The annual Echoes Halloween show is one of the easiest thematic programs to put together every year. There is just so much great music based around themes of horror, mysticism and alien adventures. The only problem is fitting new tracks in when there are so many great perennial tracks we like to play. A few…
When I heard of Jack Bruce’s passing, the first thing I did wasn’t to grab one of his brilliant albums with Cream, but to pull his first two solo albums (absenting the free-jazz Things We Like album) off the shelf. While Eric Clapton retrenched into rootsy American rock after the dissolution of Cream and Blind…
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/audio/01PrairieSuite.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn our 25th year, the 20th Echoes Living Room Concert CD. Epic voices from the 1990s, children of progressive rock, global music explorers and a new sound of ambient pop form part of the roadmap to Ricochets, our 20th volume of live Echoes performances. Here’s some track-by-track insight into…
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The Echoes 25th Anniversary Poll is underway with listeners voting on 25 Icons of Echoes and 250 CDs for the 25th Anniversary of Echoes. Back on our 20th Anniversary Poll, I wrote about the concept of “Iconic” and I thought this would be a good time to revisit it. It seems like people have different…
The Echoes 25th Anniversary Poll is OPEN Help us celebrate 25 years of astounding sounds, chilled ambiences and breathtaking vocals by voting in the Echoes 25th Anniversary Poll. Vote & You’ll be entered into a drawing to win an Apple iPad. You get to pick 25 Icons of Echoes and the Top 250 Echoes Albums.…
I recently found a Minnie Mouse mask at the edge of a Grand Canyon precipice. That was just about as out of place as stumbling on a recent article in AP about ambient music. AP or Alternative Press is an alternative rock magazine dedicated mostly to Pop-Punk music like Fall Out Boy, All Time Low…
Pat Metheny Unity Band & Bruce Hornsby Longwood Gardens August 7, 2014 It takes some ability, a sense of authority and command of your audience, and some deep understanding to turn a show around 180 degrees in mood and intent. Pat Metheny exhibited all of that last night when he played the outdoor theatre at…
Last night Echoes listeners got to hear cellist Yoed Nir performing live in the Echoes Living Room. He was creating looping orchestrations with his cello, all of it played and much of it improvised in the moment. Greg Pelican, a subscriber to Echoes On-Line was so charged up, he picked up his drum sticks and…
There was never any doubt of Charlie Haden’s commitment to the bass and to jazz. From the iconoclastic Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late 50s to his Quartet West ensemble, Haden has remained a steadfast force in jazz, constantly changing, but always remaining true to himself and his art. Charlie Haden died, on July 11,…