THE ECHOES CD OF THE MONTH FOR JULY Marconi Union’s Different Colours Hear Marconi Union interviewed tonight 8/29/2012 on Echoes. Six years years ago, Marconi Union entranced us with their second album, Distance. It was music that emerged from a smoke shrouded city, both luxurious in its atmospheres and dangerous in its menace. Heroic melodies…
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CD of the Month
A Summer Solstice CD of the Month: Todd Boston’s Touched by the Sun.
Todd Boston’s Touched by the Sun is Echoes June CD of the Month Hear an interview with Todd Boston Tuesday, 10/9/2012 on Echoes. In June, the month when the sun has unchallenged dominion, guitarist Todd Boston has released the perfect album for summer days. Touched by the Sun is a thematic suite centered on images…
Program Highlights
Coyote Jump-Global Native Chamber Music.
Hear Coyote Jump interviewed tonight on Echoes (8/9/2012) Coyote Jump’s debut album, Waking from the Roots, is slightly deceiving. The cover, with its neo-primitive rendering of a coyote, looks like a typical Canyon Records sleeve for a Pow-Wow or Peyote song album. However, the first notes of a Middle Eastern frame drum and buzz stick…
CD of the Month
Guitar Scientist: Forastiere’s From 1 to 8
Pino Forastiere Gives a Guitar class From 1 to 8 with Echoes February CD of the Month Hear Forastiere‘s From 1 to 8 featured on Echoes Monday February 6 Most instrumental musicians name their songs after they’re written, but on his new CD, From 1 to 8, Italian guitarist Pino Forastiere skips that exercise entirely.…
CD of the Month
On the Road Scapes & Morningscapes from TIno Izzo
Echoes January CD of the Month Tino Izzo’s Morning Scapes Hear an interview with Tino Izzo this weekend 3/24 & 3/25/2012 on Echoes. Tino Izzo is a musician you may not know but you’ve probably heard his work over the last two decades because he’s recorded with popular artists like Celine Dion. But those sounds …
CD of the Month
Darshan Ambient: December CD of the Month
It’s a Spacey December with Darshan Ambient’s Dream in Blue You can hear an interview with Darshan Ambient tonight 3/15/2012 on Echoes. You can’t go wrong with Miles Davis as an influence but you can go wrong paying tribute to the jazz giant with fawning recreations or banal interpretations. Michael Allison, recording as Darshan Ambient,…
CD of the Month
Every Silver Lining Has A Cloud & Johanna and the Dusty Floor.
From Symphonic Guitar Distortion to Ethereal Songs. We’re offering two CDs as bonuses to new members of the Echoes CD of the Month Club. Either of them could’ve been club selections themselves. EVERY SILVER LINING HAS A CLOUD An echo of Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” theme with spoken word is a deceptive opening to this deeply…
CD of the Month
Surrender to Jeff Oster’s September CD of the Month.
Hear Jeff Oster interviewed tonight 02/01/2012 on Echoes. It’s Ambient Electronica Lounge Sounds from Horn Player Jeff Oster As Echoes September CD of the Month Until recently, you didn’t hear much trumpet outside of jazz in contemporary music. There’s Jon Hassell, Mark Isham and you’re pretty much done. But lately there’s been a cavalcade of…
CD of the Month
Ambient Celtic Music Echoes July CD of the Month.
Secret Garden’s Fionnuala Sherry Takes Tradition Ambient on Songs From Before On her solo debut album, Fionnuala Sherry tackles the old chestnut melodies of her Irish home, but Songs from Before is far from a traditional album. Instead, Sherry has reimagined these songs, pulling them out of an Irish mist, coaxing them slowly from the…
Best Of
Destroyed by Moby: Echoes May CD of the Month.
Moby’s Destroyed is the Echoes May CD of the Month ***Hear interview with Moby tonight & tomorrow night on Echoes, June 13 & 14 and this weekend, June 18 & 20*** With Destroyed and his previous CD, Wait for Me, Moby has moved from an iconic electronic trendsetter to a singer-songwriter exploring personal stories with…