It’s the sound of tripped out trumpets. Horn players are going beyond the sound of Be-bop solos and classical concertos.
Playlists
Thursday, March 31st, 2016 – Echoes Program 1613D
Tag: Progressive Rock
Reviews & Commentary
Hearing Aids for Big Ears 2016: Interviews with 7 Performers
We hear features from 7 of the performers at Big Ears 2015 including Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Max Richter, William Tyler, Silver Apples, and Bill Frisell.
Interview Podcast
Big Ears Festival 2016 in the Echoes Podcast
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Big Ears is one of the most expansive, eclectic and challenging music festivals in the world. In downtown Knoxville Tennessee, musicians from around the world and across genres convene in concerts that test the limits of sound and music.
Interview Podcast
Cavern of Anti-Matter in the Echoes Podcast
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Cavern of Anti-Matter is a group steeped in analog synthesizers and worships at the electronic altar of 70s German groups like Neu! Harmonia, Cluster and Can. We talk to band leader Tim Gane about plugging in to the sound of his youth.
Playlists
Thursday, February 25th, 2016-Echoes Program 1608D
We’ll hear from a 21st century progressive rock opus by Mark McGuire called Beyond Belief and sufi chants turned into lush tapestries by HuDost.
Playlists
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016-Echoes Program 1608C
Jamie Sieber was at the leading edge of a new generation of cellists taking the most soulful of symphonic strings in new directions, looping her cello and using electric guitar-style effects. She comes in to create her looping cello chamber works live.
Interview Podcast
Contact in the Echoes Podcast
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Discreet Music, arguably the first of Eno’s ambient works, has entered the acoustic canon, via the Canadian group, Contact. They turn the piece into an immersive meditation. Contact’s Jerry Pergolesi talks about making contact with Discreet Music.
Interview Podcast
Bella Gaia in the Echoes Podcast
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Kenji Williams makes a different kind of “World Music” with Bella Gaia, a view of the world and its music, seen from space. Bella Gaia is a project put together by Williams, using NASA images of Earth from Space, quotes from astronauts and and music from around the world
CD of the Month
The American Dollar “Across The Oceans” Echoes February CD of the Month.
From the bedroom to the headroom, The American Dollar are a duo out of New York making a dynamic post-rock sound that has been heard on TV, commercials and films. Their latest CD, Across the Oceans is the Echoes February CD of the Month
Playlists
Weekend, January 30 & 31, 2016-Echoes Program 1604A
Electronic musician Vic Hennegan sends Echoes into space with a performance of all new compositions based on his sequencer driven grooves.