Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is a pioneer of Ambient Chamber Music who works on the more wistful side of the genre. His album, The Summer Portraits is Echoes April CD of the Month.
Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
Ben Neill has been at the bleeding edge of new music for decades with his Mutantrumpet. Now he has a book, Diffusing Music – Trajectories of Sonic Democratization
The electronic duo Immersion with Colin Newman and Malka Spigel combine with Ambient Country band SUSS for a meeting of ambient, Country & Krautrock on Nanocluster Vol.3
New Zealand musician David Parsons was one of the early artists out of the gate of New Age music and turned towards an electronic world fusion recording two dozen albums.
Echoes host John Diliberto moderates leading ambient avatars on two panels at Big Ears Festival. They include Michael Rother, Bob Holmes, Mary Lattimore, Steve Roach and Linda Kohanov.
ChatGPT has an uncanny ability to mine the net for information and interpolate it convincingly. John Diliberto talks to one about Progressive Rock, King Crimson, Soft Machine and East of Eden.