On its 50th Anniversary, we remember the original Woodstock from 1969 which featured so much of the spirit and musical DNA of Echoes. Join us as we look at Woodstock through an Echoes lens.
Bat for Lashes, the Gothic dream pop project of singer Natasha Khan, goes even more dark, mystical and electronic on a new album called Lost Girls. We’ll hear from it tonight.
Julia Kent started as a classical cellist until she joined rockin’ cello band Rasputina and recorded with Antony and The Johnsons. But she’s been making solo looping cello music since 2007.
The art of improvisation when we talk with trumpeter John Swana, guitarist Tim Motzer and percussionist Doug Hirlinger, all veterans of progressive, jazz and avant-garde music.
Weekend listeners hear the guitar orchestrations of David Pritchard from his album, Evanescent, the August CD of the Month and an interview with Mary Lattimore talking about her ambient harp.
Coming up on Echoes, music by Rodrigo y Gabriela. The Nuevo flamenco guitar couple tackles a song that is iconic on Echoes, the piece from which the show took its name, Pink Floyd’s “Echoes.”
New music from Azam Ali. The singer from Vas and Niyaz goes all electronic on a new album called Phantoms. We’ll hear a track from this downtempo, modern spiritual lament.
UNKLE is the recording project of James Lavelle. He’s got a pair of albums The Road Part I and Part II, that explore darker themes with some of his best music in years.
Mary Lattimore is a diva of new music harp who has performed with Harold Budd, Kurt Vile, Thurston Moore and dozens of others with her electric instrument. We talk about ambient harp.
Hear the mesmerizing guitar orchestrations of David Pritchard from his album, Evanescent. It’s an album of minimalist guitar mosaics and the Echoes’ August CD of the Month.