On an Echoes Memorial Day Soundscape, it’s music to contemplate loss across time. Then it’s an interview with Michael Whalen, he talks about his April CD of the Month, Sacred Spaces.
Hawaii’s Taimane takes the ukulele and brings uncanny virtuosity and melody to it If you think the ukulele is a novelty instrument for Luaus, then you need to hear Taimane live on Echoes.
New music by French guitarist Pierre Bensusan. He came up during the days of Windham Hill guitarists like Michael Hedges who named a song after Bensusan. He has a new album called Azwan.
Pianist Peter Kater is interviewed and we hear a suite of his music as well as new music from Moby, bassist Michael Manring, and German electronic artist Robert Schroeder.
Composer Michael Whalen talks about his CD of the Month, Sacred Spaces. It’s a return to his progressive rock roots as he turns a classical composition into a synthesized fantasy.
On an Echoes Memorial Day Soundscape, it’s music to contemplate the loss and the carnage of wars across time including music from Loreena McKennitt, The Zombies and Hans Zimmer.
It’s the return of a New Age pioneer when we talk with Kevin Braheny Fortune. David Helpling takes us into the runic and oceanic influences of his January CD of the Month, Rune.
It’s new music by Simrit Kaur. She is an extraordinary singer who takes kirtan chants in a rapturous world fusion direction. We’ll hear a track from her latest album, When We Return.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go through Portals, a collection of electronic music sub-titled “A Kosmische Journey”, nodding to roots in 70s German Space music. We’ll also hear Liminal Drifter.
It’s music by electronic dream pop singer Half Waif. The daughter of an Indian refugee from Uganda and an Irish-American, she heard Indian bhajans and Celtic pop growing up.