Guitarist Will Ackerman, horn player Jeff Oster, and multi-instrumentalist Tom Eaton talk about their Grammy nominated album, Brothers. And we remember Joanne Shenandoah.
We hear dream pop from Australia from Brigitte Bardini. Her debut album, Stellar Lights, is bathed in new wave grooves, dream pop moods and singer-songwriter reveries.
We talk to Marconi Union, a true 21st century band. The British electronic trio has a new album out that finds them tapping a more rhythmic, drum driven sound, even though there are no drums.
Peter Gregson is a classically-trained cellist, but he goes into ambient chamber music on his recording Patina. It mixes synthesizers and electronic processing along with orchestral strings.
The Holidays are coming and we have your soundtrack with a new collection called Winter Tales, the Echoes December CD of the Month. Enjoy new works for the season from artists you already love.
Guitar icon Phil Keaggy comes in with his acoustic guitar and looping station to generate multiple lines of his evocative melodies live. We hear triple when Phil Keaggy plays live.
Rena Jones is a polymath. She plays violin, cello and synthesizers and immerses her music in the imagery of nature and philosophy. We talk about hidden meanings and her new album, Allegories.
Middle Eastern Ambiences featuring newly released music by the late Cheb I Sabbah with Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Azam Ali. We’ll also hear the Zikr Project with Jef Stott & Mah Ze Tar.
Two generations of German electronic musicians team up when Lambert Ringlage works with a former member of Tangerine Dream, Johannes Schmoelling. We’ll also hear some instrumental Peter Frampton.