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Echoes May Top 25_Hammock Swings To Top

Hammock’s Chasing After Shadows…Living with the Ghosts Haunts the Top of Echoes Top 25 for May. Three Echoes CDs of the Month are 1-2-3 in the Echoes Top 25.  Hammock from May, Ludovico Einaudi‘s Nightbook from April and Robert Rich‘s Ylang from March.  It looks like the Top 25 from 2010 should be pretty good.…

The Best of Michael Hedges-1 of 20 Icons of Echoes

The Man Who Revolutionized Finger-style Guitar. Tonight, May 20, 2010, we feature Michael Hedges, #12 among 20 Icons of Echoes. All of his instrumental albums set the standard for modern acoustic guitar playing. Here are my favorites. Five  Best Michael Hedges CDs, Plus One 1 Taproot This is a middle period Hedges album and a…

Echoes Top 25 for April-Robert Rich Ylang Sprouts to Top

Echoes Top 25 for April. The Echoes Top 25 CDs for April is up.  Of course Robert Rich‘s Ylang, our Echoes CD of the Month, tops the list.  Right behind him is the album of intimate duets between guitarist Ralph Towner and trumpeter Paolo Fresu, Chiaroscuro. You can see the complete Echoes Top 25 for…

Hammock-Not Swinging, But Soaring

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100428.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHammock’s Chasing After Shadows… Living With Ghosts Echoes May CD of the Month You can hear an Audio version of this with Hammock’s music There are Hammocks you swing in.  They lull you into a hazy dream on a hot summer day.  Hammock the band might have the…

Radio Massacre International

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100421.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMusical Children of Pink Floyd and Tangerine Dream  Improvise Electronic Dreams. You can hear an audio version of this blog with RMI’s music The English band called Radio Massacre international has been around for a long time. How long? Steve Dinsdale says the trio made their first recordings…

Dead Can Dance: 5 Steps To Ecstasy

#10 of 20 Icons of Echoes: Dead Can Dance 5 Essential Dead Can Dance Albums Tonight on Echoes we’ll be featuring an extended feature on Dead Can Dance as we look back on the career of this influential band who listeners voted as #10 among 20 Icons of Echoes for our 20th Anniversary.  Dead Can…

Time For Three: A Different Kind of String Trio

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100414.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS We had the pleasure of hosting Time for Three, the string trio of violinists Zach De Pue and Nick Kendall and double-bassist Ranaan Meyer, in the Echoes Living Room a while back.  They gave a performance of almost frightening virtuosity and intuitive interplay, tapping into their more…

5 Essential Ravi Shankar CDs for 90th Birthday

Celebrate Ravi Shankar’s 90th Birthday with 5 CDs Ravi Shankar turns 90 today.  He was born  April 7, 1920 in Benares, India.   Tonight, April 7, we’ll feature an interview with the sitar master on Echoes.   His impact on Indian music is undeniable.  His impact on world music is still being calculated, but may be even…

Native Flutes in Space: Scott August

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100407.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSScott August Takes the Desert Southwest into Space You can hear an audio podcast of this blog with Scott August’s music In the 1980s, Scott August was looking for an outlet for his instrumental music when he got advice from another musician. Scott August:  I happened to meet…

The Mediaeval Baebes Modern Madrigals

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100303.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Mediaeval Baebes put the Goth into International Women’s Day on Echoes. You can hear a podcast of the Mediaeval Baebes interview with their music. Mediaeval Baebes have come a long way since the 16th century.  And the band called The Mediaeval Baebes have come even further  since…