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Deborah Martin’s new album Eye of the Wizard is inspired by supernatural myths, but she used to be a country singer. She talks about going from country to cosmic in Echoes Podcast
John Heart Jackie is the duo of Jennie Wayne & Peter M. Murray. They make a trippy psychedelic folk with country harmonies, ambient textures and electronica loops. They come in to play it live on Echoes.
Last October, legendary French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre released his collaborative album, Electronica 1: The Time Machine. Now he’s put out the second volume, The Heart of Noise.
The Echoes Top 25 for April includes the the CD of the Month for April by All India Radio, the March CD of the Month by by Miranda Lee Richards and the debut of The Great American Canyon Band.
Earth Day Dreaming is a seven-hour instrumental soundscape inspired by the natural world. We’ll hear environmental sounds turned into music, and compositions that evoke those natural scenes.
On the next Echoes it’s new music by Swedish singer Ane Brun. She’s backed up Peter Gabriel and is an icon on the Swedish scene.
Two dream pop singers approach moody songs from different directions. Warpaint bassist Jennylee goes toward dark and gothic minimalism while Maia Vidal brings a rhythmic vitality to her fragile songs.
The Echoes Top 25 for March includes the CD of the Month by Miranda Lee Richards, Vic Hennegan’s vocal turn on “Space & Shadows,” guitar slinger Tommy Emmanuel and our April CD of the Month, All India Radios “The Slow Light.”
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Cavern of Anti-Matter is a group steeped in analog synthesizers and worships at the electronic altar of 70s German groups like Neu! Harmonia, Cluster and Can. We talk to band leader Tim Gane about plugging in to the sound of his youth.
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We remember Brazilian percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, who died on March 8, 2016. He was a master musician who recorded with Pat Metheny, Jon Hassell, Laurie Anderson and Talking Heads.