On their last tour before pandemic, California Guitar Trio recorded an album’s worth of songs that explore their virtuosity and intricacy. That album, Elegy, is the August CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Aug 8-9, 2020 – Programs 2031A & 2031B
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Weekend, Aug 22-23, 2020 – Michael Whalen & Tangerine Dream
Composer Michael Whalen talks about his CD, Sacred Spaces. Then Tangerine Dream invented a new genre of music. We explore their evolution from psychedelic aggression to electronic dreams.
Coming Up
Friday, Aug 21, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
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.
Playlists
Friday, Aug 7, 2020 – Echoes Program 2031E
New music by Swedish singer Ane Brun. She’s been dribbling out singles from her forthcoming album and she has a new one called “Honey.” We also have new music by obylx.
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 20, 2020 – Music from Polly Scattergood
Polly Scattergood is the singer for OnDeadWaves and now she has a new solo album called In This Moment. We’ll also hear a hymn for the pandemic by Mimi Goese and Ben Neill.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Ben Blackett & Jim Ottaway
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Echoes Podcast: Interviews with Electronic Artists Ben Blackett & Jim Ottawayhttps://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Echoes-Podcast-BenBlackett-JimOttaway.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Its an all-electronic Echoes Podcast with interviews featuring Ben Blackett and Jim Ottaway. From 1990s grunge rock engineer in Seattle to electronic soundscapes composer, Ben Blackett has had a long music career. He plugs in computers instead…
Playlists
Thursday, Aug 6, 2020 – Echoes Program 2031D
Music by Fiona Joy Hawkins, from her new album, Moving Through Worlds, born of pandemic and the Australian bush fires. We’ll also hear Kevin Keller from his album, The Front Porch of Heaven.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2020 – Emancipator Interview
Emancipator is Douglas Appling, an electronic musician who mixes synthesizers, sampled sounds and folk instruments like banjo and dulcimer into a hallucinatory sound. We talk to him on Echoes.
Playlists
Wednesday, Aug 5, 2020 – Echoes Program 2031C
Music by Braids from their new album, Shadow Offering, inspired by an eclipse. We’ll also hear singer Miriem Ben Amor from her new album of Tunisian electronica, Once Upon a Time.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Aug 18, 2020 – Tangerine Dream’s 50th
Tangerine Dream invented a new genre of music. In the Echoes documentary we go back to their first release in 1970 with founder Edgar Froese and members from across the Dream’s 50 years.