Can you see the stars in the longest night sky? It must be an Echoes Winter Solstice. Journey through a soundscape of snow-shrouded trees, silent saguaro cacti and white-out conditions.
There will be some seasonal chill in the air on Echoes as we near Christmas. But we’ll also hear new music from Peter Gabriel off his album i/o and Jean-Michel Jarre from Oxymoreworks.
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas but we do have 12 CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward from January and then backwards from December.
Guitarist Tom Caufield brings us an album without any guitar. Using synthesizers and a violinist, he channels the sound of progressive groups like Popol Vuh and Vangelis.
Kevin Keller’s Evensong leads the Echoes Top 25 for November, followed by Russell Walder, Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, & Sean O’Bryan Smith and 22 more great albums.
Winter is here with the Echoes December CD of the Month, David Arkenstone’s Winterlüde. It’s a seasonal album of all-original music to capture the spirit and essence of the chilled air.
It’s an Echoes Winterlüde when we hear acclaimed New Age artist David Arkenstone performing music from his new release, Winterlüde as well as his take on classic holiday tunes. It’s the seasonal concert of your dreams.
It has been a great year for new music and we’ll pick out our Top 30 best albums of 2023 on Echoes. You might want to see who is number one, but you will love who is 30.
Neo-Classical meets electronic space when John Diliberto talks to wind and piano player Jill Haley and electronic artist Deborah Martin. Their second collaboration is Into the Quiet.
We hear electronic sounds from Brazil when we talk to Anna. She’s creating ambient music after a career in thumping techno. Her album Intentions revels in serene melodic cycles.