Echoes Top 25 for March finds Lanterna’s CD of the Month, “Backyards” on top. It’s followed by April’s CD pick, Tangerine Dream’s “Supernormal” and February’s selection, Fernwood’s “Arcadia.”
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for March 2015
Tag: Ambient
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Earth Day Dreaming
Earth Day Dreaming is a six-hour instrumental soundscape inspired by the natural world. We’ll hear environmental sounds turned into music, and compositions that evoke those natural scenes.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015-Echoes Program 1516C
On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.
Playlists
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015-Echoes Program 1516B
Swedish composer Johann Agebjörn makes Euro-dance pop hits with Sally Shapiro, and intmate ambient music and dream pop on his solo album, notes.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – A Global Village Symphony
A six-hour Global Village Symphony drawn from musical traditions around the world, featuring Afro Celt Sound System, Yo-Yo Ma, Ali Akbar Khan, Huayucaltia, David Parsons, and many more.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015-Echoes Playlist 1515C
Sherry Finzer is a classical flute player who has discovered another path, creating ambient chamber music with electronic orchestration and flute choirs.
Playlists
Thursday, April 9th, 2015-Echoes Program 1514D
On the next Echoes we hear new music from singer-songwriter Laura Marling’s Short Movie and electronica artist Olulo, aka Magic Sound Fabric with Ego Hacker.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Tangerine Dreaming
A six-hour soundscape inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream. It includes music from Tangerine Dream’s album Supernormal, the Echoes CD of the Month for April 2015. You’ll also hear classic T-Dream, excerpts from solo albums of band members, and music from artists inspired by Tangerine Dream.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2015
The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brought together an array of musicians from the bleeding edge of the avant-garde to the cutting edge of rock and folk. Kronos Quartet presided over this meeting ground of Vanguard music that included Laurie Anderson, Wu Man, Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens and much much more.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015-Echoes Program 1513C
Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy have released two beautiful albums of modern instrumental music, Frio Suite and WaterSky. They’re joined by Irish flutist Brian Dunning of Nightnoise and violinist Wendy Goodwin when they play that music live.