We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert and talk to Big Ears Festival Founder Ashley Capps about the 2026 Edition of this massive festival.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by the Fractal Sextet, a improvisational fusion project from guitarist Jon Durant. Their album is Sky Full of Hope. We’ll also hear from Christoph Pabst.
On the next Echoes, music from The Smile. That’s the project of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. We’ll also hear the latest by Mitski, who explores the dark side of our psyche.
Big Ears Festival 2026 will descend on Knoxville at the end of March with wave upon wave of new music sounds that challenge perceptions and open ears, Big. Ashley Capps talks about it all.
Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert inspired a wave of solo piano releases. It remains the best-selling solo piano album ever. We celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Deepspace is Australian electronic artist Mirko Ruckels. His recent albums, Neon Blue Utopia and Water Planets, are immersive ambient albums wrapped in science fiction stories.
It’s an orchestra of the imagination with music by Orchestra Indigo. This is a project of rock artist Rick Randlett. He goes into a cocktail lounge in space for his album, The Small Hours.
Travel through Heaven & Hell, the 1975 album by Vangelis on it’s 50th anniversary. He created an orchestra of sound with synthesizers and percussion. Hear it all on Echoes.