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We remember Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, who died on March 8, 2016. He was a master musician who recorded with Pat Metheny, Jon Hassell, Laurie Anderson and Talking Heads.
J Anthony Allen is an academic composer who makes music for the dance floor and the ambient lounge. He talks about it on Echoes.
A six-hour uninterrupted soundscape featuring music that explored great heights, including Nicholas Gunn, The American Dollar, Clara Ponty, and many more.
Todd Tobias is a journeyman musician whose journey has been long and prolific. In 2015 alone he’s released two albums under his own name and three other projects.
Ane Brun comes into Echoes to play music from her latest CD on acoustic guitar and piano.
The Echoes Top 25 for February includes the CD of the Month by The American Dollar, along with new releases by John Heart Jackie, Ane Brun and Miranda Lee Richards.
We’ll hear from a 21st century progressive rock opus by Mark McGuire called Beyond Belief and sufi chants turned into lush tapestries by HuDost.
Jamie Sieber was at the leading edge of a new generation of cellists taking the most soulful of symphonic strings in new directions, looping her cello and using electric guitar-style effects. She comes in to create her looping cello chamber works live.
Hungarian-born composer Julius Dobos is creating an ambitious 4 album conceptual work as Forgotten Future.
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Discreet Music, arguably the first of Eno’s ambient works, has entered the acoustic canon, via the Canadian group, Contact. They turn the piece into an immersive meditation. Contact’s Jerry Pergolesi talks about making contact with Discreet Music.