Keyboardist Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues was one of the architects of Progressive rock introducing the mellotron keyboard. He died on April 24. John Diliberto remembers him.
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R.I.P Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues 1941-2024
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 – Mike Pinder, The Moody Blues & Julee Cruise
We’ll hear the ghost of Julee Cruise. Before her death in 2022, the Twin Peaks singer recorded a song with producer Tim Saul for his album, Thresholds. Now that song has been released.
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Echoes Podcast: Hugar, King Crimson 50th, Erik Scott R.I.P.
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Hugar, King Crimson and Erik Scott in Echoes Podcast. https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/EchoesPodcast-Hugar-KingCrimson-ErikScott.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt’s a 3-Part Echoes Podcast with Hugar, King Crimson’s 50th and a Remembrance of Erik Scott First we enter the chill of Iceland for an interview with Hugar. The ambient chamber music duo recently released their second album Varða.…
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Thursday, October 10, 2019 – Echoes Program 1941D
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.
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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.
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Echoes Podcast: FLOW & The Moody Blues
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Thursday, July 26th, 2018-Echoes Program 1830D
Take a Flashback 50 to In Search of the Lost Chord, by The Moody Blues, one of the most cosmic rock albums of the time.
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Pulsar “Strands of the Future”
Prominent synths, skillful guitar work and an overall sense of urgency fill Pulsar’s 1976 song “Strands of the Future”.
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“Phaedra” at 40 in Echoes Podcast
Hear an Homage to Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra in the Echoes Podcast On February 20th, 1974, Tangerine Dream released the album that changed electronic music for the next 40 years. It takes its name from Greek mythology and its sound from the imaginations of Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann and Christoph Franke, the three members of Tangerine…
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Tangerine Dream’s “Phaedra” at 40
On February 20th, 1974, Tangerine Dream released the album that changed electronic music for the next 40 years. It takes its name from Greek mythology and its sound from the imaginations of Edgar Froese, Peter Baumann and Christoph Franke, the three members of Tangerine Dream at the time. Phaedra was their fifth album, coming on…