The Big Ears Festival returns in 2020 with another overwhelmingly impressive roster of artists pushing the avant-garde fringes past, present future. John Diliberto takes a quick survey.
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Playlists
Thursday, October 3, 2019 – Echoes Program 1940D
In a Flashback 50 we explore Pentangle’s Basket of Light. Pentangle included guitar legends Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, bass legend Danny Thompson, and singer Jacqui McShee.
Coming Up
Thursday, October 10, 2019 – Flashback 50 King Crimson
King Crimson kick-started progressive rock with music like “21st Century Schizoid Man.” Echoes takes a Flashback 50 to their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: John Swana, Tim Motzer and Doug Hirlinger
It’s music created before your ears when trumpeter John Swana, guitarist Tim Motzer and percussionist Doug Hirlinger create music from ground zero in this live Echoes performance.
Coming Up
Thursday, October 3, 2019 – Flashback 50: Pentangle
In a Flashback 50 we explore Pentangle’s Basket of Light a seminal album of new acoustic music from a virtuoso supergroup in 1969 that included guitar legends Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: East of Eden & Hossam Ramzy
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Flashback 50 with East of Eden and Hossam Ramzy Remembered in Echoes Podcast https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EchoesPodcast-EastOfEden-HossamRamsy.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIn the Echoes Podcast, a Flashback 50 to East of Eden’s Mercator Projected and we remember Hossam Ramzy. We begin with a Flashback 50 with the 1969 debut by East of Eden, Mercator Projected. This…
Playlists
Wednesday, September 18, 2019: Echoes Program 1938C
It’s a Flashback 50 with the 1969 debut by East of Eden, “Mercator Projected.” This seminal release was the blueprint that groups like King Crimson used at the dawn of progressive rock.
Coming Up
Wednesday, September 25, 2019: Chrissie Hynde New Music
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders has released Valve Bone Woe, an album that reveals a softer side with a jazz inflected release that also has a bit of atmospheric ambience about it.
Playlists
Tuesday, September 10, 2019: Echoes Program 1937B
It’s music created before your ears when trumpeter John Swana, guitarist Tim Motzer and percussionist Doug Hirlinger create music from ground zero in this Echoes Living Room Concert.
Coming Up
Wednesday, September 18, 2019: Flashback 50 – East of Eden
It’s a Flashback 50 with the 1969 debut by East of Eden, “Mercator Projected.” This seminal release was the blueprint that groups like King Crimson used at the dawn of progressive rock.