Buck Curran, formerly half of the psychedelic folk duo Arborea, is creating his own music born of blues, raga, psychedelia and more. His taking American Primitive guitar global.
Guitarist William Tyler calls his music “rural New Age” with tongue only part way in-cheek. He’s taken the Windham Hill aesthetic, and carried it to new dimensions. He talks about it on Echoes.
A lot of musicians use environmental ambience in their music, but Massergy actually creates his ambient soundscapes outdoors in a nature preserve. He’s just released his debut album Fire Opal.
On the next Echoes the acclaimed English band, Lamb, talks about their new album, The Secret of Letting Go. The title speaks to the duos sometimes contentious working relationship.
New music by Indarra, an entrancing band with a supernatural Basque name centered on the declamatory vocals of Sue Hutton. We’ll also hear the latest by the chant trio White Sun on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Thomas Newman from his score The Highwaymen, the movie about the two Texas Rangers who hunted Bonnie & Clyde. Then from the highway to the spaceways with Chuck Van Zyl.
It’s music from Switzerland when the minimalist jazz ensemble, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin come in to play live. The ECM band create a music out cyclical interlocking patterns that evolve over time.
Harpist and singer Emilie Kahn creates a probing music with just her harp and voice. She used to record as Emilie & Ogden. Ogden is her harp. It’s still there when she plays live on Echoes.
On the next Echoes the acclaimed English band, Lamb, talks about their new album, The Secret of Letting Go. The title speaks to the duos sometimes contentious working relationship.
Julia Kent started as a classical cellist until she joined rockin’ cello band Rasputina and recorded with Antony and The Johnsons. But she’s been making solo looping cello music since 2007.