Tag: Ambient

Echoes Winners at the Grammys

Congratulations to 2015 Grammy winners from the Echoes side of the music stream.  Beck‘s Morning Phase was the number one Echoes CD in 2014.  We were as shocked as anybody, except Kanye West, who of course, had to be the MOST shocked, because he’s, you know, fucking Yeezus.  He bum rushed the stage during Beck’s…

Picking the New Age Grammy 2015 & More

The New Age Grammy category is always the hardest to figure out. Every year there are obvious choices I think should win. Yet last year, in what had been one of the best collection of nominees in a while with Brian Eno, Kitaro, R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater, an unknown and relatively unheard nominee, Laura…

Echoes Top 25 for January 2015

Dreams and More in Echoes Top 25 for January.The first month of the new year begins strongly with a Top Five that includes 3 CDs of the Month.  At the top is this month’s pick, Sherry Finzer’s haunting Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream.  There’s last month’s pick, Wax Tailor’s propulsive chanson and Hollywood sound collage,…

Remembering Edgar Froese in Echoes Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EchoesPodcast-EdgarFroese-TangerineDream.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe Remember Edgar Froese in Echoes Podcast Listen to the interview below or download the podcast from iTunes I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands,…

The Dream is Over: Edgar Froese R.I.P.

Hear our tribute to Edgar Froese tonight on Echoes. I first heard Tangerine Dream in 1974. It was the album Phaedra, and it was unlike anything I had ever heard before: no vocals, no songs, rhythms that throbbed like galactic rubber bands, textures that swirled, and sounds that were completely unfamiliar. My music world was forever changed. Now…

Thursday, January 22, 2015 – Echoes Program 1503D

Maya Beiser

Maya Beiser has been called a cello goddess. She usually plays modern classical music, but on her new CD Uncovered, she plays music by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and AC-DC. Thursday January 22th Echoes Program 1503D Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00  Fernwood  The Pan Chaser  Arcadia …