Chad Lawson is a musician with ambient tendencies. He started out as a jazz pianist, veered toward New Age before settling on an approach that is clearly his own voice.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015-Echoes Program 1514C
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015-Echoes Program 1514B
Innovative and influential guitarist Kaki King talks about her daring new project called The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Tangerine Dreaming
A six-hour soundscape inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream. It includes music from Tangerine Dream’s album Supernormal, the Echoes CD of the Month for April 2015. You’ll also hear classic T-Dream, excerpts from solo albums of band members, and music from artists inspired by Tangerine Dream.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2015
The Big Ears Festival in Knoxville brought together an array of musicians from the bleeding edge of the avant-garde to the cutting edge of rock and folk. Kronos Quartet presided over this meeting ground of Vanguard music that included Laurie Anderson, Wu Man, Terry Riley, Rhiannon Giddens and much much more.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015-Echoes Program 1513C
Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy have released two beautiful albums of modern instrumental music, Frio Suite and WaterSky. They’re joined by Irish flutist Brian Dunning of Nightnoise and violinist Wendy Goodwin when they play that music live.
CD of the Month
April CD of the Month: Tangerine Dream’s Supernormal
Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese past in January, but a the last configuration of the band release a 3CD live set that embodies everything that made Tangerine Dream one of the most influential and inspiration electronic bands.
Interview Podcast
Fernwood in Echoes Podcast
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Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery are modern musicians purveying a backwoods Americana global music fusion as Fernwood. Arcadia is their second album of mostly acoustic ruminations, orchestrated with everything from sitars and guitars to bouzoukis and dilruba in a global music of the imagination.
Playlists
Weekend, March 14th & 15th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510A
Chopin is in the air lately.
Playlists
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510B
Darin Mahoney started out as a cowboy roping cattle and riding broncos in rodeos. A near death experience with cancer and an encounter with guitarist Will Ackerman’s music changed his life. Now he creates dreamy guitar music as a solo artist and in a duo with flutist Sherry Finzer.
Playlists
Monday, March 9th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510A
Pianist Chad Lawson talks about his recording The Chopin Variations.