Echoes host John Diliberto has picked his Top 25 albums of 2015. They range from dream pop to sequencer dervishes to ambient chamber music to fusion and beyond.
Best Of
John Diliberto’s Top 25 Albums for 2015
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015-Echoes Program 1549C
2015 began with the unexpected death of Edgar Froese, the founding member of the German electronic band, Tangerine Dream. 2015 also saw the anniversary of two influential Tangerine Dream albums, Rubycon and Ricochet.
Echoes Online, Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes: Light Patterns
An uninterrupted six-hour soundscape featuring music by Mark Isham, Tangerine Dream, George Winston, Radium 88, and many more.
Reviews & Commentary
Echoes in the 2016 Grammy Awards
It’s another Grammy Award season. The nominees has been announced and it seems like every year is more mundane than the one before when it comes to new music, adventurous music and even New Age music.
Playlists
Weekend, December 5 & 6, 2015-Echoes Program 1548A
The sound of Enya is one of the most recognizable in music. She’s not very prolific, just four albums in the 21st century. Her latest is Dark Sky Island and it has all the signature Enya sounds that audiences have come to love.
Playlists
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015-Echoes Program 1548D
Brian Eno’s “Discreet Music,” released 40 years ago, is the seminal work of ambient music. A Toronto new music group arranges it for acoustic instruments.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for November 2015
It’s another amazing month of music at Echoes with Kevin Keller’s magnificent CD of the Month, La Strada, leading the Echoes Top 25 for November. But check out some of the others like the #2 album, a wonderful collection of melodic electronics called Autumn Time Volume 3.
Playlists
Monday, November 30th, 2015-Echoes Program 1548A
The sound of Enya is one of the most recognizable in music. She’s not very prolific, just four albums in the 21st century. Her latest is Dark Sky Island and it has all the signature Enya sounds that audiences have come to love.
Playlists
Friday, November 27th, 2015-Echoes Program 1547E
Coming up on the next Echoes it’s new music by Low. The band that specializes in slowly moving rock gets a little less slow on their new album, Ones and Sixes.
Interview Podcast
Enya in the Echoes Podcast
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Iconic Irish singer, Enya talks about her new album, Dark Sky Island. It’s her first album of all-new material in 7 years. Many of the familiar Enya sounds are there from the pizzacato strings, vocal choirs and of course, the pure beauty of Enya’s voice. She talks about castles, church and the cosmos.