Keith Jarrett is still the standard for solo pianists. The legendary pianist has been sidelined by strokes, but ECM has gone back and pulled out a live solo performance, Bordeaux Concert.
Rebecca Pidgeon is best known as an actress but she’s also a compelling singer. Her latest album explores themes of the mind, consciousness and yoga. But it’s not New Age.
New music from Norway’s Daniel Herskedal’s collaboration with singer and Norwegian Grammy Award winner Emilie Nicolas. They hang between classical, jazz and pop on the album, Out of the Fog.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Nils Frahm off his deeply ambient 3 hour recording, Music for Animals. We’ll also hear the first and final album by Roger Universe.
It’s an Autumn’s Dream on Echoes. In the Northeast, it’s high season for an explosion of colors in fall foliage and we’ll hear the perfect soundtrack for it painted in seasonal hues of sound.
We ride a Hellbound Train with Steve Tibbetts, an icon of Echoes who has a new double CD of music from across his 40 years at ECM. We talk about his unique approach to music and guitar.
Rebecca Pidgeon is best known as an actress but she’s also a compelling singer. Her latest album explores themes of the mind, consciousness and yoga. But it’s not New Age.
It’s Indigenous Peoples Day, the answer to Columbus Day. We’ll hear an American soundscape from before America with Native American music from R. Carlos Nakai, Joanne Shenandoah and others.
Music from Plaster Cast. They aren’t related to the Plaster Casters of the 1960s. This is a band creating a downtempo slo-core sound reminiscent of The XX. We’ll also hear Rebecca Pidgeon.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Robert Rich and Luca Formentini. Rich is a veteran of electronic music. Formentini is an Italian guitarist. They get together on the album, For Sundays When It Rains.