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Echoes Top 25 for July: Marconi Calling.

ECHOES TOP 25 FOR JULY MARCONI UNION TRANSMITS TO THE TOP Marconi Union – Different Colours (Just Music) Icebreaker – Apollo (Cantaloupe) Todd Boston – Touched by the Sun (Gita Records) Abalye Cissoko and Volker Goetze – Amanke Dionti (Motema) Raygun Ballet – World That Wasn’t (Raygun Ballet) Wall Matthews – The Dreaming Light (Wall Matthews)…

Echoes Top 25 for June

June & July CDs of the Month Top Echoes Top 25 for June It’s a little late, but here’s the  Echoes Top 25 for June.  These are based on spins and it’s notable that the number one and two selections were our June and July CDs of the Month,  Todd Boston’s impressive Touched by the…

The Best of Echoes 2012….. So Far.

25 Essential CDs to take into the second half of the year.  [Click on the artist link and it will take you to a podcast interview.  Click on the album links and you’ll go to either a review with tracks or a link to purchase.] According to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar, the world…

Ambient Noir Moods from Marconi Union.

THE ECHOES CD OF THE MONTH FOR JULY Marconi Union’s Different Colours Hear Marconi Union interviewed tonight 8/29/2012 on Echoes. Six years years ago, Marconi Union entranced us with their second album, Distance.  It was music that emerged from a smoke shrouded city, both luxurious in its atmospheres and dangerous in its menace.  Heroic melodies…

Philadelphia Concerts Ahead

This is mostly for Philly area listeners for some Echoes related concerts coming up.  RECOMMENDED THIS WEEK Van Der Graaf Generator.  If you’re a progressive rock fan, you’ll be there.  Check out A Summer of Progressive Rock  GET YOUR TICKETS SIGUR ROS Coming July 29 & 30 *******DEAD CAN DANCE is Coming August 26. ********…

World Fusion & Chamber Pop in Echoes Top 25

Coyote Jump Leads Echoes Top 25 for May The Echoes Top 25 for May is an interesting mix of old and new.   A lot of old favorites like  Thomas Newman, Jef Stott, Clara Ponty, David Michael, Niyaz,  and Carl Weingarten return.  And world fusion seems to have made a return led by Coyote Jump’s CD…

Prog Heaven Past & Future coming to Philly.

Philadelphia, where Echoes is based, will be experiencing a wave of progressive music past and present in the coming months. From the past, Tangerine Dream, UK and Van Der Graaf Generator.  Reflecting the past, Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder.  From the present, Sigur Ros, Dead Can Dance (well, kind between past & present), Radiohead and Iona. …

Thierrry David’s Space Music Opus.

A Veteran French Synthesist Launches the Echoes April CD of the Month Hear an interview with Thierry David tonight July 18, on Echoes. It takes a lot of discipline for a skilled, classically trained keyboardist to put his technique on hold and instead, give in to the mood and atmosphere the music requires. On his…

A Song for Echoes

A lot of people have recorded albums and songs called Echoes, and I sometimes thank them for naming their recording after the show.  That actually hasn’t been their intent, except for Tim Farrell’s “Four Echoes” (from his album, Skydancer) an inside joke when I told him that any untitled song played live on the show…