7and5 is the recording moniker of John Nixon, a Detroit-based artist who came up recording techno-music before turning into a more electronica and New Age sound.
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.
The sound of Scandinavia has been filling the air lately, and it’s not Abba. We’ll hear sounds from across the Nordic countries including music from Sigur Ros, Bjork, Olafur Arnalds and more.
The Big Ears Festival might possibly be the most adventurous and civilized festival in the country. Taking place at several venues across Knoxville, Tennessee March 27-30, it brings together artists on the cutting edges of music.
We remember Daevid Allen. The founding member of the Soft Machine and Gong, Allen created a mythology about the Planet Gong that brought to his music and life with whimsical philosophies and space rock explorations.
He played bass with Alice Cooper and Flo & Eddie and was a founding member of art-rock group, Sonia Dada. Now Erik Scott creates dreamy instrumental soundscapes.