An Echoes Winter Solstice: a soundscape of snow shrouded trees and silent saguaro cacti. There are no Christmas Carols, but a sleigh ride into the celestial and chilled side of the season.
These are challenging times. We are constantly seeking new avenues of funding. At the same time, as I’m sure you know, money is tightening for everyone as inflation and interest rates rise.
Brian Eno, followed by Klangwelt, Delay Tactics, David Vito Gregoli & Ricky Kej, Ian Boddy, and 20 more great artists are featured in the Echoes Top 25 for November.
Hear seasonal sounds off the beaten reindeer path with winter-themed selections from artists new and old, including Loreena McKennitt’s December CD of the Month, Under a Winter’s Moon.
We talk with Airport People: not weary airline travelers, but ambient chamber music artist Leon Todd Johnson. He has an album of creaky-piano-centered compositions called From Nine Mornings.
Weekend listeners hear The Best of Echoes 2022 Top 20 and we remember those who left the Echoes galaxy this year with Echoes in Memoriam.
Daniel Lanois is the famed producer of U2, collaborator with Brian Eno, and a musician who is usually found behind a guitar or a pedal steel guitar. But now he has an album of ambient piano works.
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas, but we do have 12 CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward and then backwards. 2022 was a great year for music on Echoes.
It was a tough year for Icons of Echoes as Klaus Schulze and Vangelis both left earth’s orbit and they were followed by Julee Cruise, Low Roar and too many more. Echoes remembers.
We talk with Airport People: not weary airline travelers, but ambient chamber music artist Leon Todd Johnson. He has an album of creaky piano centered compositions called From Nine Mornings.