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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090311.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Echoes plugs in ex-Cure keyboardist, Roger O’Donnell You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. In his London apartment, Roger O’Donnell only has one keyboard, the Mini-Moog Voyager that he’s playing as we speak. For the last few years, the Voyager has been pretty…
It was an international guitar morning here at Echoes as three virtuoso guitarists played live on the show. Echoes has always been a home to finger-style guitarists. Michael Hedges, Will Ackerman, Alex De Grassi, Kaki King and Preston Reed are among those who have graced the Echoes Living Room. Today we had three players from…
Erik Scott‘s ambient bass album, Other Planets, tops Echoes Top 25 List for February. It was our February CD of the Month and if you happened to miss the many times we played it, you can catch up with our review. The Top 25 this month proves to be a more balanced affair than recent…
After an absence of a couple of years, Swiss harpist Andreas Vollenweider has announced his return with a new CD call Air. Not much info yet on release dates. But Andreas has a very charming video up on his site. Here’s the press release: We are very exited to present to you AIR, a very…
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090225.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSCellist David Darling, the avatar of ambient chamber music returns with Prayer for Compassion, Echoes March CD of the Month. You can hear an audio version of this blog with music. David Darling is the Lord of Largo, the Maestro of Melancholy. Classically trained and jazz converted, he…
News is afoot that a documentary on Greek synthesist, Vangelis, has been produced by British cultural documentarian Tony Palmer. Knowing a little about the culture surrounding the acclaimed, Academy Award-winning composer, I’m not sure if it will be more than a puff piece, but the list of commentators is pretty impressive, including all the film…
There’s a new movie out called Mellodrama: The Story of the Mellotron that documents the history of the Mellotron and it’s forerunner, the Chamberlain. I haven’t seen the documentary, which just opened at a film festical, but some interesting tidbits are gleaned from the trailer and an interview with the director, Dianna Dillworth. Who’d have…
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/audio/JorgeReyesEchoesInterview1995.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s been a while since we’ve played any music by Jorge Reyes on Echoes. Something I now regret upon hearing of his passing this past Saturday, February 7, 2009 from an apparent heart attack. He was 57. There is an obit on-line. Jorge was a big part of…
I skipped watching the Grammys Sunday night to catch a live performance by Jon Hassell that took a deep diving expedition guided by fourth world semaphores and jazz signposts. (See earlier blog.) But after I got home, as I booted up my DVR to catch the awards show, I opened an email from Will Ackerman…
The 51st Annual Grammy will be broadcast this Sunday, February 8 and as usual, don’t expect to see any Echoes artists on it. Not that there aren’t some cool artists nominated in major categories, among them Coldplay, Radiohead, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Beck. But you’ll find Echoes artists turning up in unusual categories…