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.
2023 begins with a CD of the Month from Bruno Sanfilippo called REDES, which means ‘Networks’ in Spanish. It’s based on the idea of connecting, spun through social media.
Author and composer Albert Glinsky talks about his book, Switched-On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution. It’s a deep dive into the inventor who changed the face of modern music.
It’s the Best of Echoes 2022. It’s been a torrential year of new music. John Diliberto has been sifting through it all to pick out the 30 best albums of the last 12 months.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro teams up with slide guitarist Sonny Landreth and we’ll hear some deep ambient guitar by Jonas Munk, who records as Manual.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Belgian ambient composer Dirk Serries. He teams up with saxophonist Trosta on an album of ambient improvisations called Island On The Moon.
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. He has an album of ambient piano works.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Erik Wøllo. The Norwegian guitarist and electronic artist has a meditative album called Sojourns. We’ll also hear the electronic designs of Time Wharp.
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.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by The Album Leaf, revisited. Jimmy Lavalle has gone back to his 2001 album, One Day I’ll Be On Time, and reworked it as One Day XX