Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren’s electronic road trip, We Never Came to the White Sea leads Echoes May Top 25 followed by the airy pop of Wilsen and the deep ambient blues of Maggie Koerner.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for May 2017: Space, Blues & Dreams
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017-Echoes Program 1722C
Michael Whalen is a skilled keyboardist and composer who has nearly 20 albums to his name ranging from electronic ambiences to solo pianos in reverb. His latest album, Dream Cycle, is inspired by his difficulties with sleep and health. He plays live on Echoes.
Playlists
Monday, May 29th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1722A
It’s notes from the Tunisian underground when we hear the amazing Emel Mathlouthi performing live. Emel is a singer whose song was an anthem for Tunisia’s Arab Spring.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Suzanne Ciani Returns to Electronic Music
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After abandoning synthesizers for many years, Suzanne Ciani has returned to electronic music, creating improvisations on her first electronic instrument, the Buchla Modular Synthesizer.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017-Echoes Program 1721C
Mike Oldfield is best known for his 1973 epic, Tubular Bells, but one of his most beloved recordings is his third album, Ommadawn. After 4 decades, Oldfield talks about his Return to Ommadawn.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes: Seas of Serenity
Six Hours of instrumental music ebbing and flowing in waves of ambient sound. It includes music from George Winston, Marconi Union, Suzanne Ciani, Erik Wollo, Klaus Schulze, and many others.
Playlists
Thursday, May 18th, 2017-Echoes Program 1720D
On the next Echoes it’s Nordic Dreams. From Sigur Ros to Agnes Obel, Erik Wøllo to Ane Brun we’ll hear the sound coming out of Scandinavian musicians that seems to emerge from the other side of consciousness.
Reviews & Commentary
Zone Music Awards 2017
The Zone Music Awards honor electronic, ambient, new age and contemporary instrumental music. They just held their annual awards show in New Orleans. John Diliberto zones in on the winners.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017-Echoes Program 1720C
Coming up on Echoes, it’s new music by Sohn, an English singer-songwriter living in Vienna and turning his songs into a rustic ambient sound on his new album, Rennen.
Reviews & Commentary
Suzanne Ciani Wins Moog Innovation Award
The 2017 Moog Innovation Award will be presented to Suzanne Ciani at Moogfest 2017, the annual music, art and technology festival in Durham, North Carolina. She’s profiled Monday, May 22 on Echoes