We have a preview of the Big Ears Festival 2022. Founder Ashley Capps tells us about some highlights of the line-up that includes Patti Smith, John Zorn and Meredith Monk.
Marissa Nadler has a new EP of covers and extra tracks called The Wrath of the Clouds. We’ll also hear from guitarist Randal Meek and his homage to Hawaii called Longings.
We have new music by Tom Caufield, except he isn’t recording under his own name, but as Gatefold Sleeve. His new album Vessels of the Essence is an ambient improvisational journey.
Music from another disciple of Windham Hill guitarist and founder, Will Ackerman. His name is Randal Meek, and Ackerman produced his album, Longings. We’ll also hear from Karavan Sarai.
An icon of German electronic music returns. guitarist Michael Rother from Harmonia, and Neu! has a new album with Vittoria Maccabruni called As Long As the Light.
On An Echoes Christmas, it’s a seasonof the imagination. We create a soundscape for that long winter’s nap; or for wrapping presents and putting together those last-minute toys.
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.
Guitarist Will Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records, horn player Jeff Oster and multi-instrumentalist Tom Eaton have gotten together for a new age nostalgic album called Brothers.
Echoes Remembers. We lost many artists from the world of Echoes this year. We remember some whom we’ve lost, including David Darling, Chick Corea, Malcom Cecil and Jon Hassell.
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas but we do have 12 months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through all of them, first forward from January and then backwards.