See pictures put to Echoes audio in this video of Jimmy Wahlsteen. His album, 181st Songs was an Echoes CD of the Month in January of 2010 and it made the 25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2010. Candyrat Records put up a video where they took the complete audio from the Echoes review heard on…
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Raging Electro-Fusion from Barry Cleveland
Echoes listeners should know Barry Cleveland from a string of challenging albums he’s recorded since the early 1980s. He’s a great guitarist with a deep command of electronic processing and looping. Barry has participated in the two wildest and most free-form Echoes Living Room Concerts ever. He’s just put up some videos of his live…
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International Guitar Night Lands
It’s only the first month of the year, but already this has to be THE tour for finger-style guitar enthusiasts. International Guitar Night is in it’s 11th year and tomorrow they launch their US tour at Crossroads Music in Philadelphia. This is a monster show of finger-style guitarists that we’ve featured for the last 4…
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Sleepy Hollow Prog Rock Playlist
This past Sunday I participated in WXPN‘s Highs in the 70s 24 Hour Progressive Rock Marathon. In addition to co-hosting with Dan Reed & Biff Kennedy from 11AM-3PM, I also produced a special two hour Prog edition of Sleepy Hollow, XPN’s wake up and stay in bed weekend morning show, or “The quiet sounds of…
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Two Bassists Pluck Last Note: R.I.P. Mick Karn & Charles Fambrough.
Two important bassists passed this week. Charles Fambrough, who played with McCoy Tyner and Art Blakey among others, died on January 1 and Mick Karn, who played with Japan, Dali’s Car and David Torn died today, January 4th. These musicians could not be more different. Fambrough was a jazz wizard with prodigious technique and an…
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Dans Les Arbres Concert Review
Dans Les Arbres Retune Philadelphia You expect the unusual in shows produced by Ars Nova Workshop in Philadelphia, the patron saints of new jazz in Philadephia. But as soon as I saw the stage set-up for Dans Les Arbres at The Philadelphia Art Alliance, I knew this wasn’t going to be even your typical Ars…
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Ten Best New Music Concerts of 2010.
No one can possibly see every concert of the year so this is really the 10 best concerts that I saw in 2010. And I saw a lot of shows and some astounding performances. Here’s the list. John Diliberto’s Ten Best Concerts of 2010 1 Jonsi at Electric Factory, Philadelphia Jonsi gave a performance that…
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More Brian Eno Small Craft Sessions Video
Leo Abrahams, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins Extending the publicity effort for Brian Eno’s Small Craft on Milk Sea, they have dribbled out two more video clips from the jam sessions that resulted in the album. Contrary to common internet courtesy, they aren’t allowing us to embed them in the site so you have to link…
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The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels Trip Out in Philly.
Two retro-Psychedelic Bands Rewire an Era. It was a psychedelic weekend in Philadelphia with two bands who are steeped in the sound and imagery of the late 60s,The Dandy Warhols and The Black Angels. The Dandy Warhols, formed in 1993, are the veterans and at the Electric Factory on November 8, they took a stage…
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MoogFest Final Take
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/audio/MoogFest2010EchoesFeature.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThree Days of Plugged in Sound (except Mountain Man): An Echoes Perspective MoogFest 2010 wasn’t the first MoogFest, but it was the first of a new era of MoogFests that follows the programming pattern of alternative rock music festivals like Coachella, Bonaroo and the Pitchfork Music Festival. There…