Hammock’s Echoes CD of the Month, “Everything and Nothing” leads the Echoes Top 25 for May, followed by Haroula Rose’s “Here the Blue River,” Jean-Michel Jarre’s “Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise” and Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool.” See the complete list.
The music of Aukai is like the lost sound of an ancient and refined civilization. It’s both familiar and new, the sound of ancestral spirits touched by a modern hand. It’s a project of Markus Sieber from the duo, Mirabai Ceiba.
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Maia Vidal was in a punk group called Kievan Rus, appeared in a series of Coca-Cola TV ads and could be found strumming an autoharp in Barcelona. All that has led to her beautiful album, You’re the Waves. She talks about her journey in the Echoes Podcast.
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John Heart Jackie makes a trippy psychedelic folk with country harmonies, ambient textures and electronica loops. They came into Echoes to play and talk about their music.
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Deborah Martin’s new album Eye of the Wizard is inspired by supernatural myths, but she used to be a country singer. She talks about going from country to cosmic in Echoes Podcast
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Kiasmos is the electronic project of ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds and fellow Icelander, Janus Rasmussen. They talk about their techno journey.
Iconic ambient guitar band Hammock ups the rhythm to explore tumultuous emotions and salvation on Everything and Nothing, The Echoes May CD of teh Month
The Echoes Top 25 for April includes the the CD of the Month for April by All India Radio, the March CD of the Month by by Miranda Lee Richards and the debut of The Great American Canyon Band.
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Ane Brun’s music is always personal, touching on themes of love and life’s tribulations. But on her latest album, When I’m Free, Brun sings songs of empowerment.
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John Luther Adams talks about his award-winning composition, Become Ocean, and his decision to leave Alaska in the Echoes Podcast.