The Echoes Top 25 for July 2020: Aukai’s Game Trails is at the top, and our list includes Ben Blackett, Moby and 22 other great CDs. See what should be in your collection.
Best Of
Echoes July 2020 Top 25: Aukai, Ben Blackett and more
Tag: CD of the Month
Coming Up
Weekend, Aug 8-9, 2020 – CGT’s Elegy, CD of the Month
California Guitar Trio’s Elegy, Echoes August CD of the Month is featured this weekend as well as an interview with electronic musician Dave Bessell and we remember director Alan Parker.
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 6, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music by Australian pianist Fiona Joy Hawkins, from her new album, Moving Through Worlds, born of pandemic and the Australian bush fires.
Playlists
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 – Echoes Program 2028B
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
CD of the Month
Echoes July CD of the Month: Aukai’s Game Trails
Aukai’s Game Trails is Echoes July CD of the Month. This is an expansive, cinematic album of world ambient chamber music that will elevate your soul. Read our review and hear it on Echoes.
Coming Up
Weekend, July 18-19, 2020 – Llynks & AVAWaves Interviews
Llynks played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed in Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. Then Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer went from classical to ambient with AvaWaves.
Playlists
Weekend, July 4-5, 2020 – Programs 2026A & 2026B
Moby talks about his album, All Visible Objects with its themes of revolution, isolation and contemplation. Then we look at music in pandemic and unrest with The Best of Echoes 2020, So Far.
Playlists
Thursday, Jul 2, 2020 – Echoes Program 2026D
Poppy Ackroyd’s album, Resolve was an Echoes CD of the Month two years ago. She talks about an approach to classical composition informed by punk rock and Radiohead.
Coming Up
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 – AvaWaves Interview
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
Best Of
Best of Echoes 2020… So far. The Top 25
The Best of Echoes 2020, So Far. At the year’s midpoint, take a pause and survey the best of our soundtrack for Pandemic. We count down our Top 25 favorite recordings in the year of chaos.