On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015-Echoes Program 1516C
Tag: New Age
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – A Global Village Symphony
A six-hour Global Village Symphony drawn from musical traditions around the world, featuring Afro Celt Sound System, Yo-Yo Ma, Ali Akbar Khan, Huayucaltia, David Parsons, and many more.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 15th, 2015-Echoes Playlist 1515C
Sherry Finzer is a classical flute player who has discovered another path, creating ambient chamber music with electronic orchestration and flute choirs.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015-Echoes Program 1514C
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
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.