Voxfire takes Medieval chants and turns them into free-floating expanses with beautiful vocals. They infuse their chants with ambient moods and even blues harmonica.
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Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020 – Voxfire & Ralph Towner 80th
Tag: ECM
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Peter Kater Interview & Lyle Mays Obit
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Peter Kater’s Hard Road to New Age Bliss & Lyle Mays Rememberedhttps://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EchoesPodcast-PeterKater-2020-LyleMays.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWe talk with 2020 Grammy winning pianist Peter Kater and we remember Lyle Mays of the Pat Metheny Group. In the Echoes Podcast, pianist Peter Kater. When a musician wins a Grammy award, you often don’t know…
Playlists
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 – Echoes Program 1917C
It’s music from Switzerland when the minimalist jazz ensemble, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin come in to play live. The ECM band create a music out cyclical interlocking patterns that evolve over time.
Living Room Concerts
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin Plays Live On Echoes.
It’s music from Switzerland when the minimalist jazz ensemble, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, comes in to play live. The ECM band creates music out of cyclical interlocking patterns that evolve over time.
Playlists
Weekend, December 1 & 2, 2018 – Echoes Program 1848A
It’s music from Switzerland when the minimalist jazz ensemble, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin come in to play live. The ECM band create a music out cyclical interlocking patterns that evolve over time.
Playlists
Monday, November 26, 2018 – Echoes Program 1848A
It’s music from Switzerland when the minimalist jazz ensemble, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin come in to play live. The ECM band create a music out cyclical interlocking patterns that evolve over time.
Interview Podcast
Endless Field Interview in Echoes Podcast
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Steeped in jazz, bathed in ambience, aglow in pastoral warmth, Endless Field is an extension of Windham Hill and ECM. Hear Ike Sturm and Jesse Lewis talk about it in the Echoes Podcast.
Interview Podcast
Terje Rypdal Interview in Echoes Podcast
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Guitarist Terje Rypdal is an incendiary and influential figure among electric guitarists. Recording for ECM records since 1971, he’s blazed a trail noted for his tone bending colors and free improvisation. We celebrate his 70th birthday in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Thursday, January 14th, 2016-Echoes Program 1602D
Eberhard Weber is the legendary German bassist who created one edge of the ECM sound. He can’t play bass anymore, but guitarist Pat Metheny has orchestrated his bass solos into an epic big band composition. Metheny, vibraphonist Gary Burton, and Eberhard Weber talk about this important musician.
Reviews & Commentary
Paul Bley R.I.P.
Paul Bley was a singular voice in jazz and can be credited with discovering Ornette Coleman, Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny. He passed on January 3 at age 83. John Diliberto remembers this forgotten artist.