Afro Celt Sound System, the most inventive and dynamic of World Fusion bands. OVA is their first album since the passing of founder Simon Emmerson. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 7-8, 2024 – Programs 2449A & 2449B
Tag: New Age
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Emma Anderson Interview
Playlists
Friday, Dec 6, 2024 – Echoes Program 2449E
Music by Dean and Britta. Since leaving the band Luna, they’ve been making a dreamy music. They have a release called A Peace of Us. We’ll also hear Slowdive remixed.
Coming Up
Friday, Dec 20, 2024 – An Echoes Winter Solstice
Get ready for the big chill on An Echoes Winter Solstice. Echoes’ John Diliberto creates a soundscape of snow-shrouded trees, silent saguaro cacti and white-out conditions, with no Christmas Carols.
Playlists
Thursday, Dec 5, 2024 – Echoes Program 2449D
Electronic sounds from Argentina. Ulises Labaronni records on the British Din label as Sophos and Pabellon Sintético who teams up with American artist Paul Ellis of Veiled Portraits.
Coming Up
Thursday, Dec 19, 2024 – Echoes In Memoriam
Many musicians who lit up the Echoes sky left us this year. They may have left the planet but their music remains. John Diliberto remembers, with Echoes in Memoriam.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: Jeff Oster, VinDownes, Tom Eaton
Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton play live. They released their debut album earlier this year, a deep recording of ambient improvisation. Every time they play, it’s a different journey.
Playlists
Wednesday, Dec 4, 2024 – Echoes Program 2449C
Colin Newman is part of the iconic post-punk band Wire. Malka Spigel is from the Israeli group Minimal Compact. Together they record as Immersion and their new album is Nanocluster Volume 2.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024 – 12 CDs of the Month
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas but we do have Twelve CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward from January and then backwards from December.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024 – Echoes Program 2449B
New music by Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon. This trio of flutes, cello and voice create a world fusion meditation called Triveni. We travel its paths.