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…
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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…
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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,…
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Climb Over Wall with Lyla Foy
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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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…