Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2025 – A Musical Journey
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
Living Room Concerts
Ben Neill, Performing Live On Echoes
We take you back to a 2016 live Echoes performance by Ben Neill. He plays the mutantrumpet with 3 bells, 2 sets of valves, a mini trombone slide and a lot of electronic controllers.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 28, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Haushka. The German pianist likes to insert strange objects on the strings of his piano, in the tradition of John Cage. His latest album is Philanthropy.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 20, 2025 – Echoes Vernal Equinox
Echoes declares winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the turning of celestial events to drive winter away.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 February: Dieter Spears Breezes into Top Spot
Late Day Summer Breeze by Dieter Spears tops the Echoes February 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, Ludovico Einaudi, Mogwai, C37, and 20 other great CDs.
News
John Diliberto & Echoes at Big Ears Festival 2025
Echoes host John Diliberto moderates leading ambient avatars on two panels at Big Ears Festival. They include Michael Rother, Bob Holmes, Mary Lattimore, Steve Roach and Linda Kohanov.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 7, 2025 – Japanese Breakfast and More
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
Reviews & Commentary
All-Time New Age Grammy Winners Ranked
The Best New Age (Ambient, Chant) Album category of the Grammys has always been fraught with problems. We go through all 39 winners and rank them.
Playlists
Weekend, Feb 1-2, 2025 – Programs 2504A & 2504B
Explore the Big Ears Festival 2025 with founder Ashley Capps plus music from Echoes artists appearing at the festival including Steve Roach, Michael Rother, and SUSS.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 January: deepspace on Top
deepspace’s Neon Blue Utopia tops the Echoes January 2025 list, followed by Sasha, Stellarium, Bill Nelson, a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, and 20 other great CDs.