Árstíðir is another band out of Iceland, but this one has a more organic and acoustic sound with routes in the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. They come in to Echoes to perform their music live.
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.
It’s a different sound of America for Independence Day weekend. It’s a sound steeped in the landscapes of the US from the Grand Canyon to the forests of Maine, all steeped in the sound of Ambient Americana, that unique sound merging country twang and ambient atmospheres. This soundscape for July 4th is one of twangquility, only at Echoes On-Line.
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Robert Rich is a critically acclaimed electronic musician who has been recording for 35 years. He takes us from his roots listening to wind harps, minimalists and space music to his own music recorded 20 minutes into the future.
We pick the Best Echoes CDs of the Year at the halfway point. John Diliberto then runs them down from #25 to number 1. It begins with a band we’ve never heard of before and ends with an Icon of Echoes. We’ll hear from artists who put out signature releases, others reaching for ambitious highs and still others reflecting on very long careers.
Echoes Top 25 for June finds Digitonal’s “Beautiful Broken” at the top, followed by March’s CD of the Month pick, “Backyards” by Lanterna, and guitarist Jesse Cook’s “One World”.
It’s Slow Flow Friday on Echoes, an all instrumental soundscape to take you into the weekend.
It’s the longest day of the year and Echoes has the music to welcome in summer.
Six String Sojourn brings you a continuous soundscape based around acoustic and electric guitars. We’ll hear acoustic tunes, spacy atmospheres, and dramatic orchestrations.
Get your dictionary out and your thinking cap on as we talk to Robert Rich, one of the most conceptual and cerebral of electronic artists.