Kevin Keller talks about his album Evensong. It is partly based on the chants and hymns of 12th century Abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Kevin brings these gothic sounds into the 21st century.
Abbess Hildegard von Bingen composed some of the most serene and transcendent music ever. Kevin Keller adapts them on a new album called Evenson, Echoes November CD of the Month.
Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, the last music by Jeff Beck. He teamed up with actor Johnny Depp on the album 18, but the best tracks are Beck’s solo instrumentals. We’ll hear one of those.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Vic Hennegan. He started out as a disciple of German space music but he has gone in a more percussive direction for his album, Time Ritual.
Hear ambient guitar, live, when Jeff Pearce comes in to play music from across his 30-year career, including covers of music by two of his influences, Harold Budd and Vangelis.
We’ll hear music from Opium Moon. This Grammy-winning world fusion band featuring violinist Lili Hayden has a new album of seductive middle eastern sounds called Where We Are Gathered.
Balmorhea talk about their music which has moved from ambient country into a more classically refined sound. Their latest album, Pendant World, is on the classical Deutsche Grammophon Label.