It’s another amazing month of music at Echoes with Kevin Keller’s magnificent CD of the Month, La Strada, leading the Echoes Top 25 for November. But check out some of the others like the #2 album, a wonderful collection of melodic electronics called Autumn Time Volume 3.
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Iconic Irish singer, Enya talks about her new album, Dark Sky Island. It’s her first album of all-new material in 7 years. Many of the familiar Enya sounds are there from the pizzacato strings, vocal choirs and of course, the pure beauty of Enya’s voice. She talks about castles, church and the cosmos.
The Irish singer Enya has created one of the most distinctive sounds of the last 30 years. She’s just released her first album in 7 years, Dark Sky Island and it is sure to thrill fans of her serene sound. Dark Sky Island is the Echoes December CD of the Month.
Echoes listeners are now voting in the Best of Echoes 2015 Poll. They are picking their 10 favorite albums heard on Echoes in 2015 and they’ll be tabulated into the Echoes Top 25 Albums for 2015
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Todd Tobias creates ambient vignettes; short excursions into a mysterious sound dominated by multiple guitars and manipulated samples. He’s worked extensively with the rock band, Guided by Voices, but makes an ambient sound on his own. He talks about it on Echoes.
Steve Hackett was the guitarist of the glory years of the progressive rock group, Genesis and he has continued in that mode with some of the most exhilarating guitar playing of the last 30 years. On his latest concert tour, From Acolyte to Wolflight, Hackett plays solo music old and new plus a set of Genesis materiel. He landed at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA on 11/20.
John Zorn creates avant-progressive rock with a simulacrum in the form of a power organ trio with organist John Medeski, guitarist Matt Hollenberg and drummer Kenny Grohowski. They tore up a full house at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia.
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Named for a theater in David Lynch’s film, “Mulholland Drive”, Silencio plays music inspired by Lynch films and Angelo Badalamenti’s scores for them. We talk to the band about their evocative and haunting sound.
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Twilight Archive is a trio of musicians from Southern California exploring an ambient jazz sound. They get together to make a dark, swampy ambient jazz, channeling Miles Davis through Jon Hassell Fourth-World grooves and electronica modes. They talk about their evolution and new album, Mood Chain.
The Ambient chamber music of our CD of the Month, Slow Meadow, leads the Echoes Top 25 for October followed by the powerful dreampop of The Mynabirds and the sultry orchestral pop of Lana Del Rey.