David Pritchard’s Evanescent is the Echoes August CD of the Month. Pritchard creates glowing acoustic guitar choirs over-dubbing his own instrument in beautiful filigrees.
CD of the Month
August CD of the Month: David Pritchard – Evanescent
Tag: Ambient
Best Of
Echoes July 2019 Top 25: Lamb, William Tyler & more.
The Echoes Top 25 for July 2019 has the CD of the Month “The Secret of Letting Go” by Lamb at the top, followed by William Tyler, Beacon and 22 more recent recordings.
Playlists
Thursday, August 1, 2019: Echoes Program 1930D
Hear Bluetech, remixed. The electronic composer has just released Liquid Geometries in Dub. We’ll also hear a retro electronic musician who records as Ametrom.
Reviews & Commentary
Blake Mills Premieres a Surreal Video for “Five”
Blake Mills’ new video for “Five” is a subtle, poignant, and eerie experiment in giving emotional weight to unusual hosts, such as insects, houseplants, and even fire.
Coming Up
Monday, August 12, 2019: Swana Motzer Hirlinger
The art of improvisation when we talk with trumpeter John Swana, guitarist Tim Motzer and percussionist Doug Hirlinger, all veterans of progressive, jazz and avant-garde music.
Coming Up
Weekend, August 10 & 11, 2019:August CDoM & M.Lattimore
Weekend listeners hear the guitar orchestrations of David Pritchard from his album, Evanescent, the August CD of the Month and an interview with Mary Lattimore talking about her ambient harp.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Last Days on Earth
Three hours hours of uninterrupted instrumental music for the coming apocalypse.
Coming Up
Thursday, August 8, 2019: New Music from Azam Ali
New music from Azam Ali. The singer from Vas and Niyaz goes all electronic on a new album called Phantoms. We’ll hear a track from this downtempo, modern spiritual lament.
Living Room Concerts
Michael Gulezian – Live in Concert
Guitarist Michael Gulezian comes in to Echoes to perform live. This virtuoso player has an original approach to acoustic guitar, which can be heard on his new recording, Thunder Heaven Light.
Coming Up
Tuesday August 6, 2019: Mary Lattimore Interview
Mary Lattimore is a diva of new music harp who has performed with Harold Budd, Kurt Vile, Thurston Moore and dozens of others with her electric instrument. We talk about ambient harp.