Category: Program Highlights

Echoes – Tues, May 28th

On the next Echoes, music from German bassist Eberhard Weber.  He has one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in jazz and has recorded with artists like Kate Bush.  His album Resume is excerpted from live performances he played with Jan Garbarek over the course of 25 years.   Below you can see a video of…

HEM – Monday, May 27th

HEM brings their dream-folk music into the Echoes living room, playing their sensitive and introspective songs live, and telling the tales behind them.  They play music from their latest album, Departure and Farewell. Below you can see the music video “Seven Angels” from their latest album: ~John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign up for Echoes CD of…

AMBIcon Full Concert Videos – Micus, Roach, Stearns

Videos for the full concerts of AMBIcon 2013 are currently up on youtube.  You”ll find them all on the  AMBICON youtube page.  Here’s a bunch of them with Stephan Micus, Michael Stearns, Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Jeff Pearce, Tim Story and Hans Christian.  A rare confluence of ambient artists.  I knew I was missing a…

Laki Mera (Weds May 22nd)

Today on Echoes it’s dream pop from England when we hear the band Laki Mera.  They have a new album called Turn All Memory to White Noise being released in July this year.  John Diliberto also has new music from cellist Rena Jones.  It’s called Echoes and you’ll hear it on Echoes. ~John Diliberto (((echoes)))…

Echoes Tues 5/21: Seven Saturdays Interview

Tuesday May 21st Interview: Seven Saturdays on Echoes Jonathan Haskell is a synthesis of influences.  Recording as Seven Saturdays, you can hear elements Zero Seven, BT, MoodSwings, and early Pink Floyd roving through his music.  In his new song-cycle, the former instrumental composer brings in guest singers for his expansive songs.  Seven Saturdays has released…

Echoes Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Tubular Bells.

Interview: Mike Oldfield – the 40th Anniversary of Tubular Bells on Echoes Hear it on-air the weekend of May 24-26 Hear the Echoes Podcast of the interview with Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells It was forty years ago that Mike Oldfield electrified the world with his hit album, Tubular Bells. It had one composition spanning…

Echoes Ólafur Arnalds Interview Podcast

Hear the Echoes Interview with Ólafur Arnalds in the Echoes Podcast There is an emerging generation of artists who are positing the first new movement in classical music since 1970s minimalism: Ambient Chamber Music.  It mixes classical orchestrations with electronic sounds, but couches  them all in gorgeous, often heart-rending melodies and an atmosphere that envelopes…

Two Epic Birthdays: Mike Oldfield & Brian Eno.

Mike Oldfield & Brian Eno both share birthdays today.  Oldfield turns 60 and Eno turns 65.  Each artist has shaped the music we hear today.  Brian Eno has been the more prolific and expansive, working across genres and attaining massive popular success in each of the last 5 decades through his work with other artists…

An Angel Taps Pat Metheny & John Zorn.

A Review of Pat Metheny’s Tap: John Zorn’s Book of Angels Volume 20 Hear Pat Metheny talk about John Zorn’s Book of Angels Volume 20 on the Echoes Podcast Pat Metheny and John Zorn were born within a year of each other and share many of the same musical influences.  But in their professional lives,…