Christmas begins today with An Echoes Celtic Sonic Seasonings with Moya Brennan and Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning and Wendy Goodwin I don’t know how Celtic music came to signify winter, but slow aires and Celtic harps seem to exemplify a quieter and more atmospheric side of the Winter season. We’ve dipped into that sound on…
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Best Of
25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2013
Some years are better than others and 2013 was much better than most. Right now, you can Vote in the Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll. But, this list is different. This is compiled by the brain trust of Echoes. These are the CDs we played on the show in 2013 that we thought represented…
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Darkside of the Beach Boys on Echoes Tonight
From Tonight Sky to Darkside on Echoes T0night Darkside is a duo from where else? Brooklyn. Electronic musician Nicolas Jaar and guitarist Dave Harrington spin out psychedelic electronica landscapes with moods that reference German avant-rockers, Can. Catch them live if you can. They did an amazing set at this year’s Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit.…
Interview Podcast
Tom Griesgraber & Bert Lams Happy Trails Echoes Podcast
Bert Lams & Tom Griesgraber talk about their concept album, Unnamed Lands in the Echoes Podcast. Bert Lams &Tom Griesgraber are both post-progressive rock veterans. Bert Lams is the best known as part of the California Guitar Trio. Tom Griesgraber is lesser known with one previous album out, but he’s been creating progressive music for…
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A Fanfare to Oblivion with Jonathan Wilson & Hammock
New Music from Hammock & Jonathan Wilson tonight on Echoes Hammock is one of those bands that is consistently name-checked by artists we interview on Echoes. Rhian Sheehan, Mree, All India Radio and more have cited them in recent months. They return with a new CD that follows on the heels of 2012’s Departure Songs. …
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Westward Ho! with Tom Griesgraber & Bert Lams
Bert Lams & Tom Griesgraber talk about their concept album, Unnamed Lands tonight on Echoes. Bert Lams &Tom Griesgraber are both post-progressive rock veterans. Bert Lams is the best known as part of the California Guitar Trio. Tom Griesgraber is lesser known with one previous album out, but he’s been creating progressive music for Chapman…
Living Room Concerts
Sticks & Strings-Greisgraber & Lams Live on Echoes
Hear Chapman Stick Player Tom Greisgraber & Guitarist Bert Lams Live on Echoes Tonight We know Bert Lams as one head in the three-headed, six-armed monster of the California Guitar Trio. Tom Griesgraber plays the Chapman Stick, enhancing his two-handed tapping with atmospheric effects. They come in to the Echoes Living Room to play music…
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Re-Genesis – Steve Hackett Live.
Steve Hackett Goes Back to Beginning at Keswick Theatre With Yestival this past summer, gearing up for Hawkwind’s sadly postponed tour, and now Steve Hackett revisiting his work with Genesis, it’s been a year for Progressive Rock nostalgia. Guitarist Steve Hackett was with Genesis for their glory years and then stuck around for two post-Peter…
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Retro-California, Future Space & Joy Formidable On Echoes
Today on Echoes it’s new music by Raygun Ballet. This is the recording persona of John-Mark Austin. He’s best known as an Academy Award winning CGI artist whose work includes Avatar among many others. When he makes music, Austin explores a retro-futurism, pulling soundclips from the 50s that are usually looking forward to an age…
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Psychedelic to Serenity: Mike Wall Echoes Interview
We get a lot of music in here with titles like “Music for Massage,” “Music for Yoga,” “Music for Meditation.” They almost never make it onto the show, but every now and then we get one that has a little bit more going for it, than pretty sounds and contemplative moods. That’s the case with…