There aren’t a lot of prizes for ambient, electronic and new age music. But one of them is the ZMR Music Awards which are voted on by radio broadcasters.
Playlists
Tuesday May 3rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1618B
Tag: Ambient
CD of the Month
May CD of the Month 2016: Hammock’s Everything and Nothing
Iconic ambient guitar band Hammock ups the rhythm to explore tumultuous emotions and salvation on Everything and Nothing, The Echoes May CD of teh Month
Playlists
Monday, May 2nd, 2016-Echoes Program 1618A
On their new Album, Everything and Nothing, Hammock creates one of their most dynamic and uplifting recordings. It’s the Echoes May CD of the Month.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for April 2016
The Echoes Top 25 for April includes the the CD of the Month for April by All India Radio, the March CD of the Month by by Miranda Lee Richards and the debut of The Great American Canyon Band.
Playlists
Friday April 22nd, 2016-Echoes Program 1616E
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.
Interview Podcast
John Luther Adams in the Echoes Podcast
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John Luther Adams talks about his award-winning composition, Become Ocean, and his decision to leave Alaska in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016-Echoes Program 1616B
Brooke Waggoner is a classically trained pianist with a degree in music but she went a different way, composing her own songs.
Reviews & Commentary
Klaus Schulze: Moondawn at 40
Klaus Schulze is an icon of electronic music, exploring a sound that still resonates well after his first recordings in the early 1970s. Moondawn is one of those recordings celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
Playlists
Friday, April 15th, 2016-Echoes Program 1615E
We’ll listen to one of the seminal albums of 70s electronic music, Klaus Schulze’s 1976 album, Moondawn.
Interview Podcast
Miranda Lee Richards in the Echoes Podcast
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On her new album, Echoes of the Dreamtime, Miranda Lee Richards takes folk sounds and deploys them through delayed guitar and psychedelic hues.