Drones, lconic alt-rock group out of depth. More drones. Charming elders of the old vanguard. A master of pink noise and symphonic expanse. Drones. Celtic aires. Gothic metal. Only at the 2016 Big Ears Festival.
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Big Ears 2016
CD of the Month
April 2016 CD of the Month: All India Radio’s The Slow Light.
All India Radio is the ambient rock project of Australia’s Martin Kennedy. With his 10th album, The Slow Light, he’s created a journey of ambient guitar and slow burn moods.
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Hearing Aids for Big Ears 2016: Interviews with 7 Performers
We hear features from 7 of the performers at Big Ears 2015 including Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Max Richter, William Tyler, Silver Apples, and Bill Frisell.
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Celebrate Echoes’ App with Echoes On-Line Sale!
Echoes goes mobile with a new App and a special new on-line subscriber Echoes Sale. On-Demand, wherever you want it Echoes is here!
CD of the Month
Miranda Lee Richards Echoes of the Dreamtime CD of the Month
Miranda Lee Richards is a singer-songwrite, creating dreamy, psychedelic hued songs on her 3rd album, Echoes of the Dreamtime. It’s the Echoes March CD of the Month.
CD of the Month
The American Dollar “Across The Oceans” Echoes February CD of the Month.
From the bedroom to the headroom, The American Dollar are a duo out of New York making a dynamic post-rock sound that has been heard on TV, commercials and films. Their latest CD, Across the Oceans is the Echoes February CD of the Month
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Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner Dead at 74
Paul Kantner, one of the founders of the psychedelic rock group, The Jefferson Airplane, dies at age 74.
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Paul Bley R.I.P.
Paul Bley was a singular voice in jazz and can be credited with discovering Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. He passed on January 3 at age 83. John Diliberto remembers this forgotten artist.
CD of the Month
Echoes January CD of the Month: Contact’s Discreet Music
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the seminal work of ambient music. Now Contact has taken this electronic piece and arranged it for acoustic instruments. Contact’s Discreet Music is the Echoes CD of the Month.
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Echoes in the 2016 Grammy Awards
It’s another Grammy Award season. The nominees has been announced and it seems like every year is more mundane than the one before when it comes to new music, adventurous music and even New Age music.