On the next Echoes, a magical concert of Chamber pop when we hear Heather Woods Broderick come in to play live. Then we travel through time for the score to the German Sci-Fi TV series, Dark.
We get High on Isra. That’s actually the name of German band making an electronic pop. We’ll hear from their album, Sad Sad Sad. We’ll also hear from the California Guitar Trio.
The Echoes Top 25 for August 2020: California Guitar Trio’s Elegy is at the top, and our list includes Lena Natalia, Kevin Keller, and 22 other great CDs. See what should be in your collection.
We’ll hear new recordings from two extraordinary singers: another single by Ane Brun from her still untitled album, and London Grammar with the soulfully searing voice of Hannah Reid
Moby talks about his prescient new album, All Visible Objects. Written mostly in 2019, its themes of revolution, isolation and contemplation seem to fit right in with these times.
Isolated in pandemic lockdown, pioneering guitarist Michael Rother created a contemplative recording called Dreaming. His video for “Bitter Tang” exemplifies the wistful mood..
We travel through time for the German Sci-Fi TV series, Dark, which has an ambient underscore by Ben Frost, and songs by artists like Agnes Obel, Mimi Page, and Robot Koch.
On the next Echoes, a magical concert of Chamber pop when we hear Heather Woods Broderick come in to play live. Her latest album, Invitation, is a journey of the spirit and soul through nature.
A song for the pandemic when we hear a lament from singer Mimi Page. It’s a haunting wordless hymn for these times. We’ll also hear from Robot Koch who has a new ambient chamber music album.
Ane Brun is an incandescent singer from Norway via Sweden who is moving away from her chamber folk sound and into more electronic ambiences on new songs like “Take Hold of Me” in a new video.