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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100331.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Best from Robert Rich, One of 20 Icons of Echoes. Few artists have cut a creative swath over the last thirty years as consistently and with as much innovation as Robert Rich. Each one of his nearly 40 albums is a meticulously crafted, creatively conceived work that…
There is a lively conversation going on in the Hypnos forum regarding my Blog on Karaoke electronic music concerts, Metheny Mecanique and Karaoke Koncerts. It’s in the topic called Robert Rich Tour Blog and starts toward the bottom of the first page.
Veteran Norwegian Composer places 4th Echoes CD of the Month. Erik Wollo is an architect of ambience, a poet of electronic landscapes. Employing “cinematic” as an adjective for this music is a tiresome cliche, and it’s been applied to everything Wollo has recorded. Yet, on his latest CD, Gateway, There’s no denying the way his…
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 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. 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…
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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…
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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…
#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…
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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…