The return of Ancient Future. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort.
The return of Ancient Future. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort.
Music from Marcator, a German guitarist who was been self-releasing his own music but is now signed to the Prudence label. His new album is a suite of ambient Americana tracks called PanAroma.
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.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Naneum, the ambient chamber music persona of Jon Solo. He uses multiple keyboards to create his ethereal songs on a new album called Spiritual Son.
Opia by aeseaes, the Echoes July CD of the Month, leads the Top 25 list, with Mark Dwane, Quiet Resonance and Marcator, and 21 other great CDs, right behind.
Mark Dwane is a guitar-synthesist who created music of orchestral grandeur from another planet. He’s now gone at the age of 70, leaving a trove of cinematic music.
The ambient guitar duo, Hammock, return with a new album of inner contemplations and moody guitar excursions called Nevertheless. It’s a music that sits somewhere between here and there.
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.
Marconi Union sticks the landing with their album, The Fear of Never Landing, Echoes June CD of the Month. AvaWaves just misses and AESEAS eyes the top in Echoes Top 25 Releases for June 2025.