Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of It’ll End In Tears. It’s an album by a musical collective on the 4AD label called This Mortal Coil and was headed-up by 4AD founder, Ivo Watts-Russell.
Emma Anderson used to be one of the two singers in the 4AD band Lush, but now she’s out on her own with a more mature, but still ethereal sound. We’ll hear from her album, Pearlies.
It’s another journey into the Long Tracks. We’re going to hear a classic from Harold Budd, The Pavillion of Dreams. We’ll also explore a track from the English progressive rock group, Iona.
New music by Dean and Britta. Since leaving the band Luna, they’ve been making a dreamy music. They have a new release called A Peace of Us. We’ll also hear Slowdive remixed.
On the next Echoes, the British dreampop trio, London Grammar. We talk to all three members including singer Hannah Reid, who writes lyrics drawn from love, loss and alienation.
A lot of great music has passed through Echoes and many artists have formed the core of the show. Here are the 35 Icons of Echoes celebrated on Echoes’ 35th Anniversary.
Our October CD of the Month is The Greatest Love by London Grammar. The trio fronted by the stately, emotion-laden voice of Hannah Reid explore themes of love, loss and alienation.
It’s part two of the 35 Icons of Echoes. Listeners have voted and we’ll reveal the rest of the 35 artists anointed to the sacred Icon Halls. We take you back through 35 years of Echoes.