Forty years ago Steve Roach released his influential album, Structures from Silence. It’s a CD of quiet spaces and contemplation. He talks about the creation of this seminal work on Echoes.
Moby returns to Echoes with the July CD of the Month, Always Centered at Night. Every track is a collaboration with a different vocalist, few of which you’ve heard before.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, the ambient guitar twang of The Royal Arctic Institute. We’ll hear from their latest album, From Catharsis to Coma. We’ll also hear from Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Bill Nelson. The legendary British guitarist has released yet another new album. This one is Marvellous Realms. We’ll also hear from NPR’s Bob Boilen.
Deadmau5 is one of the more adventurous of EDM artists. His new single takes its name from the feathered serpent of Aztec mythology, Quetzalcoatl. That and more tonight on Echoes.
On a July 4th we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana Soundscape. It’s country and western distilled though Brian Eno ambiences, but still with that country twang.
A three-hour soundscape inspired by the landscapes of America, including Steve Roach, Jill Haley, Peter Kater, Paul Winter, Tycho, Pat Metheny, Patrick O’Hearn, and many more.
We go on a Quest for the Runestone on the next Echoes. That is the tile of David Arkenstone’s latest release as he returns to his fantasy-laden orchestral sound with a lot of Celtic touches.
On the next Echoes, music from New Age diva, Marya Stark. She teams up with multi-instrumentalist Daniel Berkman playing Kora, Cello and Ondomo. Their album is Underground River.
Music inspired by the mountains, rivers, plains and shorelines of the United States, including recordings by Paul Winter, Ry Cooder, Pat Metheny and many others.