Russel Walder’s Speak to the Storm leads the Echoes Top 25 for September, followed by Kevin Keller, Opium Moon, Erik Wollo, Mark Dwane, and 20 more great albums.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 October: Russel Walder at the Top
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Friday, Nov 3, 2023 – Echoes Program 2344E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Delay Tactics. This trio, that includes guitarist Carl Weingarten, made their last album 38 years ago. Now they’re back with a new recording.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Nov 15, 2023 – Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark
New music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop in the 21st century. Their new album is Bauhaus Staircase.
Playlists
Weds, Nov 1, 2023 – Echoes Program 2344C
The Ambient Country band SUSS struggles with loss and finds a way to be reborn. After co-founding member Gary Lieb died, they had to reevaluate not only their existence, but their sound.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2023 – Mimi Page Interview
Mimi Page is an auteur of electronic dream pop and a composer of video game scores. But her new album, Sound Healing Vol One takes her in a more meditative direction. We talk to her on Echoes.
Coming Up
Monday, Nov 13, 2023 – Kevin Keller Interview
Kevin Keller talks about his album Evensong. It is partly based on the chants and hymns of 12th century Abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Kevin brings these gothic sounds into the 21st century.
CD of the Month
Echoes Nov CD of the Month: Kevin Keller’s Evensong
Abbess Hildegard von Bingen composed some of the most serene and transcendent music ever. Kevin Keller adapts them on a new album called Evenson, Echoes November CD of the Month.
Coming Up
Weekend, Nov 11-12, 2023 – Russel Walder Interview
Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
Coming Up
Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Vic Hennegan. He started out as a disciple of German space music but he has gone in a more percussive direction for his album, Time Ritual.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: Jeff Pearce – 30 Years of Ambient Guitar
Hear ambient guitar, live, when Jeff Pearce comes in to play music from across his 30-year career, including covers of music by two of his influences, Harold Budd and Vangelis.