Coming up on Echoes, Sufjan Stevens, the acclaimed and idiosyncratic songwriter goes back to his folk roots, but with a spacey sound on Carrie and Lowell.
Playlists
Friday, July 10th, 2015-Echoes Program 1527E
Tag: folk
Playlists
Thursday, July 9th, 2015-Echoes Program 1527D
Darin Mahoney started out as a cowboy roping cattle and riding broncos in rodeos. A near death experience with cancer and an encounter with guitarist Will Ackerman’s music changed his life. Now he creates dreamy guitar music as a solo artist and in a duo with flutist Sherry Finzer.
Echoes Online
Ambient Americana Landscapes
It’s a different sound of America for Independence Day weekend. It’s a sound steeped in the landscapes of the US from the Grand Canyon to the forests of Maine, all steeped in the sound of Ambient Americana, that unique sound merging country twang and ambient atmospheres. This soundscape for July 4th is one of twangquility, only at Echoes On-Line.
CD of the Month
Heather Woods Broderick’s “Glider” CD of the Month
Heather Woods Broderick is a singer-songwriter detailing a life of transience amidst a music that hovers in moody atmospheres and haunting choruses. Her album, Glider is the the Echoes CD of the Month for July.
Playlists
Friday, June 26th, 2015-Echoes Program 1525E
It’s Slow Flow Friday on Echoes, an all instrumental soundscape to take you into the weekend.
Playlists
Friday, April 24th, 2015-Echoes Program 1516E
It’s Slow Flow Friday on Echoes, an all instrumental soundscape to take you into the weekend.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015-Echoes Program 1516C
On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.
Playlists
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015-Echoes Program 1514B
Innovative and influential guitarist Kaki King talks about her daring new project called The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2015
The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brought together an array of musicians from the bleeding edge of the avant-garde to the cutting edge of rock and folk. Kronos Quartet presided over this meeting ground of Vanguard music that included Laurie Anderson, Wu Man, Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens and much much more.
Playlists
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510C
Dry the River is a band from England that takes yearning songs and turns them into gorgeous harmonies surrounded by psychedelic tinged arrangements redolent of bands like Love.