Poppy Ackroyd’s album, Resolve was an Echoes CD of the Month two years ago. We catch up with Poppy, who talks about an approach to classical composition informed by punk rock and Radiohead.
Playlists
Monday, Apr 6, 2020 – Echoes Program 2014A
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 18-19, 2020 – Naneum Live & Tigerforest
We hear the multi-keyboard orchestrations of music of Naneum, live. Then it’s Gunnar Spardel, who composes serene chamber music under his own name and upbeat electronic music as Tigerforest.
Playlists
Weekend, Apr 4-5, 2020 – Programs 2013A & 2013B
With an array of keyboards and synths, Michael Whalen creates an electro-orchestral symphony. Sacred Spaces by Michael Whalen is the April CD of the Month on Echoes.
Reviews & Commentary
Azam Ali’s All That Is Left Is Sky Video
Azam Ali, the entrancing singer of Niyaz, has created a gorgeous and epic song and video to benefit musicians stricken by the financial damage of the Corona Pandemic.
Coming Up
Friday, Apr 17, 2020 – Music from Kevin Keller
We hear music by Kevin Keller from an collection called 12.25, representing 12 albums in 25 years. And David Helpling also goes deeply ambient with RUNE, his January CD of the Month.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Jake Shimabukuro
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Ukulele Giant Jake Shimabukuro Goes Beyond in the Echoes Podcast. https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/EchoesPodcast-JakeShimabukuro.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In the Echoes Podcast, Jake Shimabukuro, the virtuoso Hawaiian ukulele player, talks about revolutionizing an instrument often seen as a novelty into a tool of pyrotechnic fury and ambient expanses. His new album, The Jake Shimabukuro Trio…
Best Of
Echoes March 2020 Top 25: Agnes Obel at the Top
The Echoes Top 25 for March 2020 features Agnes Obel’s Myopia, YPPAH, Michael Whalen, Ryan Farrish, Ava, Yael Naim and 19 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
Coming Up
Thursday, Apr 16, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
Native American flute has been making a return to the Echoes Soundscape and on a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear two of them, Kenneth Hooper’s Directions and Vicki Logan’s Born Out of Chaos.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2020 – Throwback 30: Kitaro
We return to the April 1990 album, Kojiki by Kitaro. It was a landmark recording for the Japanese electronic artist that brought his sound into orchestral and world music terrain.
Playlists
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2020 – Echoes Program 2013C
Deep Mountain was the recording projected of Bapak Dudal, unheralded pioneer of ambient world fusion in the 1990s. As part of Echoes 30th Anniversary, we look back at this lost icon.