The New Age category of the Grammys has changed to Best New Age, Ambient and Chant Album, but the nominees remain pretty much the same as it ever was for the 2023 Grammys.
Singer Christine Byrd has emerged from the Christian music scene and providing backing vocals for the band Hammock to forge her own music of liberation, loss and atonement as Lumenette.
New music on Echoes by Weyes Blood from her album And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow, and a release by Moby from his new label, teaming up with Jamaican-Asian singer Akemi Fox.
As if the world isn’t scary enough out there, we’ve got an Echoes Halloween. It’s a soundscape of whispered voices, ambient ghosts and hip death goddesses as we soundtrack your Halloween night.
New music by Icelandic singer JFDR. She’s collaborated with Olafur Arnalds and now has a new single. We’ll also hear from Hans Christian who has a new collaboration with singer Jim Gelcer.
Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo, followed by Delay Tactics, Rebecca Pidgeon, Desert Dwellers, Roger Universe and 20 more great artists are featured in the Echoes Top 25 for October.
We’ll hear Taylor Swift from her first album of electronic songs, Midnights. It may surprise you. We also remember Ryan Karazija of Low Roar. Ryan Passed on October 30.
Ryan Karazija, frontman with Low Roar, has left the planet at age 40. He released 5 albums of dream pop since his 2011 debut and his music was heard in the video game Death Standing.
New music on Echoes by Weyes Blood from her album And in the Darkness Hearts Aglow, and a release by Moby from his new label, teaming up with Jamaican-Asian singer Akemi Fox.
Ambient avatar Brian Eno releases a vocal album that ponders the end of the world. He does it in hymn-like ambient songs on FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, where Eno is at his most naked ever.