Hear Glenn Jones in a Living Room Concert on Echoes tonight. Glenn Jones is a virtuoso of the acoustic guitar and a disciple of the late John Fahey. Fahey even named an album after him. But Jones has found his own path. You can hear that sound on his new album, My Garden State, and…
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Anoushka Shankar’s Family Affair
The Daughter of an Icon Looks Back and Looks Forward. Just got a peak at the forthcoming Anoushka Shankar album, Traces of You. Just to judge from the EPK, it could be her best album yet. Produced by Nitin Sawhney and featuring vocals from Shankar’s sister, Norah Jones, it appears to be a blend of…
Interview Podcast
Interview with Scotland’s Laki Mera: Electro-Dream-Pop
Hear the Echoes Podcast of our interview with Laki Mera Laki Mera is a Scottish dream-pop band fronted by singer Laura Donnelly with electronic musicians Keir Long and Andrea Gobbi. They follow in the tradition of groups like Beach House and The Cocteau Twins with influences from German electronic bands and authors like Haruki Murakami…
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New Music: The Boards of Canada & Sigur Rós
Hear New Music from the Boards of Canada and Sigur Ros on Echoes tonight. Tonight on Echoes, new music by downtempo electronic denizens, Boards of Canada, from their highly anticipated and hyped Tomorrow’s Harvest, and the latest by Sigur Rós off their new album Kveikur (Candlewick). Below, watch Boards of Canada with “Reach for the…
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Interview: Yes Is The Answer editors Marc Weingarten & Tyson Cornell
A Pure Hour of Progressive Rock and More tonight on Echoes. Marc Weingarten and Tyson Cornell are Progressive Rock fans and they’ve edited a collection of personal essays about the genre called Yes is the Answer and Other Prog Rock Tales. Contributors such as novelist Rick Moody and music critic Jim DeRogatis write about their…
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Ludovico Einaudi Live on Echoes
Hear Ludovico Einaudi live on Echoes tonight. Acclaimed Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi comes to Echoes with his electro-acoustic ensemble and plays the sometimes haunting, sometimes exuberant themes of his latest album, In A Time Lapse. Below, watch Ludovico Einaudi’s live performance of “Divenire” from his 2008 CD, Divenire. Read a review of Ludovico Einaudi’s In…
Living Room Concerts
Living Room Concert: Mree
Hear Mree perform in a Living Room Concert on Echoes tonight. Mree goes where Enya fears to tread: creating music of stacked and layered vocals, and doing it live without backing tracks. This 19 year old musician has released an album of sublime maturity called Winterwell. She explores its haunting melodies live on Echoes. Below,…
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Echoes in Video-Hillage & Foxx
Some really great videos have been coming our way in the last two days. First up, Steve Hillage, a member of the psychedelic progressive band, Gong, and a prolific solo artist in various guises including this one as System 7. I love Hillage’s electronic music but when he plays live, I like him better with…
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New Music: Mike Oldfield and Daft Punk on Echoes
Hear New Music From Mike Oldfield and DaftPunk on Echoes tonight. Daft Punk didn’t play Colbert the other night, but we have them on Echoes, at least their music andit won’t be that over-exposed “Get Lucky” but another track off of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. And speaking of electronic music we’ll hear Mike Oldfield…
Living Room Concerts
Living Room Concert: Radio Massacre International
Hear Radio Massacre International in a Living Room Concert on Echoes tonight. It’s a trip into deep space when the English electronic trio Radio Massacre International comes into the Echoes living room and elevates us into the cosmos with a live performance. Below, watch the electronic music video of Radio Massacre International’s “Small Frozen North”…