Hawaii’s Taimane takes the ukulele and brings uncanny virtuosity and melody to it If you think the ukulele is a novelty instrument for Luaus, then you need to hear Taimane live on Echoes.
This weekend on Echoes explore Han’s Christian’s album, After the Fall, the Echoes February CD of the Month. Then hear 2020 Grammy winner, pianist Peter Kzter talking about his early years.
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders has released Valve Bone Woe, an album that reveals a softer side with a jazz inflected release that also has a bit of atmospheric ambience about it.
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.
We go inside the music of Tycho with Scott Hansen and singer Saint-Sinner. They talk about their collaboration, Weather, which takes Tycho’s music into a dream pop direction.
Pianist Peter Kater just won his second Grammy. He’s known for sweetly romantic music, but he has another side with a dark childhood and beginning as a hitch-hiking itinerant musician.
Hans Christian is known for his eastern inflected music and the duo Rasa, who transformed Hindi chants. But on After the Fall, he goes into a deeper ambient chamber music.
David Helpling takes us into the runic and oceanic influences of his January CD of the Month, Rune & Iceland’s Hugar unfolds their the influences of their album Varda this weekend on Echoes.
Coming up on Echoes, we’ll hear some older classics including music by Renaissance, the progressive orchestral rock group who celebrated their 50th Anniversary last year.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear new music by Sonic Yogi. He’s actually an acoustic guitar player, Jonathan Adams and his album of meditative guitar is called Be the Love You Seek.