Quicksilver Messenger Service released their first missive in May of 1968. Their self-titled debut is a signature work of the San Francisco psychedelic sound. We look back in a Flashback 50.
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Composer Glenn Branca died on May 13. His “guitar armies” created a wall of distorted overtone layers with multiple guitars. We go back to an early interview in Echoes Podcast.
Zone Music Awards 2018by John Diliberto 5/15/2018The ZMR Music Awards descended on New Orleans this year, a quiet counterpoint to the Bourbon Street mania happening a few blocks away. There were no Hurricanes or “yard-long” drinks at this event, nor beads tossed to woman flashing their assets. This is a more genteel, contemplative and sedate…
Avant-ambient world fusionist Forrest Fang has a new soundscape out, Scenes from a Ghost Train and we’ll hear a chill track by Nouveau Flamenco duo Terra Guitarra.
The ZMR Awards acknowledge electronic, ambient and New Age music. We’ll bring you this year’s nominees in categories that span from Best Chill album to Best Neo-Classical album.
Echoes Top 25 for April includes Moby, Alpha Seeds, Chuck Van Zyl, Khruangbin, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning, Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, Loreena McKennitt, Jeff Greinke.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by the Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society with a remix of Cloudface. We’ll also hear the dubstep influenced sound of Mystral.
On the next Echoes, the serene sound of March to May live. They’re a duo from Seattle who have influences of Celtic, folk and chamber music.
Echoes Top 25 for March is topped by our March CD of the Month, Winterlight’s The Longest Sleep Through the Darkest Days. It’s followed by Freya Ridings and Moby with April’s CD of the Month.
Day equals night. Winter is Melting. Spring is Blooming. Even if those last two aren’t true yet, Echoes has a soundscape to make you think so as we celebrate the Vernal Equinox.