Hear new music from Karda Estra & Three Fields tonight on Echoes Karda Estra is English composer Richard Wileman and he has a penchant for old horror film soundtracks, lounge music and retro-futurism. He brings it all together on a new CD called Mondo Profondo/New Worlds. We’ll also hear music from English electronic artist Three…
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New Music: Azam Ali and Loga R. Torkian & Roger Eno
Hear new music from Azam Ali & Loga R. Torkian tonight on Echoes Azam Ali & Loga R. Torkian, both play in the Persian Electronica band Niyaz, but you may also remember them from Ali’s group, Vas, and Torkian’s band, Axiom of Choice. They’ve just released a new CD called Lamentation of Swans: A Journey…
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Living Room Concert: Still Corners
Tonight on Echoes, Still Corners Live. Still Corners is a critically-acclaimed Dream-pop band from England. They visit Echoes with their full band to unfold the atmospheric delights of their latest CD, Strange Pleasure. Find your local Echoes station here. Below, watch Still Corners’ “Strange Pleasure” from their 2013 CD, Strange Pleasure. John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign…
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Why Do People Hate Prog Rock? Yes Is the Answer, Maybe.
Hear the Podcast of Echoes with Yes Is The Answer Editors Marc Weingarten & Tyson Cornell. 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…
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New Music: Austra & Dead Beat Project
Tonight on Echoes, Austra & Dead Beat Project. New music from Austra, the Canadian band fronted by the powerful voice of Katie Stelmanis, from their new album Olympia, I love her voice. So many singers we love on Echoes barely project beyond the microphone, but I always feel like you could hear Katie Stelmanis shouting…
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Living Room Concert: Don Ross
Canadian finger-style guitarist Don Ross comes into Echoes to play his complex compositions for guitar which includes two-handed tapping. Here’s Don Ross in somebody else’s Living Room playing “Cup of Pop” from his latest album, Upright & Locked Position. John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign up for Echoes CD of the Month Club. CD of the…
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Interview: Seti the First
Kevin Murphy and Thomas Haugh are Irish musicians but their music isn’t traditional. Inspired by The Penguin Café Orchestra they make their own quirky ambient chamber music, including instruments from the Markophone Colony. Highlights Thomas Haugh: Marxophones, Ukelins, these things were made as kind of gizmos, sold door to door and in toy shops, billed…
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Interview: Yes Is The Answer editors Marc Weingarten and Tyson Cornell
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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American Landscapes: An Echoes July 4th Soundscape
It’s a different kind of Americana with American Landscapes as we celebrate the 4th of July with songs inspired by the vistas of the United States, from Maine to Hawaii. We’ll create fireworks for your ears as well as your eyes with Ambient Americana from Steve Roach and Sumner McKane, environmental sounds from Paul Winter…
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New Music Richard Bone & Bill Frisell
It’s music from Richard Bone. The electronic musician has a new CD called Images from a Parallel World. And guitarist Bill Frisell goes to Big Sur for his new album Big Sur. Below, watch Bill Frisell’s live performance of “”The Days of Wine and Roses” from his 2005 album East/West. John Diliberto (((echoes))) Sign up…