Isao Tomita left the planet on May 5. I interviewed him in 1992 in his Tokyo Studio. I look back at this early electronic music explorer who took the classics into space
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Isao Tomita 1932-2016 RIP
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Klaus Schulze: Moondawn at 40
Klaus Schulze is an icon of electronic music, exploring a sound that still resonates well after his first recordings in the early 1970s. Moondawn is one of those recordings celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
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Big Ears 2016
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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.