Category: Reviews & Commentary

New Music from Purity Ring

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…

Echoes Hosts Recreation of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells

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…

Farewell 2014-Hello to The Future

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 “Snowfall” Live on Echoes

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 Live on Echoes

Yoed Nir on Echoes

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…

12 Months of Echoes CD Picks

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…

Echoes in the Grammy Awards

Grammy Award Nominees Announced with Several Echoes Artists NominatedCongratulations to Echoes Artists Who Are Nominated for Grammys Several Echoes artist got nominated for Grammys from across the spectrum of categories including Best Alternative Album,. Best Dance/Electronic album, Best Pop Vocal album and more. The New Age category got it as close to right as they’ve…

French for Rabbits

French for Rabbits

Serene Dream Pop from New Zealand by French for RabbitsHere’s my hit replay album of the day, maybe the month.   This is yet another wonderful band from New Zealand which is starting to give Iceland a run as the-little-island-country-that-could.  The New Zealand alt/pop duo of Brooke Singer and John Fitzgerald create a delicate, folk-based dream…