Michael Hedges was an iconoclastic musician who changed a generations approached the acoustic guitar. He died on December 2, 1997. We remember him today with archival interviews on Echoes.
Jimi Hendrix changed music forever. Today we remember Jimi on Echoes and John Diliberto shares some of his thoughts on the single most important musician in his life.
Tom Caufield is a veteran musician and one of the most inventive and overlooked guitarists around. His albums are conceptual works that take the acoustic guitar beyond what you’d expect. Albums like Moog and Nylon and Forging the Moonlight take the instrument into new terrain. His latest album, Wash the Dusk with Silver, is an ambient chamber music masterpiece.
On the next Echoes, ambient guitarist Jeff Pearce comes in to weave the looped and delay drenched melodies of his latest album, a recording made for the coming winter. It’s called “For the Darker Seasons.”
On the next Echoes, new music by Hundred Waters from their new album, Communicating. And music from Nouveau Flamenco guitarist Jesse cook from his album, Beyond Borders.
On the next Echoes, ambient guitarist Jeff Pearce comes in to weave the looped and delay drenched melodies of his latest album, a recording made for the coming winter. It’s called “For the Darker Seasons.”
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s new music from Behind the Shadow Drops. That’s a solo project from Takaakira Goto. He’s the founding member of the Japanese guitar band Mono.
October’s CD of the Month, Prequell’s The Future Comes Before leads Echoes Top 25 for October, followed by September’s pick, Mystic Journey’s Kingdom of Mountains and the debut of FLOW.
One is the loneliest number, but it’s also the Echoes CD of the Month. Guitarist Todd Boston has put out a beautiful album of multi-layered stringed instruments from acoustic guitar to guzheng.
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Hear a review of Todd Boston’s One, Echoes November CD of the Month. Todd is a post-Windham Hill guitarist with a global mind. He creates a one-man world music ensemble.