Llynks played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed in Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. Then Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer went from classical to ambient with AvaWaves.
It’s music by electronic dream pop singer Half Waif. The daughter of an Indian refugee from Uganda and an Irish-American, she heard Indian bhajans and Celtic pop growing up.
Mark Dwane has a new album called Future Tense and his guitar actually sounds like a guitar sometimes. We’ll also hear from Imaginational Anthems Volume 10, Overseas Edition.
We get High on Isra. That’s actually the name of a band out of Germany making an electronic pop. We’ll hear from their album, Sad Sad Sad. We’ll also hear from the California Guitar Trio.
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
Llynks graduated from the Berklee School of Music, worked as a model, played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed in Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. She talks about it on Echoes.
The July CD of the Month is Game Trails by Aukai. Aukai is the world fusion group headed up by Marcus Sieber of the duo, Mirabai Ceiba. We also have an interview with Blue Landscapes.
It’s dreamy, downtempo music by JFDR, that’s an abbreviation of her more complicated Icelandic name. We’ll also hear electronic music by Spinger from the album, Invisible Tree.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Bruce Cockburn. The singer-songwriter has a new album of solo acoustic guitar pieces. We’ll also hear new electronic music by Nigel Mulaney.
Singer Channy Leanagh fell off a roof and broke her back, but that didn’t stop her from recording a great album with her group, Polica. We talk about the album When We Stay Alive.