Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
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Weekend, Nov 11-12, 2023 – Russel Walder Interview
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
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Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 – Balmorhea Interview
Balmorhea talk about their music which has moved from ambient country into a more classically refined sound. Their latest album, Pendant World, is on the classical Deutsche Grammophon Label.
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Monday, Nov 6, 2023 – Russel Walder Interview
Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
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Weds, Nov 1, 2023 – SUSS Reborn: The Echoes Interview
The Ambient Country band SUSS struggles with loss and finds a way to be reborn. After co-founding member Gary Lieb died, they had to reevaluate not only their existence, but their sound.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 September: VEiiLA at the Top
VEiiLA’s Sentimental Craving for Beauty leads the Echoes Top 25 for September, followed by Jeff Oster, Lis Addison, a Mark Shreeve Tribute, Kinobe, and 20 more great albums.
CD of the Month
Echoes Oct. CD of the Month: Russel Walder
Russel Walder came to renown in the 1980s as half of a Windham Hill Duo with Ira Stein. But his new music is more electronic and less pastoral, a tribal sound for the global village.
Playlists
Thursday, Sept 21, 2023 – Echoes Program 2338D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by VLMV from their new album, Sing with Abandon. We’ll also hear a group called Above and Beyond who’ve devised a spacey ambient chamber music sound.
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Thursday, Oct 5, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from Kevin Keller. The ambient chamber music artist takes a turn to the Middle Ages, adapting hymns from Abbess Hildegard von Bingen on his album, Evensong.
Coming Up
Thursday, Sept 21, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by VLMV from their album, Sing with Abandon. We’ll also hear a group called Above and Beyond who’ve devised a spacey ambient chamber music sound.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 August: Penguin Cafe at the Top
Penguin Café’s Rain Before Seven… Tops the Echoes Top 25 for August, followed by BERLIN, Phaeleh, AMAARA, Tom Eaton, and 20 more great artists.