New music from Azam Ali. The singer from Vas and Niyaz goes all electronic on a new album called Phantoms. We’ll hear a track from this downtempo, modern spiritual lament.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Hugar, an Icelandic band traveling between post-rock and neo-classical music, and we’ll hear something new from All India Radio’s new album, Eternal
UNKLE is the recording project of James Lavelle. He’s got a pair of albums The Road Part I and Part II, that explore darker themes with some of his best music in years.
Primer is the prep coating of paint. It’s also a textbook. And it’s the name chosen by Alyssa Midcalf, a Detroit based artist for her stripped down electronic pop. She explores dark terrain.
Guitarist Michael Gulezian comes in to Echoes to perform live. This virtuoso player has an original approach to acoustic guitar, which can be heard on his new recording, Thunder Heaven Light.
Mary Lattimore is a diva of new music harp who has performed with Harold Budd, Kurt Vile, Thurston Moore and dozens of others with her electric instrument. We talk about ambient harp.
Greek musician Theodore comes in for a live performance with his quintet performing the dramatic works of his album, Inner Dynamics. It’s a meeting of Dream pop and Progressive rock.
Hear the mesmerizing guitar orchestrations of David Pritchard from his album, Evanescent. It’s an album of minimalist guitar mosaics and the Echoes’ August CD of the Month.
Echoes our August CD of the Month is by guitarist David Pritchard, who’s been creating guitar chamber choirs with just his own, over-dubbed instrument since the early 90s.
On the next Echoes Ayla Nereo comes in to play live. Ayla Nereo has a sound that hovers at the borders of singer-songwriters and new age music. One writer called her a modern day flower child.