Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas, but we do have 12 CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward and then backwards. 2022 was a great year for music on Echoes.
Singer Christine Byrd has emerged out of the Christian music scene, and backing vocals for the band Hammock, to forge a music of liberation, loss and atonement, as Lumenette.
Music by Karmacoda, a band out of San Francisco. They’re tapping that old Trip-hop sound on their new album Lessons in Time. We’ll also hear from Aukai’s new album called Apricity.
The Siberian sound of Otyken. They marry the tribal sound of the native Chulym people with modern production and the ferocious voice of Azyan. John Diliberto takes us to Siberia with Otyken.
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.
We’ll hear a new collaboration between string player and electronic artist Rena Jones with electronic artist KiloWatts and we’ll hear Jean-Michel Jarre remixed by Brian Eno.
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.
We hit the trail and take an electronic journey with Tone Ranger. That’s Alex Simon, and he’s creating desert southwest landscapes that merge electronics with guitar and pedal steel guitar.
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.