On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Aukai (Markus Sieber) who specializes in the South American instrument called the charango. He carves out delicate, brush stroked music on his album, Apricity.
Outkast’s Andre 3000 goes ambient and new age. We’ll hear music from the rapper’s solo debut album, New Blue Sun which is all instrumental and features no real beats and lots of flute.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a journey of sequencer-driven sounds by Colin Rayment from his album, Equilibrium. We’ll also hear Sherry Finzer and VeeRonna Ragone from their album, Mystic Breezes.
On an Echoes In Memoriam, we remember. Many musicians who lit up the Echoes sky left us this year. Among them are Jeff Beck, George Winston, Ralph Lundsten and Simon Emmerson.
Deep southern electronica from Niecy Blues. This South Carolina artist creates surreal soundscapes of R&B, hip hop, downtempo and ambient music for her album, Exit Simulation.
David Arkenstone talks about his album, Winterlude. It’s a seasonal tone poem without Christmas carols and without sleigh bells. Join John Diliberto for this exclusive interview.
We lost the great cellist & ambient chamber music pioneer David Darling last year. But fellow cellist Hans Christian resurrected him in an album of virtual duets called Ocean Dreaming Ocean.
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.
There are many Christmas and seasonal albums out there, but David Arkenstone’s Winterlüde most perfectly captures the wonder of the season. It’s Echoes CD of the Month for December.