Two important bassists passed this week. Charles Fambrough, who played with McCoy Tyner and Art Blakey among others, died on January 1 and Mick Karn, who played with Japan, Dali’s Car and David Torn died today, January 4th. These musicians could not be more different. Fambrough was a jazz wizard with prodigious technique and an…
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Echoes January CD of the Month Agnes Obel – Philharmonics.
Minimalist songs of melancholy from Denmark with Echoes January CD of the Month Agnes Obel – Philharmonics Hear Agnes Obel playing live on Echoes Friday 10/07/11 From the first nursery rhyme piano solo, “Falling, Catching” to the last breathy vocal of “On Powdered Ground,” Agnes Obel’s debut album, Philharmonics, has captured my melancholy midwinter mood…
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Echoes Top 25 for December-Christmas is Still Here!
Christmas Music Tops the Tree of the Echoes Top 25 for December December is always a strange time for the Echoes Top 25. Seasonal programming and Best of Year shows skew the playlists towards Christmas sounds and older materiel. But new music does get played nevertheless. Heading up our December list, it’s no surprise to…
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The Best of Echoes 2010 Listener Poll.
Here it is, the Best of Echoes 2010 Listener Poll. These are albums you thought were the best Echoes CDs this past year. #1: Brian Eno Brian Eno Small Craft on a Milk Sea (Warp Records) Hammock Chasing After Shadows…Living with the Ghosts (Hammock Music) Enigma Platinum Collection (EMI/Virgin) Erik Wollo Gateway (Projekt) Carbon Based…
Reviews & Commentary
Dans Les Arbres Concert Review
Dans Les Arbres Retune Philadelphia You expect the unusual in shows produced by Ars Nova Workshop in Philadelphia, the patron saints of new jazz in Philadephia. But as soon as I saw the stage set-up for Dans Les Arbres at The Philadelphia Art Alliance, I knew this wasn’t going to be even your typical Ars…
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Ten Best New Music Concerts of 2010.
No one can possibly see every concert of the year so this is really the 10 best concerts that I saw in 2010. And I saw a lot of shows and some astounding performances. Here’s the list. John Diliberto’s Ten Best Concerts of 2010 1 Jonsi at Electric Factory, Philadelphia Jonsi gave a performance that…
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25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2010.
ECHOES PICKS THEIR TOP 25 FOR 2010 The Echoes 2010 Listener Poll is in full swing, but this is what we think was the best music played on Echoes in 2010, compiled by the Echoes staff of John Diliberto, Kimberly Haas and Jeff Towne. Twelve of them were Echoes CD of the Month selections in…
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Echoes November Top 25
Mark Preston’s Nature and Design Tops the Echoes Top 25 for November. Two electronic works top the
Program Highlights
Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning Bring Christmas Under the Wonder Sky
Echoes December CD of the Month Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning & Wendy Goodwin: Under The Wonder Sky Your Christmas CD for 2010 has slipped down the chimney. It’s been seven years since we had a seasonal album as our Echoes December CD of the Month. That was A Windham Hill Christmas, Vol. 2. Not coincidentally,…
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More Brian Eno Small Craft Sessions Video
Leo Abrahams, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins Extending the publicity effort for Brian Eno’s Small Craft on Milk Sea, they have dribbled out two more video clips from the jam sessions that resulted in the album. Contrary to common internet courtesy, they aren’t allowing us to embed them in the site so you have to link…