The Irish singer Enya has created one of the most distinctive sounds of the last 30 years. She’s just released her first album in 7 years, Dark Sky Island and it is sure to thrill fans of her serene sound. Dark Sky Island is the Echoes December CD of the Month.
We’ll hear from a 21st century progressive rock opus by Mark McGuire called Beyond Belief and sufi chants turned into lush tapestries by HuDost.
Echoes listeners are now voting in the Best of Echoes 2015 Poll. They are picking their 10 favorite albums heard on Echoes in 2015 and they’ll be tabulated into the Echoes Top 25 Albums for 2015
Emile is Emilie Kahn. Ogden is her harp. Together they create a chamber folk music with chiming strings and Kahn’s winsome, childlike voice that manages to find depth and authority.
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Todd Tobias creates ambient vignettes; short excursions into a mysterious sound dominated by multiple guitars and manipulated samples. He’s worked extensively with the rock band, Guided by Voices, but makes an ambient sound on his own. He talks about it on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes John Diliberto brings us an all instrumental soundscape that will include new music by David Arkenstone and synth -guitarist Mark Dwane
Coming up on Echoes it’s new music by the alt-rock group Deerhunter and veteran electronic composer, George Wallace.
Jesse Cook is, along with Otmar Liebert, one of the two icons of Nuevo Flamenco music, a hybrid style of flamenco which he has expanded to embrace world music elements and electronics.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear new music by Swedish guitarist Jimmy Wahlsteen.
An uninterrupted six-hour soundscape for that rewards patience. Includes music by Kevin Keller, David Gilmour, Bob Holroyd, David Arkenstone, and many more.