Category: Program Highlights

Pure Bathing Culture Interview on Echoes.

Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture Talks Art-Rock, Jazz and Dream-pop on Echoes Tonight. Whatever you call them, don’t call them Dream Pop.   But if you do, you’ll hear a sound to which most dream pop bands could aspire with Pure Bathing Culture.  They are a duo of singer and keyboardist Sarah Versprille and guitarist Daniel Hindman who…

The Enchanting Voice of Juliette Commagere

Tonight on Echoes hear singer Juliette Commagere Live. Juliette Commagere is a singer-songwriter with a pure voice and songs built around electronic designs coming from her husband, percussionist Joachim Cooder.  Her latest CD, Human, is a powerful electronic song cycle.  We’ll hear her sing music from it live tonight on Echoes. John Diliberto (((echoes))) ECHOES…

Anoushka Shankar in Echoes Podcast.

Hear Anoushka Shankar & Nitin Sawhney Talk about Traces of You in Echoes Podcast. Ravi Shankar passed away in December of 2012. He left an incredible legacy, scores of disciples and two daughters who have achieved their own kind of fame, Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.  The two sisters got together while Shankar was in…

Still Corners Live on Echoes Tonight.

Tonight on Echoes, Still Corners Live. Still Corners is a critically-acclaimed Dream-pop band from England. They visit Echoes with their full ensemble to unfold the atmospheric delights of their latest CD, Strange Pleasure.  A track from this performance is on our latest CD, Transmissions: The Echoes Living Room Concerts V19.  Find your local Echoes station…

A Fanfare to Oblivion with Jonathan Wilson & Hammock

New Music from Hammock & Jonathan Wilson tonight on Echoes Hammock is one of those bands that is consistently name-checked by artists we interview on Echoes. Rhian Sheehan, Mree, All India Radio and more have cited them in recent months.  They return with a new CD that follows on the heels of 2012’s Departure Songs. …

Westward Ho! with Tom Griesgraber & Bert Lams

Bert Lams & Tom Griesgraber talk about their concept album, Unnamed Lands tonight on Echoes. Bert Lams &Tom Griesgraber are both post-progressive rock veterans.  Bert Lams is the best known as part of the California Guitar Trio. Tom Griesgraber is lesser known with one previous album out, but he’s been creating progressive music for Chapman…

Keith Jarrett Gets Down on His Own

Keith Jarrett’s new album, No End, is a Jam Band of one. If you’re shocked by any direction that Keith Jarrett takes, then you haven’t been paying attention.  The peripatetic pianist has recorded albums on solo pipe organ (Hymns/Spheres) and clavichord (Book of Ways). He’s recorded classical works from Bach to Mozart, including Bach’s Six…

A Musical Dynasty: Anoushka & Norah After Ravi Shankar

Tonight on Echoes, Anoushka Shankar & Nitin Sawhney Ravi Shankar passed away in December of 2012. He left an incredible legacy, scores of disciples and two daughters who have achieved their own kind of fame, Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.  The two sisters got together while Shankar was in the process of dying and recorded…

Cover Me Over, the Echoes Cover Show.

You can’t pull back the sheets of a new album these days without finding someone covering tunes by other people.  There’s a whole cottage industry of people just covering Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and full album covers are almost the norm.  Today we go undercover to hear music by artists you know performed by other artists.…

Best of Echoes 2013 Poll Opens

Best of Echoes 2013 Poll Is Open. Vote in a poll where you can really have an impact. We’ve launched the Best of Echoes 2013 Poll. You can win some great prizes including, One Year Membership to the Echoes CD of the Month Club A One Year Subscription to Echoes On-Line so you can hear Echoes…