Before he died in 2013, Lou Reed created an ambient album called Hudson River Wind Meditations, which is now being re-released in a deluxe edition. We go back to our interview with Reed.
Coming Up
Monday, Mar 25, 2024 – Lou Reed Interview Revisited
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Monday, Mar 11, 2024 – Echoes Program 2411A
It’s Quiet Resonance on the next Echoes when we talk to Tony Pounders. As Quiet Resonance, he composes guitar orchestrations that range from ambient to pastoral to pure space.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 9-10, 2024 – Programs 2410A & 2410B
The March CD of the Month, Hollan Holmes’ Sacred Places. Hollan sees beauty and the spirit in his home state of Texas and turns it into melodic, sequencer reveries. We explore Sacred Places.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 22, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Bruno SanFilippo. He’s Argentine-born but based in Spain. He has crafted an album inspired by social media called Redes, which is Spanish for network.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 8, 2024 – Echoes Program 2410E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we get amorphous with Forrest Fang. The eclectic composer has a new album called The Lost Seasons of Amorphia combining synthesizers with zithers, gamelan, and gu-zheng.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Big Ears Founder Ashley Capps
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2024: A Path Through
Big Ears Festival 2024 is a mass of new music and it presents many conflicts in scheduling for those subject to FOMO. But John Diliberto says Forget FOMO in his planned Big Ears path.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 February: Steve Roach on Top
Steve Roach’s The Desert Winds of Change tops the Echoes February 2024, followed by Mitski, Maps, Quiet Resonance and 21 more great releases. See if your favorites made the list!
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 21, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
We’ll hear a collaboration between string player and electronic artist Rena Jones and electronic artist KiloWatts, and we’ll hear Jean-Michel Jarre remixed by Brian Eno.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 7, 2024 – Echoes Program 2410D
New music from Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton from their album, Seven Conversations. It’s an improvisation in ambient space. We’ll also hear from Deborah Martin and Erik Wollo.