Sierra Hull is a prodigy who played mandolin at the Grand Ole Opry at 11. But now she’s a singer-songwriter recording with Alison Krauss, Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck on her new album, Weighted Mind
A six-hour uninterrupted soundscape featuring energetic music, including The American Dollar, Tuxedomoon, Roger Eno, Jon Hassell and many more.
On the next Echoes it’s new music by Swedish singer Ane Brun. She’s backed up Peter Gabriel and is an icon on the Swedish scene.
Slow Meadow is the performance name of Matt Kidd who started out as a guitarist playing in church and Christian music bands before venturing out on his own ambient journey.
An all-instrumental Slow Flow Echoes includes music from electronic artist Raygun Ballet, New Age duo Anima and a surprisingly ambient soundtrack by film composer Danny Elfman for the movie The End of the Tour.
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the seminal work of ambient music. Now Contact has taken this electronic piece and arranged it for acoustic instruments. Contact’s Discreet Music is the Echoes CD of the Month.
The English duo Anima is a band steeped in shamanic mysticism, psychedelic plants and electronic music. The duo of Ali Calderwood and Daniela Broder live on a farm off the grid in Scotland, making electronic music powered by solar cells. They’ve lived in the jungles of Indian tribes in the Amazon and partaken in their rituals which they turn into some of the most detailed electronic landscapes.
Echoes Top 25 for December includes CD of the Month from Enya and seasonal albums, Smoke Fairies’ Wild WInter and Bryan Carrigan’s Fall Into Winter
You’ve heard all the carols in all their variations. But tonight we’re going to celebrate a different part of the season, one that’s rooted in the stars. It’s an Echoes Winter Solstice.
Christmas is effectively over but we hang on to the spirit with music to help you settle in for that other “long winter’s nap,” the one that happens after the presents are opened, the food is eaten and the wine is drunk.