Kevin Keller took a challenge to record an album in one month. He enlisted his fans, running a daily blog where he considered their suggestions. The results were his new album, Shimmer.
Echoes Remembers. We lost many artists from the world of Echoes this year. We remember some whom we’ve lost including David Darling, Chick Corea, Malcom Cecil and Jon Hassell.
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas but we do have 12 months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward from January and then backwards.
Get your wish list out for Christmas. It’s the Best of Echoes 2021. In a tumultuous year, John Diliberto finds the 25 albums that will bring you peace, joy and adventure.
We visit the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project, EMEAPP. It’s a museum of electronic instruments from the earliest devices through Keith Emerson’s keyboard rig and beyond.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we go into the Majestic with Steve Roach, which taps his more celestial electronic side. We’ll also hear music from Grandbrothers and their album of enhanced piano.
We’ll hear music by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, from a new album of covers that takes them in unexpected directions. We’ll also hear new music by Tori Amos.
30 years ago, Loreena McKennitt released her breakthrough album, The Visit. We talk to this influential musician who turned Celtic music into world fusion while telling epic tales.
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.
We visit the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project, EMEAPP. It’s a museum of electronic instruments from the earliest devices through Keith Emerson’s keyboard rig and beyond.