We get inside the head of Agnes Obel when we explore her new album, Myopia. The Danish singer has created another chamber pop song-cycle of seductive moods and interior thoughts.
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Monday, Mar 2, 2020 – CDoM Agnes Obel’s Myopia
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Monday, Feb 17, 2020 – Echoes Program 2007A
Danish singer Agnes Obel creates a haunting ambient chamber pop music. On Myopia, she explores states of mind from insomnia to loss, all couched in her muted arrangements and whammy bar voice.
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Weekend, Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2020 – Lane 8 & Jake Shimabukuro
We talk to Lane 8, the electronic artist bans sll cameras at his concerts and calls his sound “dreamy back-rub house music.” We’ll also hear the ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro playing live.
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Friday, Feb 28, 2020 – Fink in Concert
Fink is the recording persona of Fin Greenall, who brings his ambient sensibilities to his deep and emotionally complex songs sung in his resonant tenor. Fink performs live on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Peter Kater Interview & Lyle Mays Obit
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Peter Kater’s Hard Road to New Age Bliss & Lyle Mays Remembered https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EchoesPodcast-PeterKater-2020-LyleMays.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe talk with 2020 Grammy winning pianist Peter Kater and we remember Lyle Mays of the Pat Metheny Group. In the Echoes Podcast, pianist Peter Kater. When a musician wins a Grammy award, you often don’t…
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Thursday, Feb 27, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music by Roger and Brian Eno from their collaboration Mixing Colours. We’ll also hear from electronic artist Hollan Holmes who has a new album of sequencer electronics called Milestones.
Playlists
Thursday, Feb 13, 2020 – Echoes Program 2006D
New ambient chamber music by Naneum from Life Cycle, a work for electronics and choir. We’ll also hear Daniel Avery and Allessandro Cortini from their collaboration, Illusion of Time.
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Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020 – Jill Haley Interview
Oboist and composer Jill Haley takes up residence and composes music inspired by the landscapes and her photographs. Join John Diliberto on a walk through the parks on Echoes.
Reviews & Commentary
Obituary: We Remember Lyle Mays from Pat Metheny Group
Lyle Mays, pianist with Pat Metheny Group, passes at age 66, on 2/10/2020. We remember this creative force in fusion music who co-wrote most of the Metheny Group repertoire.
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Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020 – Jake Shimabukuro Trio
Hawaiian ukulele lion Jake Shimabukuro comes in with his trio to lay down the dreamy ambient textured music of his new album, including a cover of a Pink Floyd classic.