A Pure Hour of Progressive Rock and More tonight on Echoes. Marc Weingarten and Tyson Cornell are Progressive Rock fans and they’ve edited a collection of personal essays about the genre called Yes is the Answer and Other Prog Rock Tales. Contributors such as novelist Rick Moody and music critic Jim DeRogatis write about their…
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Program Highlights
Ludovico Einaudi Live on Echoes
Hear Ludovico Einaudi live on Echoes tonight. Acclaimed Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi comes to Echoes with his electro-acoustic ensemble and plays the sometimes haunting, sometimes exuberant themes of his latest album, In A Time Lapse. Below, watch Ludovico Einaudi’s live performance of “Divenire” from his 2008 CD, Divenire. Read a review of Ludovico Einaudi’s In…
Living Room Concerts
Living Room Concert: Mree
Hear Mree perform in a Living Room Concert on Echoes tonight. Mree goes where Enya fears to tread: creating music of stacked and layered vocals, and doing it live without backing tracks. This 19 year old musician has released an album of sublime maturity called Winterwell. She explores its haunting melodies live on Echoes. Below,…
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New Music: Mike Oldfield and Daft Punk on Echoes
Hear New Music From Mike Oldfield and DaftPunk on Echoes tonight. Daft Punk didn’t play Colbert the other night, but we have them on Echoes, at least their music andit won’t be that over-exposed “Get Lucky” but another track off of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. And speaking of electronic music we’ll hear Mike Oldfield…
CD of the Month
Surf The Wave’s of Melorman’s CD of the Month
Hear A Podcast Review of Melorman’s Waves The Echoes CD of the Month for August If you thought the only electronic-based music coming out of Greece was from Yanni and Vangelis, then you haven’t been keeping up on a wave of electronic artists who are more plugged in to Boards of Canada’s textural melancholy than…
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Rachel Zeffira’s Dissembling & Suicides
Hear the Echoes Podcast of our interview with Rachel Zeffira. Rachel Zeffira is a former operatic soprano who now vocalizes in caressing whispers. She makes an enchanting and haunting dream pop, telling tales of suicide and lost love, placing it all in a chamber music setting. She doesn’t like to reveal the meanings of the…
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New Music from Jeff Greinke & Chad Lawson on Echoes
Listen to New Music from Jeff Greinke & Chad Lawson on Echoes tonight We’ll hear the latest by Jeff Greinke who has crafted a gorgeous chamber music album called Scenes From a Train. Then it’s pianist Chad Lawson who resides in that zone of ambient piano pioneered by Harold Budd. Watch Chad Lawson’s live performance…
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New Music From Chinmaya Dunster and Der Waldläufer
Hear New Music From Chinmaya Dunster and Der Waldläufer on Echoes tonight. New music by Chinmaya Dunster, the English-born guitarist headed who east and studied with Indian sarod masters, from his new album, Meditation Ragas. We’ll also hear new space music Der Waldläufer, which means The Ranger. Below, watch Chinmaya Dunster’s live performance of “Bhattiyali”…
Program Highlights
Interview: Rachel Zeffira
Hear an interview with Rachel Zeffira tonight on Echoes Rachel Zeffira is a former operatic soprano who now vocalizes in caressing whispers. She makes an enchanting and haunting dream pop, telling tales of suicide and lost love, placing it all in a chamber music setting. She doesn’t like to reveal the meanings of the songs…
Living Room Concerts
Living Room Concert: Arborea
Hear a Living Room Concert with Arborea tonight on Echoes Arborea is Buck & Shanti Curran, a husband and wife duo from Maine who have been making a dreamy psychedelic folk music for several years. They recently released the album, Fortress of the Sun. They come into the Echoes Living Room with their guitars and…