VEiiLA’s Sentimental Craving for Beauty leads the Echoes Top 25 for September, followed by Jeff Oster, Lis Addison, a Mark Shreeve Tribute, Kinobe, and 20 more great albums.
Russel Walder came to renown in the 1980s as half of a Windham Hill Duo with Ira Stein. But his new music is more electronic and less pastoral, a tribal sound for the global village.
It’s Whipped Cream and other delights on Echoes when we hear from Caroline Cecil. She went from being a competitive figure skater to professional DJ. Hear her story on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from Kevin Keller. The ambient chamber music artist takes a turn to the Middle Ages, adapting hymns from Abbess Hildegard von Bingen on his album, Evensong.
We remember guitarist Al Petteway who passed on September 25. He was a virtuoso of the instrument and a soulful player brought his love of the Appalachia’s to his music with Amy White.
On Echoes’ 34th Anniversary we revisit music from our first programs. Expect to hear some Tangerine Dream, Jon Hassell, Brian Eno, Philip Glass and some you’ve completely forgotten about.
The October CD of the Month from Russel Walder. He’s come a long way since his Windham Hill duo with Ira Stein. Speak to the Storm is full of sensual moods and electronic atmospheres.