We pick out our favorite Echoes albums from the first half of 2017. The Top 25 includes progressive rock icons, electronic icons, New Age Icons and Bands who have just released their debut albums.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017. . . . So Far
Tag: CD of the Month
Playlists
Monday June 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1726A
We survey the first six months of the year for our favorite albums. Among them are Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene 3, and Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Johan Agebjörn and Mikael Ögren
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Johan Agebjörn is a psychologist. Mikael Ögren is a priest in the Swedish Church. But they sit at an electronic altar and explore synthesizer psychology in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1725C
Bathe in the warmth of music sunshine on an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape. Echoes takes through you the summer as we track the midnight sun and explore the sounds of the season.
Playlists
Thursday June 15th, 2017-Echoes Program 1724D
New music by Miranda Lee Richards called Existential Beast. Her last album was Echoes CD of the Year in 2016. We’ll hear new music by Falling You, a dream pop band, from Shine.
Playlists
Weekend, June 10 & 11, 2017-Echoes Program 1723A
The June CD of the Month is Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, an album of love, peace, insomnia and centipedes. Fronted by singer Tamsin Wilson, Wilsen makes a powerful dreampop sound.
Playlists
Monday, June 5th, 2017-Echoes Program 1723A
The June CD of the Month is Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, an album of love, peace, insomnia and centipedes. Fronted by singer Tamsin Wilson, Wilsen makes a powerful dreampop sound.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for May 2017: Space, Blues & Dreams
Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren’s electronic road trip, We Never Came to the White Sea leads Echoes May Top 25 followed by the airy pop of Wilsen and the deep ambient blues of Maggie Koerner.
Playlists
Thursday, May 18th, 2017-Echoes Program 1720D
On the next Echoes it’s Nordic Dreams. From Sigur Ros to Agnes Obel, Erik Wøllo to Ane Brun we’ll hear the sound coming out of Scandinavian musicians that seems to emerge from the other side of consciousness.
Reviews & Commentary
Zone Music Awards 2017
The Zone Music Awards honor electronic, ambient, new age and contemporary instrumental music. They just held their annual awards show in New Orleans. John Diliberto zones in on the winners.