Saxophonist Marshall Allen tturned 100 on May 25, and he is still leading the Sun Ra Arkestra and blowing wild alto solos as if his was 30. His like has never been heard before.
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Sun Ra Arkestra’s Marshall Allen at 100
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Big Ears Festival 2024 Review
The Big Ears Festival 2024 maintained its reputation for eclecticism, bleeding edge music and some of the most sublime sounds this side of paradise. John Diliberto took it all in.
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Big Ears Festival 2024: A Path Through
Big Ears Festival 2024 is a mass of new music and it presents many conflicts in scheduling for those subject to FOMO. But John Diliberto says Forget FOMO in his planned Big Ears path.
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Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra at 50
Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra changed the shape of music, powering disco, New Wave, EDM and more. From Donna Summers to Stranger Things, it still sounds like the future 50 years later.
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Brian Eno’s Here Come the Warm Jets
Brian Eno’s solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets was released 5 decades ago on February 8. This sonic assault did nothing to predict the ambient direction this artist would pioneer.
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New Age Grammy Nominees for 2024
The New Age Grammy award category has cratered again in 2013, nominating recordings of little impact and dubious creativity. Calling it New Age, Ambient or Chant has not helped.
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Tangerine Dream Live in Philadelphia
Tangerine Dream returns to Philadelphia after 11 years with a sound that calls to the past for the sound of the future moving from Phaedra to Raum. John Diliberto reviews their concert.
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Concert Review: Sigur Rós at Kings Theater
Sigur Ros took the stage of Kings theater, playing music from across their career including their latest album, ÁTTA. It was dark, brooding, both opoppressive and rapturous.
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An AI Creates Echoes Playlist
Can ChatGPT program a radio show? It is seeping into our lives in so many ways and streaming sites are already serving up algorithm powered playlists Echoes John Diliberto tried it out.
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Ralph Lundsten R.I.P. 1936-2023
Swedish electronic pioneer Ralph Lundsten was a sonic explorer who produced over 80 albums, invented instruments and his own idiosyncratic personality. He left the planet on July 5, 2023.