It was 50 years ago that Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, the album that put Moog synthesizer and electronic music on the map. We go back with Carlos and those early primitive days.
Guitarist Buck Curran takes American primitive guitar east when he plays live on Echoes. One half of the psychedelic folk duo, Arborea, Buck brings that same sensibility to his solo music.
The October CD of the Month, Colors of the Ambient Sky by David Arkenstone. Arkenstone is a veteran multi-instrumentalist who takes his melodic gifts into ambient and electronic terrain.
The world fusion chamber group Aukai comes to Echoes for a magical performance. Headed up by Markus Sieber from the chant duo Mirabai Ceiba, Aukai plays his gentle compositions live.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Solar Fields. The Swedish electronic artist aka Magnus Birgessontakes his downtempo sound in a more cinematic direction on “Ourdom.”
On the next Echoes, a Flashback 50 to 1968 and the fourth album by The Jefferson Airplane, Crown of Creation. The album lived up to its title with many inventive and powerful songs.
Coming up on Echoes, new music by Ane Brun. The Swedish singer has a new single out called Springa that includes a children’s choir. We’ll also hear a cool ambient jazz project called Unifony.
Bill Bruford has always been one of the most erudite of progressive rock musicians. The influential drummer with Yes, King Crimson and UK who now has a doctorate and a book to go with it.
The world fusion chamber group Aukai comes to Echoes for a magical performance. Headed up by Markus Sieber from the chant duo Mirabai Ceiba, Aukai plays his gentle compositions live.