Today we unveil the Best of Echoes 2014. It’s a list that draws from across the Echoes spectrum, revealing the eclectic sound of the show within our framework of chilled moods.
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Best of Echoes 2014
Tag: Progressive Rock
Reviews & Commentary
Yoed Nir Live on Echoes
Yoed Nir plays live in Echoes Video.Yoed Nir is one of a new generation of looping cellists, joining the likes of Zoe Keating, Jami Sieber, Matthew Schoening and Hans Christian in creating orchestras of sound with just one instrument. Although there are lots of instrumentalists who loop, outside of guitarists it seems to be cellists…
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
12 Months of Echoes CD Picks
A Look Back at CD of the Month Picks for 2014Tonight on Echoes we look back at our 12 CD of the Month selections. We’ll be playing two tracks from each spread out over the two hours of Echoes tonight. Here they all are with links to their reviews, tracks and videos. January: Hammock Oblivion…
Interview Podcast
Jeff Pearce in Echoes Podcast
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Jeff Pearce talks about taking piano lessons from Phillip Aaberg and developing his own unique voice.
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Maya Beiser’s Art Rock Cello In Echoes Podcast
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We talk with cello goddess, Maya Beiser, about her music for power cello.
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Muriel Anderson in Echoes Podcast
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Muriel Anderson’s fingerstyle lullabies. https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-MurielAnderson.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMuriel Anderson was a fingerstyle guitar champion and a mentee of Chet Atkins and Les Paul. She creates a pastoral music drawing from folk, jazz and classical music, playing acoustic six-string and harp guitar. She talks about learning from Christopher Parkening and Chet Atkins…
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John Luttrell in Echoes Podcast
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John Luttrell’s Progressive Rock Dreamhttps://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-JohnLuttrell.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSJohn Luttrell is a journeyman musician who has released several new agey albums over the last decade or so. But this year he released an ambitious Progressive Rock influenced album called The Dream Exchange. It has echoes of many of his influences like Tangerine…
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Amatorski in Echoes Podcast
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Amatorski is a Belgian band that creates an atmospheric, dusky brand of dream pop.
CD of the Month
Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence Echoes CD of the Month
Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence is not your usual Echoes CD of the Month. It’s not ethereal and dreamy. It won’t soothe you. But along with Beck’s transcendent (and soothing) Morning Phase, it’s one of the most important albums of the year.
Reviews & Commentary
An Echoes Jam on Yoed Nir
Last night Echoes listeners got to hear cellist Yoed Nir performing live in the Echoes Living Room. He was creating looping orchestrations with his cello, all of it played and much of it improvised in the moment. Greg Pelican, a subscriber to Echoes On-Line was so charged up, he picked up his drum sticks and…