Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese past in January, but a the last configuration of the band release a 3CD live set that embodies everything that made Tangerine Dream one of the most influential and inspiration electronic bands.
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The Big Ears Festival might be the most adventurous and civilized festival in the country. It brings together artists on the cutting edges of music including Laurie Anderson, Nels Cline, Bill Frisell and A Winged Victory for the Sullen.
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Chad Lawson turns Chopin compositions into ambient chamber music on his 2014 album, The Chopin Variations. This musician traveled from jazz trios to chamber trios in his pursuit to strip Chopin down to an essence.
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Max Richter is among the second generation of ambient chamber music composers, creating haunting themes based in minimalist strategies.
So soon after the passing of Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese, two new albums from Tangerine Dream have appeared.
Fernwood and Lanterna bring an Ambient Americana hue to the Echoes Top 25 for February. Both were Echoes CDs of the Month in February and March respectively. Rebekka Karijord, Zola Jesus and Shadowlands among the artists making their Echoes Top 25 debuts.
An Excursion in Ambient Americana from Lanterna is Echoes March CD of the MonthLanterna’s Backyards opens with the rollicking title track, a screaming ride down the Pacific Coast highway kind of song that you might expect to hear from the Eagles in their rare instrumental moments. It’s a great song with the twangy guitar and…
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Sherry Finzer plays in a duo with a cowboy, was an aerobics instructor, classically trained flute player and now makes ambient chamber music in Arizona.
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…
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…