The Echoes Top 25 for January includes the CD of the Month by Contact, as well as last month’s pick, Enya, along with new releases by Tuxedomoon, Ane Brun and Tranceology.
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Echoes Top 25 for January 2016
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Interview Podcast
J. Anthony Allen in the Echoes Podcast
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You don’t usually find academic composers making music that you might find on a dance floor or in a chillout room, but J. Anthony Allen breaks that convention.
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Emilie and Ogden in the Echoes Podcast
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Emile is Emilie Kahn. Ogden is her harp. Together they create a chamber folk music.
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Briana Marela in the Echoes Podcast
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Briana Marela creates ethereal pop from the sound of her multi-tracked voice.
CD of the Month
Echoes January CD of the Month: Contact’s Discreet Music
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the seminal work of ambient music. Now Contact has taken this electronic piece and arranged it for acoustic instruments. Contact’s Discreet Music is the Echoes CD of the Month.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for December 2015
Echoes Top 25 for December includes CD of the Month from Enya and seasonal albums, Smoke Fairies’ Wild WInter and Bryan Carrigan’s Fall Into Winter
Interview Podcast
Smoke Fairies in the Echoes Podcast
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Smoke Fairies talk about their unique take on Christmas and how they’ve been together since age twelve.
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The Mynabirds in the Echoes Podcast
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The Mynabirds is the vehicle of singer Laura Burhenn. Her new album explores a dark, electronica direction. It comes on the heels of a break-up, a cross country trek and journey to South Africa. We talk to Laura Burhenn about her musical journey.
Best Of, Program Highlights
Best of Echoes 2015 Listener Poll.
Echoes listeners have voted for their favorite albums of 2015. See the results in The Best of Echoes 2015 Listener Poll
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Laurie Anderson in the Echoes Podcast
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Laurie Anderson is a true icon of modern music, creating a sound that brings together cultural observations, acute humor and ambient textures. Anderson is hitting a new period of creativity with large-scale works like Landfall, Habeas Corpus and her new album, and film, Heart of a Dog.