Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2025 – A Musical Journey
Tag: guitar
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 1-2, 2025 – Programs 2508A & 2508B
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 February: Dieter Spears Breezes into Top Spot
Late Day Summer Breeze by Dieter Spears tops the Echoes February 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, Ludovico Einaudi, Mogwai, C37, and 20 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 14, 2025 – New Music by Mogwai
Mogwai has a new album called The Bad Fire. The Scotland-based post-rock band has coincidentally re-emerged at the same time as their American counterparts, Explosions in the Sky.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025 – New Music from Erik Wøllo
It seems like only yesterday that Erik Wøllo released his album, Solastalgia and now he has new one, Where the River Widens. It’s inspired, once again, by his home in Norway.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 24, 2025 – Echoes Program 2508A
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 6, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Michelle Qureshi. Sometimes she plays solo acoustic guitar. Sometimes she fires up the synthesizers. On her album, Be In This World, she does it all.
Coming Up
Weekend, March 1-2, 2025 – Joss Jaffe & Jim “Kimo” West
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 28, 2025 – New Music from Bill Nelson
New music from Bill Nelson in what seems to be an endless stream of new music. This one is called Studio Cadet and echoes the early 60s guitar band sound of The Ventures and The Shadows.
Coming Up
Monday, Feb 24, 2025 – Joss Jaffe & Jim “Kimo” West
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.