The Best of Echoes 2019. . . So Far is our Top 25 list of favorite albums of the year at the halfway point of the calendar. See the Complete list here including our possible surprise #1 Pick.
This weekend on Echoes an essential album of dream pop, with Lamb’s The Secret of Letting Go, the July CD of the Month. Then take a seat for a live performance by guitarist William Tyler.
On an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape, we take you through the longest day and shortest night of the year, as we track the midnight sun in a soundtrack of summer.
On a Slow Flow Echoes guitarist William Tyler draws a thread between Windham Hill, John Fahey, & experimental music on “Goes West.” We’ll also hear ambient chamber music by Nathan Speir.
Guitarist William Tyler performs the inventive music of his latest album, Goes West. Tyler is a musical child of Takoma and Windham Hill Records guitarists, but he goes in a new direction.
We talk to Heather Woods Broderick. She’s backed up Sharon Van Etten, had an Echoes CD of the Month in 2015 and has a new album, Invitation. We talk to this hidden gem of a musician on Echoes.
The trippy, New Age Folktronic duo Yaima has a new video from their album, Antidote. It’s a Balinese fantasy for their song “Odonata” with the enchanting duo cavorting in a Balinese Jungle.
The Echoes Top 25 for May 2019 has the CD of the Month “Fire Opal” by Massergy topping the list, followed by Heather Woods Broderick, Bluetech, Desert Dwellers and Lamb.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, two new releases by veteran New Age artists. We’ll hear David Darling from Homage to Kindness and Nancy Rumbel, David Michael and Benjy Wertheimer from Confluence.
Streaming on Echoes, Heather Woods Broderick in a magical concert of Chamber pop. Her latest album, Invitation, is a journey of the spirit and soul through nature.