October’s CD of the Month glistens with Shimmer by Kevin Keller. A leading exponent of ambient chamber music, he creates a kinetic ride on an album of minimalist melodies and rhythmic drive.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 4, 2021 – Echoes Program 2140A
Tag: New Age
CD of the Month
Echoes October 2021 CD of the Month: Kevin Keller-Shimmer
Shimmer is Kevin Keller’s latest release, following up on 2020’s The Front Porch of Heaven. it’s another ambient chamber music beauty and Echoes October CD of the Month.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 16-17, 2021 – Stephan Micus
We’ll hear that, and an interview with world music composer Stephan Micus. and Liquid Bloom teams up with PERE from Israel for an album of tribal electronic moods called Afar.
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 2-3, 2021 – Programs 2139A & 2139B
30 years ago, Loreena McKennitt released her breakthrough album, The Visit. We talk to this influential musician who turned Celtic music into world fusion while telling epic tales.
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 15, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
Two guitarists with expansive sounds: Carl Weingarten, from a new album of rustic chamber music, Ember Days, and Robert Jurjendal with a more ambient approach on Water Finds a Way.
Playlists
Friday, Oct 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139E
We hear some of the last music created by Harold Budd. The ambient artist passed last December, but he left his soundtrack to HBO’s I Know This Much Is True. We’ve got a track from that.
Coming Up
Thursday, Oct 14, 2021 – Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster, Tom Eaton
A new collaboration from guitarist Will Ackerman, trumpeter Jeff Oster, and keyboardist Tom Eaton. You might recognize them from their solo projects, the band FLOW and Windham Hill Records.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Loreena McKennitt
Playlists
Thursday, Sept 30, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139D
On a Slow Flow Echoes some fast guitar from Andy McKee, a leading light on the finger-style guitar scene. He has a new EP called Symbols. We’ll also ride the grooves of Byron Metcalf.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021 – Robot Koch Interview
German Composer Robot Koch has gone from death metal to deep ambient chamber music in his career. We follow the course of this inventive artist up through his latest offering.