George Winston is the 30th Icon for 30 years of Echoes. We’ll survey the music world of this pianist who brought contemporary instrumental music to popularity in the 1980s.
Will Ackerman is the 28th Icon of Echoes. He has performed his atmospheric acoustic guitar music live on Echoes several times over the years: here’s one from 2005.
The Best Of Echoes 2021, So Far – London Grammar is on top, followed by Bill Nelson, Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk, Leandrul, and 26 other great albums. See if your favorite made the list!
The perfect CD for the Month for July, Lanterna’s Hidden Drives. Lanterna cranks up the country twang, digital delays and atmospheres for an album of open-spaced Ambient Americana.
Norwegian guitar legend Terje Rypdal returns to the form of his 70s classic albums on his latest, called Conspiracy. We’ll also hear from ambient chamber music group Digitonal.
Hammock are the 27th Icons of Echoes. In 2008, they came into the Echoes Studio to play their deep ambient guitar orchestrations live playing songs from Maybe They Will Sing for us Tomorrow.
We travel the backroads of Ambient America. We’ll hear reveries on the the 4th of July and traverse the byways and highways of Ambient Americana from Brian Eno, Lanterna and more.
The 28th Icon of Echoes, William Ackerman, is a guitarist and the founder of Windham Hill Records. We’ll hear a profile of this influential artist and listen to some of the music he’s created.