Drones, lconic alt-rock group out of depth. More drones. Charming elders of the old vanguard. A master of pink noise and symphonic expanse. Drones. Celtic aires. Gothic metal. Only at the 2016 Big Ears Festival.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears 2016
Category: Reviews & Commentary
Reviews & Commentary
Hearing Aids for Big Ears 2016: Interviews with 7 Performers
We hear features from 7 of the performers at Big Ears 2015 including Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Max Richter, William Tyler, Silver Apples, and Bill Frisell.
Reviews & Commentary
Celebrate Echoes’ App with Echoes On-Line Sale!
Echoes goes mobile with a new App and a special new on-line subscriber Echoes Sale. On-Demand, wherever you want it Echoes is here!
Reviews & Commentary
Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner Dead at 74
Paul Kantner, one of the founders of the psychedelic rock group, The Jefferson Airplane, dies at age 74.
Reviews & Commentary
Paul Bley R.I.P.
Paul Bley was a singular voice in jazz and can be credited with discovering Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. He passed on January 3 at age 83. John Diliberto remembers this forgotten artist.
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Matthew Shipp Live in Philadelphia
Pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist Michael Bisio essay intimate jazz duets and torrential improvisations live in Philadelphia
Reviews & Commentary
Echoes in the 2016 Grammy Awards
It’s another Grammy Award season. The nominees has been announced and it seems like every year is more mundane than the one before when it comes to new music, adventurous music and even New Age music.
Reviews & Commentary
Smoke Fairies’ “Christmas Without a Kiss”.
Here’s a taste of what you’ll hear next Monday, December 7, when Smoke Fairies come in to play live on Echoes. Smoke Fairies have released the best seasonal album of 2015 with Wild Winter.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
Steve Hackett Live at The Keswick Review
Steve Hackett was the guitarist of the glory years of the progressive rock group, Genesis and he has continued in that mode with some of the most exhilarating guitar playing of the last 30 years. On his latest concert tour, From Acolyte to Wolflight, Hackett plays solo music old and new plus a set of Genesis materiel. He landed at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA on 11/20.
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Brian Eno’s Discreet Music Reborn by Contact.
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the first bud in the growing expanse of ambient music. And now, the Toronto ensemble, Contact, has taken this electronic work and transformed it into a mesmerizing 60 minute acoustic rendering.