VEiiLA’s Sentimental Craving for Beauty leads the Echoes Top 25 for September, followed by Jeff Oster, Lis Addison, a Mark Shreeve Tribute, Kinobe, and 20 more great albums.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 September: VEiiLA at the Top
Tag: Chillout
Coming Up
Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023 – New Music from Benjamin Jayne
Lay back on the couch and listen to singer-songwriter Benjamin Jayne. When he’s not making vaguely psychedelic folk music, he’s a psychiatrist. He has a deeply melancholy album called Broken.
Playlists
Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023 – Echoes Program 2340B
On Echoes’ 34th Anniversary we revisit music from our first programs. Expect to hear some Tangerine Dream, Jon Hassell, Brian Eno, Philip Glass and some music you’ve completely forgotten about.
Coming Up
Monday, Oct 16, 2023 – BT Interview
The artist known as BT is a polymath who gets into the code of his music. His latest album, The Secret Language of Trees, is forest-inspired, but it’s not a pastoral romp.
CD of the Month
Echoes Oct. CD of the Month: Russel Walder
Russel Walder came to renown in the 1980s as half of a Windham Hill Duo with Ira Stein. But his new music is more electronic and less pastoral, a tribal sound for the global village.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 2, 2023 – Echoes Program 2340A
The October CD of the Month from Russel Walder. He’s come a long way since his Windham Hill duo with Ira Stein. Speak to the Storm is full of sensual moods and electronic atmospheres.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 14-15, 2023 – Opium Moon Interview
The Grammy winning group, Opium Moon is creating a middle eastern world fusion that is equal parts sacred and sensual. We talk to this ensemble which includes acclaimed violinist Lili Hayden.
Playlists
Weekend, Sept30-Oct1, 2023 – Programs 2339A&2399B
Jeff Oster explores lo-fi music, an approach that Brian Eno predicted 20 years ago. Also called “study music”, it’s a departure for the trumpeter known for his modern instrumental sound.
Reviews & Commentary
Tangerine Dream Live in Philadelphia
Tangerine Dream returns to Philadelphia after 11 years with a sound that calls to the past for the sound of the future moving from Phaedra to Raum. John Diliberto reviews their concert.
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 13, 2023 – Music from Shekina Rose
We have music by Shekina Rose, a singer from Sedona who’s got a song for whales. We’ll also hear the electronic Arabic fusion of Didon remixed by Bombay Dub Orchestra.