David Arkenstone talks about his album, Winterlude. It’s a seasonal tone poem without Christmas carols and without sleigh bells. Join John Diliberto for this exclusive interview.
It has been a great year for new music and we’ll pick out our Top 30 best albums of 2023 on Echoes. You might want to see who is number one, but you will love who is 30.
There are many Christmas and seasonal albums out there, but David Arkenstone’s Winterlüde most perfectly captures the wonder of the season. It’s Echoes CD of the Month for December.
We talk with Secret Sky, the world fusion group of cellist and singer Caroline Lavelle, and guitarist Brian Hughes, from Loreena McKennitt’s band. They reveal all the secrets on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Haushka. The German pianist likes to insert strange objects on the strings of his piano, in the tradition of John Cage. His latest album is Philanthropy.
David Holmes is a longtime giant of electronic music and a prolific film composer. He teams up with singer Raven Violet to create a politically charged album, Blind on a Galloping Horse.
Guitarist Tom Caufield brings us an album without any guitar. Using synthesizers and a violinist, he channels the sound of progressive groups like Popol Vuh and Vangelis.
There are many Christmas and seasonal albums out there, but David Arkenstone’s Winterlüde most perfectly captures the wonder of the season. It’s Echoes CD of the Month for December.
Deborah Martin & Jill Haley discuss their latest project, Into The Quiet; Hans Christian and Mickey Houlihan talk about Christian’s posthumous collaboration with David Darling.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Aukai (Markus Sieber) who specializes in the South American instrument called the charango. He carves out delicate, brush stroked music on his album, Apricity.