Two dream pop singers approach moody songs from different directions. Warpaint bassist Jennylee goes toward dark and gothic minimalism while Maia Vidal brings a rhythmic vitality to her fragile songs.
The Echoes Top 25 for March includes the CD of the Month by Miranda Lee Richards, Vic Hennegan’s vocal turn on “Space & Shadows,” guitar slinger Tommy Emmanuel and our April CD of the Month, All India Radios “The Slow Light.”
Scandinavian singer-songwriter Ane Brun’s music is always personal, touching on themes of love and life’s tribulations. But on her latest album, When I’m Free, Brun sings songs of empowerment.
Emile is Emilie Kahn. Ogden is her harp. Together they create a chamber folk music with chiming harp and Kahn’s winsome, childlike voice that manages to find depth and authority.
We travel from the moody, orchestral gloom of Lana Del Rey’s new Honeymoon album to the dandelion dappled sound of Mercury Rev off their latest album, The Light In You.