music of Sounds from the Ground. They’re an English ambient duo who have been creating a sampledelic mix of chilled sounds for two decades. They’ve just released a 20 year retrospective album. We revisit our interview with a…