Ralph Towner was an inspiration for the sound of Echoes with his solo work and world fusion group, Oregon. He died on January 18. We remember him with a live 2006 Echoes performance.
Music from the trio Khruangbin, who straddles the line between psychedelic, slow jam R&B and trance music, and the duo of Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick.
Bluetech’s album, “Spacehop Chronicles 2” is an homage to Laika, the canine cosmonaut who died in space on Sputnik 2. Bluetech tells the tale of Laika and this headtrip of an album.
Marissa Nadler is something beyond a singer-songwriter. Her seductive voice is wrapped in elaborate stories and bathed in psychedelic overtones and reverb.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Ian Boddy teams up with German drummer and electronic musician Harold Grosskopf. Grosskopf played on several Klaus Schulze albums and in Ashra and Wallenstein.
It’s another Journey into Long Tracks on the next Echoes. We’ll be hearing the title track to Michael Hoenig’s Departure from the Northern Wastelands, some Mike Oldfield, Nils Frahm, and more.
The Medieval electronics of Qntal. This brilliant German group, fronted by vocalist Sigrid Hausen, turns medieval texts into electronica songs that seem to come from a cosmic cathedral.
New music from Falling You. It’s the brainchild of producer John Michael Zorko who creates evocative, haunting themes with a collection of dream pop divas on the new album, Metanoia.
Marissa Nadler is something beyond a singer-songwriter. Her seductive voice is wrapped in elaborate stories and bathed in psychedelic overtones and reverb.
Jill Haley and Deborah Martin orchestrate a time-bending meeting of electronics, oboe and piano on Rendering Time. It was on the Echoes Best of 2025 and is the January 2026 CD of the Month.