Tag: Cello

Cosmic Cello and Downtempo Dreams

Hans Christian was one half of the group Rasa with singer Kim Waters, but before that he was a solo artist mixing his cello with electronics and other exotica.  He returns to solo form on a new CD called Hidden Treasures.  It’s an album of lush orchestrations featuring his cello, the Indian sarangi and sitara,…

Linnea Olsson in Echoes Podcast

Swedish Cellist and Singer-Songwriter Linnea Olsson talks about her debut album in Echoes Podcast Linnea Olsson has played progressive rock with Isidurs Bane, backed folk singer Ane Brun and is currently touring with Peter Gabriel.  She’s from Sweden, but influences on Linnea Olsson’s debut album include The Blues Brothers and the “Theme from Rawhide” and…

Linnea Olsson Opens Wide and Says Ah!

Swedish Cellist and Singer-Songwriter Linnea Olsson talks about her debut album on Echoes Tonight Linnea Olsson has played progressive rock with Isidurs Bane, backed folk singer Ane Brun and is currently touring with Peter Gabriel.  She’s from Sweden, but influences on Linnea Olsson’s debut album include The Blues Brothers and the “Theme from Rawhide” and…

Women of Echoes

A Celebration of Women in Music from the Echoes Spectrum for International Women’s Day This Saturday, March 8 is International Women’s Day and as we do each year, we focus this show on the sounds of women musicians.  These days, that doesn’t seem as necessary as it did many years ago.  Even 20 years back,…

Just say AH! with Linnea Olsson Live on Echoes

Swedish Cellist and Singer-Songwriter Linnea Olsson plays live on Echoes Tonight A couple of weeks ago I recorded a double set of living room concerts in New York.  One was with singer-songwriter Ane Brun.  Look for that in forthcoming weeks. She was accompanied by fellow Swede, cellist Linnea Olsson.  When Brun’s set ended, she left,…

New music from Sting Guitarist

Coming up on Echoes we have new music from Dominic Miller.  He’s been the guitarist for Sting for many years, but on his own he cuts an eclectic instrumental sound.  He has a new CD called Ad Hoc .  We’ll also hear some dark gypsy cello by Adam Hurst and his album, “Nightfall”. It’s coming…

New music from Damien Jurado

Coming up on Echoes are new music by Linnea Olsson. She’s a singing Swedish cellist who has played with singer Ane Brun.  She’s got her own album out called Ah!.  We also have new music by singer Damien Jurado and his album, “Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son.” It’s coming up today on Echoes. John…

Laki Mera (Weds May 22nd)

Today on Echoes it’s dream pop from England when we hear the band Laki Mera.  They have a new album called Turn All Memory to White Noise being released in July this year.  John Diliberto also has new music from cellist Rena Jones.  It’s called Echoes and you’ll hear it on Echoes. ~John Diliberto (((echoes)))…

Janel & Anthony Echoes Podcast.

The Avant-garde is Made Beautiful by This Washington D.C. Ambient Chamber Music Duo Hear their Echoes Interview Podcast on iTunes. Janel Leppin and Anthony Pirog are two musicians living between worlds and sometimes states.  The couple are associated with the avant-garde music scene in Washington D.C.  The only thing is, their music tends to be…

August CD of the Month-Matthew Schoening’s Elements

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MatthewSchoening.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSA Definitive Album of Looping Cello from Matthew Schoening We get inundated by looping cellists at Echoes.  For some reason, players of the most soulful of orchestral instruments have a predilection for hearing their own sound refracted in looping mirrors and digital delays. For Matthew Schoening‘s Elements, it’s…