Árstíðir is another band out of Iceland, but this one has a more organic and acoustic sound with routes in the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. They come in to Echoes to perform their music live.
On the next Echoes, new music out of Germany by Chandeen. They were a darkwave group but on their CD Forever and Ever, they create a dreampop sound for their electronic poetry.
It’s a Slow Flow Echoes with new music from James Hood who has a new double CD of Hang Drum moods called Pure Ceremony. We’ll also hear ex-King Crimson violinist David Cross reworking a composition from that band called “Starless.”
Howling brings together an Australian singer and German electronic artist who met on Skype. They have a new album of electro-pop called Sacred Ground. We’ll hear that and new, surprisingly mellow music from the Japanese guitar assault band, Mono.
Andrew Dobson started performing as Digitonal in 1997 and began recording with the 2002 album, 23 Things Fall Apart. With the addition of Egyptian violinist Samy Bishai Digitonal hit its stride with the 2008 album, Save Your Light for Darker Days.
Árstíðir is another band out of Iceland, but this one has a more organic and acoustic sound with routes in the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. They come in to Echoes to perform their music live.
Heather Woods Broderick has performed with Sharon van Etten and Efterklang, but on her own, she creates richly-textured worlds for her introspective songs. With her CD Glider, Heather Wood Broderick has created one of the most enveloping and sustained song-cycles of 2015.
Coming up on Echoes, Sufjan Stevens, the acclaimed and idiosyncratic songwriter goes back to his folk roots, but with a spacey sound on Carrie and Lowell.
Darin Mahoney started out as a cowboy roping cattle and riding broncos in rodeos. A near death experience with cancer and an encounter with guitarist Will Ackerman’s music changed his life. Now he creates dreamy guitar music as a solo artist and in a duo with flutist Sherry Finzer.
Rebekka Karijord is yet another singer from Sweden, but she eschews the ethereal girl sound for a throatier, more soulful approach. She plays her music live on Echoes.