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…
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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…
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Priscilla Ahn is Happy on Echoes Tonight
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. Best known for her 2008 song “Dream,” Ahn has altered her sound and moved from folk to…
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Mree Plays Live on Echoes
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. Last year this then-19 year old musician released an album of sublime maturity called Winterwell. I’m still in love with this album. Mree…
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Luna Lee’s Gayageum Grooves Live on Echoes
Luna Lee Plays the Gayageum Live on Echoes. Luna Lee is a Korean musician who plays a traditional Korean instrument called the gayageum, a zither similar to the Japanese koto. Lee came to a bit of renown with a series of YouTube videos where she plays Jimi Hendrix songs and other covers. Those videos grabbed…
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Juliette Commagere in Echoes Podcast.
Juliette Commage Talks About Being Human in Echoes Podcast I’ve been enchanted by the voice of Juliette Commagere since I heard her singing on a Ry Cooder record, Chavez Ravine. Then “Gold,” the track she sang on Love on A Real Train’s debut last year was one of our favorite cuts. Juliette recently released her…
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Women of Echoes
A Celebration of Women in Music from the Echoes Spectrum for International Women’s Day This Saturday, March 8 is International Women’s Day and as we do each year, we focus this show on the sounds of women musicians. These days, that doesn’t seem as necessary as it did many years ago. Even 20 years back,…