Andrew Dobson started performing as Digitonal in 1997 and began recording with the 2002 album, 23 Things Fall Apart. With the addition of Egyptian violinist Samy Bishai Digitonal hit its stride with the 2008 album, Save Your Light for Darker Days.
Coming up on the next Echoes it’s new music by Low. The band that specializes in slowly moving rock gets a little less slow on their new album, Ones and Sixes.
40 years ago, Pink Floyd released their epic album, Wish You Were Here, the follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon. We’ll recreate Wish You Were Here with cover versions, and one movement from the Pink Floyd original as we shine on Wish You Were Here.
An all-instrumental Slow Flow Echoes includes music from electronic artist Raygun Ballet, New Age duo Anima and a surprisingly ambient soundtrack by film composer Danny Elfman for the movie The End of the Tour.
Domino Kirke is the daughter of Simon Kirke, drummer for the bands Free and Bad Company. And her sister is Jemima Kirke from HBO’s Girls. Now Domino Kirke has a new album called Independent Channel. We’ll also hear new music from Lera Lynn from HBO’s True Detective.
The Echoes Top 25 for August finds Jesse Cook’s CD of the Month at the top, followed by July’s CD pick, Heather Woods Broderick’s Glider. Look at the bottom and you’ll see next month’s #1 album, our September CD of the Month, Hans Christian’s Nanda Devi.
Another Fine Day is the performance moniker of Tom Green, an English musician who came to renown playing early morning sets at the Big Chill Festival for most of its 18 year run.
Coming up on the next Echoes it’s new music by singer Sharon Van Etten We’ll hear something from her new EP called “I Don’t Want to Let You Down.”
Another Fine Day is the performance moniker of Tom Green, an English musician who came to renown playing early morning sets at the Big Chill Festival for most of its 18 year run.
Philip Selway is best known as the drummer for Radiohead, but he’s also a singer-songwriter whose last solo albums , Weatherhouse, flowed on lush textures, seductive melodies and probing lyrics. He draws on gentle psychedelic sounds that have echoes of The Zombies and the Moody Blues, tempered with the artful rhythmic turns and electronic textures that mark Radiohead’s’ music.