Guitarist Will Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records, horn player Jeff Oster and multi-instrumentalist Tom Eaton have gotten together for a new age nostalgic album called Brothers.
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, but she’s going even further afield than her father. We’ll hear a track from Love Letters PS, featuring her sister, Norah Jones.
The sultry sound of Morcheeba with music from their album, Blackest Blue and new ambient chamber music by South American composer Sebastian Plano from his album, Agos.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from French 79, whose new album, Joshua takes a retro-electronic spin. We’ll also hear new music by Phil Keaggy‘s Acoustic Sketches 3.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from the Myndstream Collection Volume 1, featuring Mark Isham, Rick Wakeman and more. We’ll also hear from Steve Roach & Michael Stearns.
Space is the place this year and Vangelis has the album for it. It’s called Juno to Jupiter and it is in the classic Vangelis mode. We’ll also hear music from E.Vax, which is Evan Peter Mast.
Summer’s over and Autumn has officially arrived, in an Echoes Autumnal Equinox Soundscape. We paint sound in Autumnal colors with George Winston, Fiona Joy Hawkins, Digitonal, and more.
We’ll hear music by Immersion. Colin Newman from Wire and Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact collaborate with the likes of Ulrich Schnauss and Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab.
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.