It has been an extraordinary year for ambient, electronic and chilled music. As we hit the halfway mark of the year, we’re going to hear the finest of it with The Best of Echoes 2023, So Far.
Electronic music Italian style when we talk to Catarina Barbieri. She’s a solo artist who works in improvisation and modular synthesis that weaves through EDM, Minimalism and sequencer drive.
Hear ambient guitar woven live when Jeff Pearce comes in to play music from across his 30-year career. We also remember iconic pianist George Winston who left on June 4th.
Seduction & entrancement are part of Echoes June CD of the Month. Travelers Cloth by Robert Rich is an album of sensual moods threaded on flutes, percussion, ambient lap-steel & synthesizers.
Hear the ethereal sounds of Shana Cleveland. The singer and guitarist from the rock group La Luz talks about the personal stories behind her enchanting new solo album, Manzanita.
Michael Whalen gathered a super-group that includes guitarist Michael Brook, bassist Michael Manring, trumpeter Jeff Oster and percussionist Karsh Kale for his new album, Our April Tigers.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by David Helpling. His new album of ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizer is called IN. We’ll also hear new music by Ben Lukas Boysen.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Caterina Barbieri’s album, Myuthafoo, a recording of mesmerizing electronic patterns. We’ll also hear a project from trumpeter Jeff Oster called Howling Loon.
The enchantment of Lucinda Chua. The British singer and cellist has just released a masterful, perfectly-pitched album called Yian. It translates as swallow. Lucinda Chua flies on Echoes.