September’s CD pick, Convergence is a collaboration between Norwegian ambient guitarist Erik Wøllo and American electronic artist Michael Stearns. Then we talk to the California Guitar Trio.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s music by Yppah, an ambient post-rock band that combines live playing with electronics. We’ll also hear the return of the world fusion band Trance Mission.
It’s a new generation of Ukulele player when we talk with Taimane. She’s creating her own ukulele fusion that takes the instrument out of the luau and into the world.
A song for the pandemic when we hear a lament from singer Mimi Page. It’s a haunting wordless hymn for these times. We’ll also hear from Robot Koch who has a new ambient chamber music album.
The California Guitar Trio talk about their Echoes CD of the Month, Elegy. It was recorded in AirBnB living rooms while they were on their last tour before pandemic lockdown.
New music by Nine Inch Nails. It’s not their usual Industrial rock, it’s a pair of albums that are more like Trent Reznor’s ambient film scores than Nine Inch Nails assaults.
New music by Norwegian electronic artist Sverre Knut Johansen. It’s an album of ambient moods called Dreams Beyond. We’ll also hear from Hawaiian slack key guitarist Jim Kimo West.
We’ll hear new recordings from two extraordinary singers: another single by Ane Brun from her still untitled album, and London Grammar with the soulfully searing voice of Hannah Reid
We travel through time for the German Sci-Fi TV series, Dark, which has an ambient underscore by Ben Frost, and songs by artists like Agnes Obel, Mimi Page, and Robot Koch.
On the next Echoes, a magical concert of Chamber pop when we hear Heather Woods Broderick come in to play live. Her latest album, Invitation, is a journey of the spirit and soul through nature.