Driving in this morning, I was thinking to myself that I was getting a little tired of the solo acoustic guitar thing. But when I popped up Echoesspace today, I found a friend request from Guitar Republic that got the strings popping again. They are a new Italian guitar supergroup doing the California Guitar Trio…
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Echo Location: Qntal’s Medieval Electronica
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090805.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSQntal get’s Medieval on your ass with a heavenly voice and entrancing atmospheres. You can hear an audio version of this blog with Qntal’s music here. When you think about gothic rock, it’s usually images of post-punk bands like Peter Murphy, Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy that come…
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Loner Echoes Podcast
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe’ve put up the Echoes Podcast for this week. It’s our interview with English ambient singer-songwriter, Loner.
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Echoes Top 25 for July: Moby Tops
As is typical, our CD of the Month tops the Echoes Top 25 for July with Moby’s entrancing, Wait for Me. Look for the artist to bring this music to the concert stage in the Fall. Tour Information here. But just beneath Moby is one of the prettier ambient chamber music albums of the year,…
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Echoes August CD of the Month: Chris Bocast and MJCatalin’s Stratagem
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090729.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS American guitarist Chris Bocast teams with Romanian electronic artist MJCatalin in meeting of ambient and progressive music You can hear an audio version of this blog with Chris Bocast & MJCatalin’s music here. Chris Bocast was all set to be a rockin’ guitarist. He played with rock…
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Echoes Top 25 for June: Tosca on Top
Tosca‘s No Hassle leads the Echoes Top 25 for June. Check down to number 16 for next months Top 25 winner. That will be Moby and Wait for Me, one of the most beautifully heartbreaking albums of the year. It’s the Echoes CD of the Month for July. A nice companion piece for Wait for…
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Echo Location: Moby’s Wait for Me-July CD of the Month
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090701.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMoby releases his best album in a decade, and it’s the July Echoes CD of the Month It’s been ten years since Moby put out his multi-platinum selling album, Play. it became ubiquitous in films, TV, and commercials. You’ll hear echoes of Play in Moby’s new album, Wait…
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Echoes Top 25 for May: Leo Abrahams Tops List
Leo Abrahams‘ The Grape and the Grain tops Echoes Top 25 for May. That’s no surprise since it was our Echoes CD of the Month. There’s lots of new electronic music including the latest albums from Bluetech, Mark Dwane, Jon Hopkins and the son of one of the original space music pioneers, Jerome Froese, who’s…
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Echo Location: Mark Dwane’s Electronic Guitar
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090513.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMark Dwane travels to Other Worlds of guitar synthesis You can hear an audio version of this blog with Mark’s music here. Mark Dwane is a musician who has Progressive Rock in his DNA. Born in 1954, he was just the right age to be seduced by 70s…
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Echoes Top 25 for April: Morgan Doctor leads the way
This months Echoes Top 25 sees the return of two longtime Echoes favorites, William Orbit and Mark Dwane. There’s also a few surprises. Who would’ve thought that two former Prince vamps, guitarists for Spinal Tap and a Hot Tuna would be in the Echoes May Top 25. But that’s the case with Wendy & Lisa’s…