Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy have created an exalted world of ancient atmospheres, gentle melodies and modern orchestrations on “Cappadocia.” Echoes February CD of the Month.
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Echoes February 2019 CD of the Month: Johnson & Keaggy
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January 2019 CD of the Month: Aukai’s Reminiscence
Aukai is creating a folk chamber music that is meticulously crafted, a sound that lives in a zone of rustic refinement. His new EP, Reminiscence is the Echoes CD of the Month for January.
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Echoes December CD of the Month: Hammock “Universalis”
Hammock have forged a distinctive sound for the 21st century, merging ambient guitars with string orchestrations Their album, Universalis is the Echoes CD of the Month for December.
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November 2018 CD of the Month: DEAD CAN DANCE
Dead Can Dance has released a challenging album for longtime DCD fans, “Dionysus”. It’s a conceptual album of ritualistic music that draws on Middle Eastern modalities for an ecstatic state.
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October CD of the Month: David Arkenstone
David Arkenstone goes electronic on Colors of the Ambient Sky, an album of high melody and deep electronic moods and downtempo grooves. It’s Echoes CD of the Month for October
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September CD of the Month: Ólafur Arnalds re:member
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds has a created an ambient chamber music masterpiece using generative Stratus pianos on re:member, Echoes September CD of the Month.
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August CD of the Month: Talitha Rise
Talitha Rise’s “An Abandoned Orchid House” is the most perfect album of the year, embodying the authenticity of British folk, the pastoral side of prog and dust with world music touches.
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July CD of the Month: All India Radio’s Space
The Australian band All India Radio return with Space, an album that taps influences from Pink Floyd to the KLF to create an inner space journey. It’s the August CD of the Month
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Echoes June CD of the Month: Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt’s album “Lost Souls” features all-new music with compositions spanning her 33-year career. It’s the Echoes CD of the Month for June.
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May 2018 CD of the Month: Erik Wøllo’s Threshold Point
Norway’s Erik Wøllo creates an album born of loss, escape and cinematic expanse on his album Threshold Point, the Echoes CD of the Month for May. We review this profoundly beautiful album.