Tom Eaton is best known as an engineer of acoustic albums for Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman. But on his own, he plugs into his room of synthesizers to create ambient dreamscapes.
The June CD of the Month is Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, an album of love, peace, insomnia and centipedes. Fronted by singer Tamsin Wilson, Wilsen makes a powerful dreampop sound.
It’s notes from the Tunisian underground when we hear the amazing Emel Mathlouthi performing live. Emel is a singer whose song was an anthem for Tunisia’s Arab Spring.
On the next Echoes, The Cranberries return “something Else,” an album of acoustic and orchestral renditions of their best known songs from the 90s. And new music by Adam Werner.
Fall into a dream on the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We’ll explore this psychedelic classic with originals and a covers recreation.
Michael Whalen is a skilled keyboardist and composer who has nearly 20 albums to his name ranging from electronic ambiences to solo pianos in reverb. His latest album, Dream Cycle, is inspired by his difficulties with sleep and health. He plays live on Echoes.
Patrick Watson is a Canadian band that has been making a dreamy art pop since the early 21st century. On their latest album, Love Songs for Robots, they use sci-fi metaphor and ethereal arrangements for a deeper, more introspective sound.
It’s notes from the Tunisian underground when we hear the amazing Emel Mathlouthi performing live. Emel is a singer whose song was an anthem for Tunisia’s Arab Spring.
Suzanne Ciani was a leading figure in New Age music with albums like Velocity of Love and Pianissimo. But behind her sweet, classically derived melodies was an avant-gardist who came of age with the Buchla modular synthesizer in the 1970s.
Coming up on Echoes music from the Arab underground when we hear Yasmine Hamdan and her new album Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones). We’ll also hear new music from Clannad’s Moya Brennan and her album, Canvas.