The 15th Icon, Ludovico Einaudi, has supercharged classical music with his driving rhythms, ambient textures and melodic themes. We look back on his work over the last three decades.
Lisa Gerrard returns in full force. She was barely on the last Dead Can Dance album, but her ecstatic sound is all over a new collaboration called Burn. We’ll also hear from All India Radio.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Eric Hilton, one half of the brain trust of Thievery Corporation. His album, Infinite Everywhere is a laid-back ambient lounge release.
Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.
Echoes Top 25 for February 2021. Time Traveler’s Sky Falter, February’s CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Erik Wollo, Grandbrothers, Todd Boston, and 21 other great CDs.
The 12th Icon of Echoes, Moby. For the last 35 years, he’s had a varied career from techno to downtempo and beyond. We look back and profile this fascinating, sometimes controversial artist.
It’s just about the right time for a Mint Julep, not the drink or candy, but the dreampop duo of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. They have a new album, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.
New electronic pop from Decouplr, a pair of musicians from Philadelphia who are tapping a deep vein of soulful synthesis. We’ll also hear music from Scotland’s Moqwai.
Echoes March CD of the Month is Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s latest pastoral opus, Ravenna. Then Thievery Corporation’s Eric Hilton & Rob Garza talk about a music born in dub and sampling.