The Royal Arctic Institute creates an atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow-mo and psychedelic. They play songs off From Coma to Catharsis live on Echoes.
The May CD of the Month is Michael Whalen’s Our April Tigers, a fascinating and seductive album with an all-star cast including Michael Manring, Karsh Kale, Michael Brook and Jeff Oster.
The Big Ears Festival 2023 took place this past weekend 3/30-4/2 and it lived up to its reputation with nearly 200 performances that stretched music concepts.
Kaki King is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Everybody Loves You. She performs that music that made the finger-style guitar world’s collective jaw drop, on Echoes.
Steve Roach’s Rest of Life tops the Echoes Top 25 for March, followed by Bill Nelson, Wax Tailor, Surface 10, Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen, Hammock and 19 more great artists.
The ambient guitar duo Hammock talk about their latest post-pandemic album, Love in the Void. They talk about the emotions that fueled one of their most energized albums in years.
Heather Woods Broderick creates another brilliant song-cycle on Labyrinth, an album of moody songs and hopeful dreams not only for her but for the planet. It’s Echoes April CD of the Month.
A yogi plays his guitar on Echoes when we hear Michael Hewett. He comes in, plugs his acoustic guitar into an array of effects boxes and loopers and performs music from his Blue Avian EP.
Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
A yogi plays his guitar on Echoes when we hear Michael Hewett. He comes in, plugs his acoustic guitar into an array of effects boxes and loopers and performs music from his Blue Avian EP.