Category: Program Highlights

Fernwood Echoes February CD of the Month

If it wasn’t for Martin Mull’s 1970s TV series, Fernwood T2 Night, the name Fernwood would more instantly conjure up pastoral images of a backwoods town from a time gone by. The band called Fernwood does that, only their backwoods could be in Bangalore, Senegal or in the Appalachian hills. It’s not that the music…

Echoes Top 25 for January 2015

Dreams and More in Echoes Top 25 for January.The first month of the new year begins strongly with a Top Five that includes 3 CDs of the Month.  At the top is this month’s pick, Sherry Finzer’s haunting Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream.  There’s last month’s pick, Wax Tailor’s propulsive chanson and Hollywood sound collage,…

Remembering Edgar Froese in Echoes Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EchoesPodcast-EdgarFroese-TangerineDream.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe Remember Edgar Froese in Echoes Podcast Listen to the interview below or download the podcast from iTunes I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands,…

The Dream is Over: Edgar Froese R.I.P.

Hear our tribute to Edgar Froese tonight on Echoes. I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands, textures that swirled, and sounds that were completely unfamiliar. My music world was forever changed. Now…

Hundred Waters in Echoes Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EchoesPodcast-HundredWaters.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHundred Waters is a band out of Northern Florida who create a searing dreampop centered on electronic textures and the voice and melodies of Nicole Miglis. They recently released their second album, The Moon Rang Like a Bell. This band grew up listening to Echoes on WMFE in…

Echoes Podcast – Dry the River

Dry The River

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-DryTheRiver.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDry the River is a band from England that takes yearning songs and turns them into gorgeous harmonies surrounded by psychedelic tinged arrangements redolent of bands like Love. They come in to talk about their latest album, Alarms in the Heart.

Friday, January 23, 2015

We’ll listen to an overlooked gem from 2014, singer-songwriter Yael Mayer’s . We’ll also hear something from the progressive rock collaboration Burnt Belief with Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin and guitarist Jon Durant