The Big Ears Festival is a monstrous affair of cutting edge music. This year saw some 150 artists performing including Patti Smith, John Zorn, Jason Moran and more. Here’s a random account.
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Notes from Big Ears Festival 2022 Pt.1
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022 – New Music from Patrick Watson
New music from Canadian Dream Pop artist Patrick Watson that captures the uncertainty of this time. We’ll also hear a collaboration between Bruno San Filippo and Aukai.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 – Ambient Chamber Music
Put on your tuxedos and gowns for chamber music on the ambient side. Ambient Chamber Music is the meeting of classical modes and ambient atmospheres, and we have a whole show of it.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 March 2022: Trentmøller on Top
Echoes Top 25 for March 2022. Trentemoller’s Memoria, Will Ackerman’s Positano Songs, The Royal Arctic Institute’s From Catnap to Coma, and 22 more.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 3, 2022 – Echoes Program 2209D
Two sides of deep ambience. We’ll hear from Billow Observatory (Danish guitarist Jonas Munk and American electronic artist Jason Kolb) and we’ll have new music by the Icelandic duo Hugar.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 3, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
Two sides of deep ambience. We’ll hear from Billow Observatory (Danish guitarist Jonas Munk and American electronic artist Jason Kolb) and we’ll have new music by the Icelandic duo Hugar.
Echoes Extended
Non-Narrated Echoes – Ambient Music of the African Diaspora
Four hours of uninterrupted music exploring African and black influences in Ambient music, from Jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and traditional African music.
Playlists
Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022 – Echoes Program 2205B
Peter Gregson is a classically-trained cellist, but he goes into ambient chamber music on his recording Patina. It mixes synthesizers and electronic processing along with orchestral strings.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022 – Peter Gregson Interview
Peter Gregson is a classically-trained cellist, but he goes in an ambient chamber music direction on his recording Patina. It mixes synthesizers, electronic processing and orchestral strings.
Playlists
Tuesday, Jan 18, 2022 – Echoes Program 2203B
Rena Jones is a polymath. She plays violin, cello and synthesizers and immerses her music in the imagery of nature and philosophy. We talk about hidden meanings and her new album, Allegories.