We travel from slow-core pastoral rock to ambient electronic music when we hear the latest by the Lancaster based band, The Innocence Mission and the English electronic pop group, Radium 88.
The Irish singer Enya has created one of the most distinctive sounds of the last 30 years. She’s just released her first album in 7 years, Dark Sky Island and it is sure to thrill fans of her serene sound. Dark Sky Island is the Echoes December CD of the Month.
Echoes listeners are now voting in the Best of Echoes 2015 Poll. They are picking their 10 favorite albums heard on Echoes in 2015 and they’ll be tabulated into the Echoes Top 25 Albums for 2015
Emile is Emilie Kahn. Ogden is her harp. Together they create a chamber folk music with chiming strings and Kahn’s winsome, childlike voice that manages to find depth and authority.
The Ambient chamber music of our CD of the Month, Slow Meadow, leads the Echoes Top 25 for October followed by the powerful dreampop of The Mynabirds and the sultry orchestral pop of Lana Del Rey.
Echoes moves from slick electronica pop by Beach, releasing their second album in 2 months, Thank Your Lucky Stars to Goldmund, who makes a music of dusty, creaky pianos and ghostly melodies.