The Bad Plus are the innovate jazz trio who came to renown covering rock tunes. With new pianist, Orrin Evans, they’ve dropped the rock to explore their own sonic dimensions.
Saul Stokes is one of the most original electronic musicians out there and when he plays live, it’s really live, no computers in sight. Hear his Echoes concert streaming now at www.echoes.org
The Echoes Top 25 for January 2019 has Aukai’s CD of the Month “Reminiscence” at the top, followed by Maui Chill, Hammock, Saul Stokes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Yaima, Spatialize and more.
On the next Echoes, we mark the two-year anniversary of David Bowie’s departure from the planet. We’ll dig into some of the Starman’s music including his collaborations with Brian Eno.
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We take a look back at some of the musicians who we lost in 2018.
Hammock have forged a distinctive sound for the 21st century, merging ambient guitars with string orchestrations Their album, Universalis is the Echoes CD of the Month for December.
The Echoes Top 25 for November 2018 features the Dead Can Dance CD of the Month “Dionysus” at the top, followed by White Sun, Lena Natalia, Mark Dwane, William Fitzsimmons and 20 more.
Laraaji is an icon of ambient and new age music. He was in Brian Eno’s Ambient music series and continues to make music, with his partner, Arji. We talk to Laraaji and Arji on Echoes.
Big Ears Festival 2019 brings another slate of diverse and adventurous music to their 2019 event. Read about the final lineup which includes Nils Frahm, Harold Budd and Spiritualized.
On the next Echoes, a legend of ambient and new age music when Laraaji comes in to play live. Laraaji’s 1980 album, Day of Radiance was the 3rd album in Brian Eno’s Ambient series.