Tag: Progressive Rock

April CD of the Month:Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygene Trilogy

Written by John Diliberto on April 3, 2017 It’s pretty rare that an artist could take three albums spanning 40 years, put them together, and have them sound like a coherent whole, as if it was the plan all along for them to sit together as a single epic work. But French electronic artist Jean-Michel…

Monday, March 6th, 2017-Echoes Program 1710A

Mike Oldfield is best known for his 1973 epic, Tubular Bells, but one of his most beloved recordings is his third album, 1975’s Ommadawn. Like Tubular Bells it was two, side-long journeys, this time into a sound that was pastoral, Celtic and African.