In 1989 the World Wide Web was invented The Berlin Wall fell. The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Denmark legalized civil unions between same-sex couples They were all ahead of the curve. And so was Echoes which launched on this day 24 years ago, on October 2, 1989 Today on Echoes, you’ll hear…
Tag: New Age
Program Highlights
Celtic Returns, Prog on the Side, Experiment into Ambient
We’ve got a lot of new music from old friends today on Echoes. Clannad, the legendary Irish band and one of the groups that launched the Celtic renaissance in the 1980s, returns with their first album in 15 years. It’s called Nádúr, Gaelic for nature, and it brings the core members of Clannad back together,…
Interview Podcast
Shaman’s Dream Interview Podcast from Echoes
Hear Shaman’s Dream Interviewed in Echoes Podcast Craig Kohland and Evan Bartholomew, best known as Bluetech, come from different worlds. Kohland began in the New Age Scene, playing percussion with his group, Shaman’s Dream and creating trance global grooves. Bluetech began in the techno and electronic world settling in a career that oscillates between seductive…
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David Arkenstone & Charlee Brooks Launch Loveren
See Exclusive World Premiere of David Arkenstone & Charlee Brooks Origins Video Multi-instrumentalist David Arkenstone has never shied away from the grandiose. he’s in the process of completing his most ambitious project to date with singer Charlee Brooks. It’s called David Arkenstone’s Symphonic Adventure with Cirque de LA Symphonie. It combines orchestra, Cirque de Soleil…
Reviews & Commentary
Ravi Shankar’s Last Raga Ride
or I Dropped My Microphone on Ravi Shankar’s Sitar. The word “icon” is tossed around pretty freely these days, and I probably fling it out there more than most. But put the name Ravi Shankar next to “icon” and you reset that bar to stratospheric heights. There are only a few musicians who stand out…
Reviews & Commentary
55th Grammy Awards-Return of Pure New Age.
New Age Music reasserts its hold on the Grammy’s New Age Category. I won’t be able to get my chakras in an uproar about the absurdity of the New Age Grammy category this year. (See previous rants & reflections Grammys Goof Again in the New Age) There aren’t any hack New Agers that no one…
Interview Podcast
Bryan Carrigan Washes Electronic Windows.
Bryan Carrigan Completes a Trilogy of Electronic CDs with Windows. Bryan Carrigan has been a journeyman musician, working behind the scenes on Hollywood films. but in 2011, he began releasing his own music and he’s put out three CDs in the last year of his inventive and often ebullient compositions. But towards the end of…
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Reflect on WaterSky: Echoes November CD of the Month.
Hear music from Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s Watersky and an interview with the artists tonight, Monday 11/5 Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy are important figures in different music worlds. Johnson came to renown as a modern instrumental keyboardist with a taste for Celtic music and a long-running partnership with Irish flutist Brian Dunning. Keaggy…
Reviews & Commentary
A New Age Shaman’s Last Dance.
Gabrielle Roth passes at age 71. Gabrielle Roth wouldn’t have won any musician polls. She didn’t really play anything beyond some percussion. Yet she was responsible for nearly two dozen albums over the last 20 years or so. She referred to herself as an urban shaman and with the floating personnel of her ensemble, Gabrielle…
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Thierrry David’s Space Music Opus.
A Veteran French Synthesist Launches the Echoes April CD of the Month Hear an interview with Thierry David tonight July 18, on Echoes. It takes a lot of discipline for a skilled, classically trained keyboardist to put his technique on hold and instead, give in to the mood and atmosphere the music requires. On his…