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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090408.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpinal Tap guitarist creates bluegrass jams in global space. (You can hear an audio version of this blog with music from The Beyman Bros.) When you see the back CD cover of an album by The Beyman Bros, with Christopher Guest sitting on a porch, holding a mandolin,…
Ozric picks the fruit of The YumYum Tree & Natural Born Chillers Return Two slices of downtempo psychedelia have crossed over recently. Ozric Tentacles follows up their last studio album, The Floor Is Too Far Away with a new one called The YumYum Tree. It’s another foray of deeply electrified psychedelic journeys. Synthesizers pulse while…
David Darling Tops Echoes Top 25 for March This year is already shaping up to be a diverse and unusual one with fantastic, innovative music coming from unlikely sources. David Darling’s Prayer for Compassion topping the list, is of course, no surprise. He was our Echoes CD of the Month for March and he’s been…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090401.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSEchoes April CD of the Month: Morgan Doctor: Other Life You can hear an audio version of the Echoes Blog, with Morgan Doctor’s music. Morgan Doctor is one of those musicians who finds herself between worlds. The music on her new solo album, Other Life, is marked by…
If you’re looking to get your flute on this summer, check out the Zion Flute and Drum Festival. It’s happening in Utah May15-17, 2009 and it’s a gathering of flute players, makers, educators and fans for a few days of wind blown melodies, including live concerts that include a pair of Echoes favorites, Suzanne Teng…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090325.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBill Bruford brings Plays Taps to Progressive Rock. ((((( You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music ))))) No one gives the rock drummer much attention, unless he happens to be the signature progressive rock drummer of the last 4 decades. That’s the case with…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090318.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve Roach & Erik Wollo: A Norwegian ambient artist descends in the Arizona Desert. You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. Steve Roach lives on a horse ranch in Arizona, surrounded by saguaro cactus and 100 degree plus heat. Erik Wollo lives in Norway…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090311.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Echoes plugs in ex-Cure keyboardist, Roger O’Donnell You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. In his London apartment, Roger O’Donnell only has one keyboard, the Mini-Moog Voyager that he’s playing as we speak. For the last few years, the Voyager has been pretty…
It was an international guitar morning here at Echoes as three virtuoso guitarists played live on the show. Echoes has always been a home to finger-style guitarists. Michael Hedges, Will Ackerman, Alex De Grassi, Kaki King and Preston Reed are among those who have graced the Echoes Living Room. Today we had three players from…
Erik Scott‘s ambient bass album, Other Planets, tops Echoes Top 25 List for February. It was our February CD of the Month and if you happened to miss the many times we played it, you can catch up with our review. The Top 25 this month proves to be a more balanced affair than recent…