Joe Boyd is a legend in music from producing Pink Floyd and Nick Drake to his Hannibal world music label, and more. Now he’s written a book about the influence of world music on western culture.
On the next Echoes new music from the psychedelically-inclined artist, Washed Out. That’s Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr, and his new album is Notes from a Quiet Life. It always seems quiet on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a joyous electronic track from Covenant Blue and a drifting symphonic work by Max Richter off his new album, In a Landscape, which takes its title from a John Cage work.
Jaymie Rose Hennegan’s Transition tops the Echoes August 2024, followed by DiN’s 25th anniversary collection of electronic music, Trentmoller, Loreena McKennitt, and 22 other great CDs.
Cigarettes After Sex is a noir-dreampop group fronted by the sultry voice of Greg Gonzalez. They play music from their debut album live. Smoke their live Echoes performance.
It’s Long Tracks 7 on the next Echoes. Time is stretched with the debut album from electronic artist Patrick Gleeson, Philip Glass’s Music in 12 Parts, Emerald Web and Bill Nelson.
Emma Anderson used to be one of the two singers in the 4AD band Lush, but now she’s out on her own with a more mature, but still ethereal sound. We’ll hear from her album, Pearlies.
Joe Boyd is a legend in music from producing Pink Floyd and Nick Drake to his Hannibal world music label, and more. Now he’s written a book about the influence of world music on western culture.
I’m always a little skeptical of music masquerading as tone poems, citing some vast vista like the Grand Canyon or the Himalayas or the Taj Mahal that is inspiring the music. I’m sure that’s true for many, but most instrumental artists tell me the titles come after the event of recording. Once I got a…