I caught a great new song by Moby for an NPR thing called Project Song. They invite an artist in to compose and record a song in two days. Moby came in with singer Kelli Scarr and they recorded a gorgeous song that stands up to materiel on Moby’s Wait for Me on which Scarr…
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Mother’s Day Sleepy Hollow Playlist
IT’S A SLEEPY HOLLOW MOTHER’S DAY 6-8AM ON WXPN A few Facebook Echoes Fans helped out with the Mother’s Day playlist for my 6-8AM shift Sunday Morning, May 9 on Sleepy Hollow. There’s often a delay for posting my playlists so, in simple form, here it is! Sleepy Hollow is a local show on WXPN,…
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Echoes Top 25 for April-Robert Rich Ylang Sprouts to Top
Echoes Top 25 for April. The Echoes Top 25 CDs for April is up. Of course Robert Rich‘s Ylang, our Echoes CD of the Month, tops the list. Right behind him is the album of intimate duets between guitarist Ralph Towner and trumpeter Paolo Fresu, Chiaroscuro. You can see the complete Echoes Top 25 for…
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Vangelis-Icon of Echoes-10 Best CDs
VANGELIS: #11 of 20 ICONS OF ECHOES 10 Essential Vangelis CDs Celebrate the 70th birthday of Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fires tonight on Echoes. In 2009 I posted this list of 10 Essential Vangelis CDs when we ran our Vangelis: Then & Now segment. Tonight, Thursday, March 28 on Echoes you can hear a…
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Hammock-Not Swinging, But Soaring
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100428.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHammock’s Chasing After Shadows… Living With Ghosts Echoes May CD of the Month You can hear an Audio version of this with Hammock’s music There are Hammocks you swing in. They lull you into a hazy dream on a hot summer day. Hammock the band might have the…
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Carl Weingarten’s Dobro Dream
New Video from an Echoes Favorite Here’s a new video from Carl Weingarten, a great guitarist who has been concentrating on the dobro in recent years. He’s put together an urban-pastoral sci-fi video for his track “Bone Dog Blues.” John Diliberto ((( echoes )))
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Guitar Republic-New Dimensions for Acoustic Guitar
Three Italian Guitarists Turn Finger-style Guitar On Its Ear. Last Stop, The Monkey in NYC If there’s one type of CD that crosses the Echoes transom most frequently, it’s finger-style guitar. And at this point, it’s rare to find something new in that world. Tommy Emmanuel is a virtuoso with frightening technique. But his music…
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Radio Massacre International
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100421.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMusical Children of Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream Improvise Electronic Dreams. You can hear an audio version of this blog with RMI’s music The English band called Radio Massacre international has been around for a long time. How long? Steve Dinsdale says the trio made their first recordings…
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Dead Can Dance: 5 Steps To Ecstasy
#10 of 20 Icons of Echoes: Dead Can Dance 5 Essential Dead Can Dance Albums Tonight on Echoes we’ll be featuring an extended feature on Dead Can Dance as we look back on the career of this influential band who listeners voted as #10 among 20 Icons of Echoes for our 20th Anniversary. Dead Can…
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Time For Three: A Different Kind of String Trio
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100414.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS We had the pleasure of hosting Time for Three, the string trio of violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer, in the Echoes Living Room a while back. They gave a performance of almost frightening virtuosity and intuitive interplay, tapping into their more…