It’s Echoes Election Chill. It’s been a tumultuous time in America and this week one thing will come to a conclusion, or at least semi-conclusion. Tune out the news and chill with us on Echoes.
The Norwegian singer Ane Brun has been one of the understated sirens of dream pop. She talks about the loss and loneliness that informs much of her latest recordings.
Digitonal return with their third CD of the Month, Set the Weather Fair. Digitonal are avatars of ambient chamber music, mixing contemporary electronics with classical elegance and melodies.
This weekend on Echoes It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk. The iconic German electronic band released their debut album in 1970. Then we’ll countdown the 30 Icons of Echoes.
It’s a new generation of German electronic artists when we talk to Thomas Lemmer & Sebastian Pabst. Then we hear from rock refugee Gregory Allen Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven & Monks of Doom).
New music by British neo-classical composer Helen Jane Long from forthcoming album, Vessel of Light. We’ll also hear from electronic composer Mars Lasar, violinist Ezinma and Holger Czukay.
Echoes Top 25 for October 2020. Andreas Vollenweider is at the top, followed by Marya Stark, Tom Caufield, Michael Whalen & Blue Monk, Gracie & Rachel and 20 other great CDs.
If 2020 hasn’t been scary enough for you, we’ve got ravens sitting at our windows, bats circling in the sky, and mysterious voices coming from the basement. It’s just an Echoes Halloween.