The Ambient Country band SUSS struggles with loss and finds a way to be reborn. After co-founding member Gary Lieb died, they had to reevaluate not only their existence, but their sound.
The August CD of the Month is Rain Before Seven by Penguin Café, the successor to The Penguin Café Orchestra launched in 1976 on Brian Eno’s Obscure Label. The music continues to be one-of-a-kind.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s music by Evenfall, the collaboration of multi-instrumentalist Cass Anawaty and flute player Sherry Finzer. We’ll also get some ambient chamber music by Naneum.
The Goth sound has permeated music since the early 1980s. Author and musician John Robb created a definitive chronicle of this movement in his book, The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth.
La Luz singer and guitarist Shana Cleveland plays live on Echoes. Playing music from her solo release, Manzanita, each song carries Shana’s unique blend of folk, indie, and dreamy pop.
We remember Sinead O’Connor who passed on July 26. Her voice was the sound of the soul. We’ll hear her work with other artists including Afro Celt Sound System and Massive Attack.
The August CD of the Month is Rain Before Seven by Penguin Café, the successor to The Penguin Café Orchestra launched in 1976 on Brian Eno’s Obscure Label. The music continues to be one-of-a-kind.
Actress Kaelen Ohm has been seen in the TV series “Hit & Run” and “From.” But you can hear her as Amaara, making deep, psychedelic dream pop on her new album, Child of Venus.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from ELEON, one of the recording personas of Michael A Foster, from his latest album, Hidden In Time. We’ll also hear an electronic duo who record as Iluiteq.