Harpist Andreas Vollenweider returns after an 11-year absence with Quiet Places, an album of subtle, intuitive improvisation. It’s the October CD of the Month.
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Echoes October CD of the Month: Andreas Vollenweider
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Echoes September 2020 CD of the Month: Wøllo & Stearns
Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns come together on a deep ambient album of searing guitar, skyscraping atmospheres and immersive environments. Convergence is Echoes September CD of the Month.
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August 2020 CDoM: California Guitar Trio
California Guitar Trio has released Elegy, Echoes August CD of the Month. Their guitar symmetry of interlocked melodies sends riffs through your head like stars in a synchronous dance.
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Echoes July CD of the Month: Aukai’s Game Trails
Aukai’s Game Trails is Echoes July CD of the Month. This is an expansive, cinematic album of world ambient chamber music that will elevate your soul. Read our review and hear it on Echoes.
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Echoes June 2020 CDoM: John Gregorius’s Full of Life
John Gregorius’ Full of Life is Echoes June 2020 CD of the Month. It’s an album of spacious Ambient Americana as he layers electric and acoustic guitars in a desert southwest tone poem.
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Echoes May 2020 CD of the Month: AVAWaves Waves
Echoes May CD of the Month: AVAWaves “Waves”. It’s a masterpiece of true Ambient Chamber Music, merging classical and electronic moods into a “heartbreakingly” beautiful sound.
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April 2020 CDoM: Michael Whalen Sacred Spaces
Michael Whalen’s Sacred Spaces is an album for these times, an escape into a world of beautiful, shape-shifting electronic architecture and melody.
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Echoes March 2020 CD of the Month: Agnes Obel’s Myopia
Agnes Obel’s Myopia is the Echoes March CD of the Month. It’s an album that explores the mind from insomnia to memories, all in Obel’s ethereal voice and 21st century ambient chamber moods.
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Echoes Feb. 2020 CD of the Month: Hans Christian
Cellist Hans Christian is a leading exponent of east-west fusion. But on his new album, After the Fall, he taps his electronic and classical background.
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January 2020 CD of the Month: David Helpling’s Rune
Guitarist David Helpling returns with his 4th CD of the Month Pick, Rune, an album of deep ambient guitar melodies and glissando atmospheres inspired by ancient runes and oceanic depths.