Balmorhea talk about their music which has moved from ambient country into a more classically refined sound. Their latest album, Pendant World, is on the classical Deutsche Grammophon Label.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Aug 9, 2023 – Balmorhea Interview
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – Echoes Program 2330C
A live electronic trip with Taiyo Rey and Saul Stokes. They are actually the same person and have been creating inventive and singular electronic music for decades. Hear it performed live on Echoes.
Coming Up
Monday, Aug 7, 2023 – SUSS Reborn: The Echoes Interview
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.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Robert Rich & A Produce
Coming Up
Weekend, Aug 5-6, 2023 – Penguin Cafe & Sinead O’Connor
The August CD of the Month is Rain Before Seven by Penguin Café, the successor to The Penguin Café Orchestra launched in 1976 on Brian Eno’s Obscure Label. The music continues to be one-of-a-kind.
Playlists
Weekend, July 22-23, 2023 – Programs 2329A & 2329B
We travel to China via the impressionistic music of Robert Rich. His latest album, Travelers’ Cloth, is inspired by an ancient Chinese poet and his journey through the countryside.
Coming Up
Friday, Aug 4, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s music by Evenfall, the collaboration of multi-instrumentalist Cass Anawaty and flute player Sherry Finzer. We’ll also get some ambient chamber music by Naneum.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 – Echoes Program 2329C
We look back at A Produce. That was the moniker of Barry Craig in the ’80s and ’90s. He died young in 2011. His music is being reissued so Echoes goes back to their 1996 interview.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Aug 1, 2023 – Sinead O’Connor
We remember Sinead O’Connor who passed on July 26. Her voice was the sound of the soul. We’ll hear her work with other artists including Afro Celt Sound System and Massive Attack.
Playlists
Monday, July 17, 2023 – Echoes Program 2329A
We travel to China via the impressionistic music of Robert Rich. His latest album, Travelers’ Cloth, is inspired by an ancient Chinese poet and his journey through the countryside.