A Grandchild of 70s Progressive Rock Every time I put on Mark McGuire’s Along the Way I feel like I’m taking a trip into the future via my past. Elements of the 70s progressive rock music I love from Popol Vuh, Ash Ra Tempel, Mike Oldfield and Jade Warrior emerge in his music. But Mark…
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Linnea Olsson in Echoes Podcast
Swedish Cellist and Singer-Songwriter Linnea Olsson talks about her debut album in Echoes Podcast Linnea Olsson has played progressive rock with Isidurs Bane, backed folk singer Ane Brun and is currently touring with Peter Gabriel. She’s from Sweden, but influences on Linnea Olsson’s debut album include The Blues Brothers and the “Theme from Rawhide” and…
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Echoes Top 25 for March 2014
Progressive guitars, Serene Songs and Hang Drums Lead Echoes Top 25 for March It’s no surprise that our March CD of the Month, Mark McGuire’s Along the Way, leads the Echoes Top 25. Fans of Popol Vuh, Ashra and Mike Oldfield should be in prog-epic heaven with this album. Hear Mark McGuire interviewed on Monday…
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Tiny Time Pills & a Poke in the Ribs
Today on Echoes it’s new music from Elbow & The Capsules Elbow is the English band that takes 80s new wave stylings and a bit of Peter Gabriel narrative drama and updates them into their own, often moody sound. Their new album is The Take Off and Landing of Everything. The Capsules are a…
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Tycho & Davidge
New Music from Tycho & Davidge tonight on Echoes It was great to hear Scott Hansen, who is effectively Tycho, on NPR’s Weekend Sunday Edition. Of course, we had him on Echoes for a great live performance and an interview back in 2012. You can hear a track from his set on our CD Transmissions:…
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Linnea Olsson Opens Wide and Says Ah!
Swedish Cellist and Singer-Songwriter Linnea Olsson talks about her debut album on Echoes Tonight Linnea Olsson has played progressive rock with Isidurs Bane, backed folk singer Ane Brun and is currently touring with Peter Gabriel. She’s from Sweden, but influences on Linnea Olsson’s debut album include The Blues Brothers and the “Theme from Rawhide” and…
Living Room Concerts
Mary Fahl Live on Echoes Tonight
One of the most distinctive voices in modern music has been singer Mary Fahl. While we love the “ethereal girls” on Echoes, Mary Fahl is powerhouse singer whose roots are more Grace Slick and Sandy Denny than Elizabeth Fraser and Suzanne Vega. She came to renown fronting October Project back in the 90s. But when…
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Electronics,Enya & Chet Baker with Priscilla Ahn
Hear Priscilla Ahn Talk About her New CD, This Is Where We Are, in the Echoes Podcast Priscilla Ahn finds easier inspiration in loneliness and lovelorn idylls than the current state of happiness in her life and marriage. But she finds a new way to tackle inspiration on her CD, This Is Where We Are. …
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An Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape
Bask in the sunshine of a Vernal Equinox Soundscape tonight on Echoes with music from Ólafur Arnalds, Kitaro, Kate Bush and Led Zeppelin and more tonight on Echoes. Check out the bizarre Bat for Lashes video for “Lilies” as well as Ludovico Einaudi’s “Primavera” below John Diliberto (((echoes))) Join the Echoes CD of the Month…
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James Hood Hangs Ten on a Hang Drum Live on Echoes
Moodswings Maestro Unplugs and Taps Metal Instead of Computer Keys Live There are only a few new instruments in the 20th century and one of them is the Hang, often referred to as the Hang drum to the consternation of its creators, Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of PanArts in Switzerland. They call their instrument…