Thomas Dolby was an early avatar of electro-pop with hits like “She Blinded Me with Science” but now he’s a Professor at the Peabody Institute. We go back to the future and forward again.
It’s the return of Irish singer Moya Brennan, a founding member of the group Clannad she comes in with her family band and Cormac DaBarra to play their best live Echoes set ever. including “Theme from Harry’s Game.”.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we hit some downtempo EDM with Key-G, a Spain-based producer working some psy-dub magic on his new album, “Omens and Artifacts.” We’ll also hear some new neo-classical sounds by English composer David Tolk off his album, Seasons.
It’s synthwave sounds by Future Fire, an LA duo tapping the inspiration of late seventies electropop. And new music out of Israel with the Essence Project from Chapter One.
It’s the return of Irish singer Moya Brennan, a founding member of the group Clannad she comes in with her family band and Cormac DaBarra to play their best live Echoes set ever. including “Theme from Harry’s Game.”.
Thomas Dolby was an early avatar of electro-pop with hits like “She Blinded Me with Science” but now he’s a Professor at the Peabody Institute. We go back to the future and forward again.
On the First Slow Flow Echoes of 2018 we have new music by Mark Peters of the English shoegaze band Engineers, and a new album from electronic musician, Saul Stokes
There’s a lot of new music to start the new year including debuts from NOMAN with singer Kaat Arnaert, and another great collection from Sine Music, Offline, Vol.2.
If you’ve seen the Irish singer Hozier for the last two years you may have noticed his cellist who also sings with him. Her name is Alana Henderson and she has her own music out. We’ll hear her latest single.
We’ve sorted through the hundreds of albums, singles, CDs and downloads we got this year, picked out the ones that we think pushed the Echoes envelope, and tabulated The Best of Echoes 2017.