World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound.
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
The sister group from Colorado, SHEL returns to Echoes for their third visit on the heels of their best album yet. It’s called Just Crazy Enough and features some of their most vibrant songs and most elaborate production.
Gileah Taylor is a singer-songwriter from the Florida Panhandle who sings songs of love, the spirit and science fiction. She comes in with her looping station to sing live on Echoes.
Experimental Genre-Spanning Spacepop Experimental could apply to a lot of the music you hear on Echoes, but that’s also how an English band called The Invisible describes their music.
Ron Korb has been making instrumental world music for 3 decades. The Canadian musician and composer plays flutes form all over the world, but especially Asia. He weaves his flute melodies into exotic tapestries that conjure up a world far away and sometimes a world of the imagination.
Slow Meadow is a lush ambient chamber music project put together by keyboardist/guitarist Matt Kidd. His debut album was a CD of the Month in 2015 and now he comes into Echoes to play music live in a trio of electronics, violin and cello.
OnDeadWaves is the gothic Americana shoegaze project of James Chapman from Maps and Polly Scattergood. As OnDeadWaves they’ve created a gothic western noir sound that explores themes of loss, alienation, addiction and desolation.
Gileah Taylor is a singer-songwriter from the Florida Panhandle who sings songs of love, the spirit and science fiction. She comes in with her looping station to sing live on Echoes.
Singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler returns to Echoes to play live, performing music from her new album, Strangers.