Winter Tales brings together artists from Ambient Chamber and Neo-Classical music plus Brian & Roger Eno to take traditional Christmas songs and send them into serene space.
CD of the Month
Echoes December 2021 CD of the Month: Winter Tales
Category: Program Highlights
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Weekend, Dec 11-12, 2021 – A Tour of EMEAPP
We visit the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project, EMEAPP. It’s a museum of electronic instruments from the earliest devices through Keith Emerson’s keyboard rig and beyond.
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Friday, Dec 10, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we go Into The Majestic with Steve Roach, which taps his more celestial electronic side. We’ll also hear music from Grandbrothers and their album of enhanced piano.
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Thursday, Dec 9, 2021 – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
We’ll hear music by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, from a new album of covers that takes them in unexpected directions. We’ll also hear new music by Tori Amos.
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Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 – Loreena McKennitt Interview
30 years ago, Loreena McKennitt released her breakthrough album, The Visit. We talk to this influential musician who turned Celtic music into world fusion while telling epic tales.
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Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 – Twilight Archive, William Tyler
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.
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Monday, Dec 6, 2021 – A Tour of EMEAPP
We visit the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project, EMEAPP. It’s a museum of electronic instruments from the earliest devices through Keith Emerson’s keyboard rig and beyond.
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Weekend, Dec 4-5, 2021 – Winter Tales & Marconi Union
The Holidays are coming and we have your soundtrack with a new collection called Winter Tales, the Echoes December CD of the Month. Enjoy new works for the season from artists you already love.
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Friday, Dec 3, 2021 – Music by Immersion
We’ll hear music by Immersion. Colin Newman from Wire and Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact collaborate with the likes of Ulrich Schnauss and Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab.
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Thursday, Dec 2, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro teams up with slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and we’ll hear some deep ambient guitar by Jonas Munk, who records as Manual.