Electronic surrealist Robert Rich is an Icon of Echoes, and his new album, Travelers’ Cloth is the Echoes June CD of the Month. It’s one of Rich’s most seductive and entrancing albums.
Michael Whalen’s Our April Tigers tops the Echoes Top 25 for May, followed by Lucinda Chua, Shana Cleveland, Nashville Ambient Ensemble, and 21 more great artists.
Some of the most instantly recognizable notes in modern music are from Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. We celebrate its 50th anniversary as Mike Oldfield and others look back on this epic work.
Mike Oldfield is the 11th of 30 Icons of Echoes. We go through his catalog and Rank his 10 Best albums. And #1 isn’t Tubular Bells. We also rank all 6 iterations of Tubular Bells.
Some of the most instantly recognizable notes in modern music are from Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. We celebrate its 50th anniversary as Mike Oldfield and others look back on this epic work.
Michael Whalen gathers guitarist Michael Brook, tabla player Karsh Kale, trumpeter Jeff Oster and bassist Michael Manring for Our April Tigers. It’s Echoes May CD of the Month.
Heather Woods Broderick’s Labyrinth tops the Echoes Top 25 for April, followed by WMD, Shana Cleveland, Delerium, Gustavo Santaolalla, and 20 more great artists.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a startling duet between Iranian kamencheh musician Kayhan Kalhor and Malian kora player Toumani Diabate. We’ll also hear some new solo work by Michelle Qureshi.
The Big Ears Festival 2023 took place this past weekend 3/30-4/2 and it lived up to its reputation with nearly 200 performances that stretched music concepts.