Our October CD of the Month is The Greatest Love by London Grammar. The trio fronted by the stately, emotion-laden voice of Hannah Reid explore themes of love, loss and alienation.
It’s part two of the 35 Icons of Echoes. Listeners have voted and we’ll reveal the rest of the 35 artists anointed to the sacred Icon Halls. We take you back through 35 years of Echoes.
Spinning on a Cosmic Dime, by Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy, tops the Echoes September 2024 list, followed by Kinobe, Trentmoller, John Gregorious, and 22 other great CDs.
It’s an Ancient Echoes when we look back on Michael Garrison. He was among the first American artists to pick up on the sound of German electronic music in the 1970s and 80s.
Loreena McKennitt revisits her classic album, The Mask and Mirror. She’s currently touring that album in Europe, and released a live album from 1994 on the original’s 30th anniversary.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a new single from Austrian composer, Gandalf. We’ll also hear from Lis Addison, tapping the natural sounds of Kenya. It’s part of the soundscape with John Diliberto.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music out of Norway by Erik Wøllo. He’s released a double CD set called Solastalgia that taps some of his electronic influences for a sound of the future.
On Echoes 35th Anniversary we go back to the very first show from October 2, 1989. It will have music on it you’ve loved and music that you may have forgotten, but it’s a trip to the past.
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album Einsjäger und Siebenjäger by Popol Vuh. It’s an epic album that solidified their move away from electronics to a more organic sound.