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Michael Spriggs is an A-list session guitarist in Music City who has played on, and written, dozens of country hits. But when he goes home, he plugs in to a different sound, turning country into Ambient Americana, with touches of Celtic music.
In the movie The Tao of Steve, a character develops a philosophy of “being Steve.” We noticed that there’s a whole lot of Echoes music made by Steves. Here’s a five-hour uninterrupted instrumental soundscape exploring music made by Steves, Stevens, Stephens, Stephans, Stephanies, even a Stevin.
Heather Woods Broderick has performed with Sharon van Etten and Efterklang, but on her own, she creates richly-textured worlds for her introspective songs. With her CD Glider, Heather Wood Broderick has created one of the most enveloping and sustained song-cycles of 2015.
Heather Woods Broderick has performed with Sharon van Etten and Efterklang, but on her own, she creates richly-textured worlds for her introspective songs. With her CD Glider, Heather Wood Broderick has created one of the most enveloping and sustained song-cycles of 2015.
To celebrate Independence Day, Echoes takes a trek across American Landscapes with music evoking the purple mountain majesties and fruited plains.
It’s a different sound of America for Independence Day weekend. It’s a sound steeped in the landscapes of the US from the Grand Canyon to the forests of Maine, all steeped in the sound of Ambient Americana, that unique sound merging country twang and ambient atmospheres. This soundscape for July 4th is one of twangquility, only at Echoes On-Line.
We pick the 25 best albums from the first half of the year.
To celebrate Independence Day, Echoes takes a trek across American Landscapes with music evoking the purple mountain majesties and fruited plains.
Richard Leo Johnson Returns with a Trip Even Further Out on the Limb Richard Leo Johnson first came to our intention in 1999 when he released a pair of albums on Blue Note Records. He was a ferocious finger-style guitarist, taking the techniques developed by Michael Hedges and pushing them further. Then he went off…
Two Takes on Modern Guitar Lead Echoes Top 25 for January. You couldn’t get much different than the two guitar sounds at one & two in the Echoes Top 25. You’ve got the ambient guitar orchestrations of Hammock’s Oblivion Hymns, the Echoes CD of the Month for January followed at number 2 by E4 (Instrumental) …