Before he died in 2013, Lou Reed created an ambient album called Hudson River Wind Meditations, which is now being re-released in a deluxe edition. We go back to our interview with Reed.
Big Ears Festival 2024 is a mass of new music and it presents many conflicts in scheduling for those subject to FOMO. But John Diliberto says Forget FOMO in his planned Big Ears path.
Steve Roach’s The Desert Winds of Change tops the Echoes February 2024, followed by Mitski, Maps, Quiet Resonance and 21 more great releases. See if your favorites made the list!
It’s Big Ears on the next Echoes. We’ll talk to founder Ashley Capps about the Big Ears Festival 2024, which includes performances from Laurie Anderson, King Britt, Roger Eno, and about 200 more.
The March CD of the Month is Sacred Places, by Hollan Holmes. We’ll hear that and a program of long tracks – four epic pieces all spanning some 20 minutes each. Take a long ride with Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we get amorphous with Forrest Fang, from his album called The Lost Seasons of Amorphia, which combines synthesizers with zither, gamelan, and gu-zheng.
David Holmes is a longtime giant of electronic music and a prolific film composer. He teams up with singer Raven Violet to create a politically charged album, Blind on a Galloping Horse.
Lose yourself in some Long Tracks. We’ll hear four epic pieces all spanning some 20 minutes each. It may be a TikTok world, but Echoes brings us the epics, not just the tidbits.