Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese past in January, but a the last configuration of the band release a 3CD live set that embodies everything that made Tangerine Dream one of the most influential and inspiration electronic bands.
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Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery are modern musicians purveying a backwoods Americana global music fusion as Fernwood. Arcadia is their second album of mostly acoustic ruminations, orchestrated with everything from sitars and guitars to bouzoukis and dilruba in a global music of the imagination.
Immerse yourself in a soundscape for Spring with an Echoes Vernal Equinoxe Stream. More than five hours of instrumental music create the perfect soundscape for you to feel the warmth of the sun and the sound of nature unfolding, even if it is snowing where you are.
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The Big Ears Festival might be the most adventurous and civilized festival in the country. It brings together artists on the cutting edges of music including Laurie Anderson, Nels Cline, Bill Frisell and A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
We hear features from 7 of the performers at Big Ears 2015 including Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Max Richter, William Tyler, Silver Apples, and Bill Frisell.
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Chad Lawson turns Chopin compositions into ambient chamber music on his 2014 album, The Chopin Variations. This musician traveled from jazz trios to chamber trios in his pursuit to strip Chopin down to an essence.
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Max Richter is among the second generation of ambient chamber music composers, creating haunting themes based in minimalist strategies.
Fernwood and Lanterna bring an Ambient Americana hue to the Echoes Top 25 for February. Both were Echoes CDs of the Month in February and March respectively. Rebekka Karijord, Zola Jesus and Shadowlands among the artists making their Echoes Top 25 debuts.
After nine years, Lanterna returns with a new album, Backyards and plays live on Echoes.
An Excursion in Ambient Americana from Lanterna is Echoes March CD of the MonthLanterna’s Backyards opens with the rollicking title track, a screaming ride down the Pacific Coast highway kind of song that you might expect to hear from the Eagles in their rare instrumental moments. It’s a great song with the twangy guitar and…