Malcolm Cecil was an electronic pioneer whose duo, Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, planted the seeds of contemporary electornic music with the album Zero Time in 1971. He leaves at age 84.
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Malcolm Cecil of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band R.I.P
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Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 10-11, 2021 – Carl Weingarten & Decouplr
Covid-19 survival this weekend on Echoes with Carl Weingarten’s pastoral pandemic tone poems on Ember Days, the CD of the Month and Decouplr whose debut album was born in pandemic.
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Friday, Apr 9, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
Hear new collaborations with Emancipator, Rena Jones & Flowerpulse’s “Xylem:, Deborah Martin & Jill Haley’s The Silence of Grace and Ian Boddy & Markus Reuters Outland on a Slow Flow Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Leandrul & Loreena McKennitt
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Wednesday, Apr 7, 2021 – Icon of Echoes Robert Fripp
The 16th Icon, Robert Fripp, is the founder of King Crimson and a pioneer of progressive rock and ambient music. We’ll hear an exclusive live performance from the Robert Fripp String Quintet.
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Monday, Apr 5, 2021 – Carl Weingarten’s Ember Days
The April CD of the Month, Ember Days, is an album of intricate and pastoral excursions by Carl Weingarten. He weaves multiple guitars into the sound of country-meets-heaven.
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Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021 -Loreena McKennitt Icon/Constance Demby R.I.P.
Loreena McKennitt arises as the 14th Icon. We’ll hear a profile of this one-of-a-kind artist. Then we remember Constance Demby, a New Age Queen who died on March 20, 2021.
Best Of
Echoes February 2021 Top 25: Time Traveler at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for February 2021. Time Traveler’s Sky Falter, February’s CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Erik Wollo, Grandbrothers, Todd Boston, and 21 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 – Mint Julep
It’s just about the right time for a Mint Julep, not the drink or candy, but the dreampop duo of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. They have a new album, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.
CD of the Month
Echoes March 2021 CD of the Month: Johnson & Keaggy
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s 4th collaboration, Ravenna, is the Echoes March CD of the Month. It’s an album of layered textures, intricate instrumentation and deep moods.