Congratulations to 2015 Grammy winners from the Echoes side of the music stream. Beck‘s Morning Phase was the number one Echoes CD in 2014. We were as shocked as anybody, except Kanye West, who of course, had to be the MOST shocked, because he’s, you know, fucking Yeezus. He bum rushed the stage during Beck’s…
The New Age Grammy category is always the hardest to figure out. Every year there are obvious choices I think should win. Yet last year, in what had been one of the best collection of nominees in a while with Brian Eno, Kitaro, R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater, an unknown and relatively unheard nominee, Laura…
Hear our tribute to Edgar Froese tonight on Echoes. I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands, textures that swirled, and sounds that were completely unfamiliar. My music world was forever changed. Now…
Dry the River in Echoes PodcastDry the River is a band from England making an atmospheric rock sound that has a broken toggle stuck between folk and psychedelic music. Their music is marked by powerful rock instrumentation and soaring harmonies often traveling into the falsetto range that has fostered comparisons to Bon Iver vocally. They[‘re…
Purity Ring Slip Another Album on Their Fingers Purity Ring are a Canadian electronic music duo originally from Edmonton with singer Megan James and electronic musician Corin Roddick. I saw them at the Mountain Oasis Music Festival in 2013 where they were a last minute replacement for Tricky. Although they were dwarfed by the large…
Tubular Bells for Two Duo Recreate Mike Oldfield’s Masterpiece.I am very impressed by these guys. You should have them on your show. –Mike Oldfield This Thursday, January 8, two musicians from Australia will mount the stage of the Sellersville Theatre with over 20 instruments and recreate Mike Oldfield’s 1973 classic Tubular Bells. It’s a performance…
An Echoes Farewell to 2014 and our 25th YearAs we head out of 2014, I want to thank all of you who made Echoes possible not only this year, but for the previous 25 years. We said goodbye to this logo: And we said hello to this logo: And we remembered…
Jeff Pearce Live on Echoes VideoTonight on Echoes Sonic Seasonings ambient guitarist Jeff Pearce will create a winter landscape of looping guitar moods and melodies. It’s a wonderful and entrancing set that takes you into the heart of winter and all its mystical moods. He’ll play music from his latest album, With Evening Above and…
Yoed Nir plays live in Echoes Video.Yoed Nir is one of a new generation of looping cellists, joining the likes of Zoe Keating, Jami Sieber, Matthew Schoening and Hans Christian in creating orchestras of sound with just one instrument. Although there are lots of instrumentalists who loop, outside of guitarists it seems to be cellists…
A Look Back at CD of the Month Picks for 2014Tonight on Echoes we look back at our 12 CD of the Month selections. We’ll be playing two tracks from each spread out over the two hours of Echoes tonight. Here they all are with links to their reviews, tracks and videos. January: Hammock Oblivion…