Hear the Echoes interview with Lyla Foy of Wall I don’t think we’ve ever had an artist interviewed on the show with as little materiel as Wall. That’s the recording persona of English singer-songwriter Lyla Foy who has managed to build up a lot of buzz with a sparse amount of materiel equaled only by…
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Program Highlights
Global Electronica and Guitar Icons
Tonight on Echoes (5/9/2013) it’s dream pop from England with Still Corners‘ new album “Strange Pleasure“, global electronica from Gaudi‘s new “In Between Times.” And speaking of global, I’ve got a band called Syriana on Peter Gabriel‘s Real World Label. They have members from Ireland, Algeria and Palestine and they sound like Dick Dale in…
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Euro Electronics & Jason’s Electronica Fleece
Tonight on Echoes, (5/8/2013) new electronic music from Europe. We’ll hear Germany’s Uwe Gronau with Visions and France’s Aes Dana with Pollen. We’ll also hear from a duo called Koan. They’re from Moscow and their sound is a mixture of downtempo techno but with a rich melodicism. Their album, Argonautica will take you on a…
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The Merryness of Mree – Dreampop Folk
I love this song from Mree, real name Marie Hsiao. I can hear elements of Kate Bush with Julia Holter and maybe even a touch of Enya. She has a new album coming in August, but for now, here’s a song called “Into the Well. ~John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign up for Echoes CD of the…
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A London Taxi Ride with Wall.
Tonight on Echoes you can hear an interview with Lyla Foy of the English Dreampop band called Wall. She came to renown when she participated in a web series called The Black Cab Sessions. A couple of guys would coerce musicains into the back of a big black London taxi and get them to play…
Interview Podcast
Hem Interview-Echoes Podcast.
Hear an interview with Hem in the Echoes Podcast. In the alternative rock, irony drenched landscape of Brooklyn, the band called Hem stands out for their sincere lyrics and nearly pure acoustic sound. They’ve been recording since 2001 and despite a litany of travails that might give Job pause, they’ve persevered, flourished and been reborn…
CD of the Month
Rhian Sheehan’s Ambient Music Box Symphony.
Rhian Sheehan’s Stories from Elsewhere Echoes May CD of the Month Hear Rhian Sheehan’s Stories from Elsewhere featured on Monday May 6 In a music style built on translucent hues, there are many shades of ambient chamber music. There’s Harold Budd’s minimal austerity and Ludovico Einaudi’s classical melodicism. Ólafur Arnalds trades in glitchy, haunted moods…
Best Of
Iceland to New Zealand in Echoes Top 25 for April
Ambient Chamber Music Master pieces Echoes Top 25 for April Ólafur Arnald‘s For Now I Am Winter, the Echoes CD of the Month for April, and Rhian Sheehan‘s Stories from Elsewhere top our list for April and that’s little surprise since both are masterpieces of Ambient Chamber Music. One musician comes from Iceland, the other…
Interview Podcast
Rhian Sheehan’s Music Box Podcast
Hear Rhian Sheehan’s interview in the Echoes Podcast. New Zealand artist Rhian Sheehan has been releasing electronic albums since 2001, but he started out playing acoustic guitar. He was good enough to jam with finger-style guitar icon, Tommy Emmanuel. But after forays into pure electronic music he has emerged with a sound that brings guitars,…
Interview Podcast
Shaman’s Dream Interview Podcast from Echoes
Hear Shaman’s Dream Interviewed in Echoes Podcast Craig Kohland and Evan Bartholomew, best known as Bluetech, come from different worlds. Kohland began in the New Age Scene, playing percussion with his group, Shaman’s Dream and creating trance global grooves. Bluetech began in the techno and electronic world settling in a career that oscillates between seductive…