This weekend on Echoes It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk. The iconic German electronic band released their debut album in 1970. Then we’ll countdown the 30 Icons of Echoes.
Coming Up
Weekend, Nov 14-15, 2020 – Kraftwerk’s 50th & 30 Icons
Tag: Progressive Rock
Best Of
Echoes October 2020 Top 25: Andreas Vollenweider at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for October 2020. Andreas Vollenweider is at the top, followed by Marya Stark, Tom Caufield, Michael Whalen & Blue Monk, Gracie & Rachel and 20 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Thursday, Nov 12, 2020 – Music by Ian Boddy, Jon Durant, Digitonal
Electronic artist Ian Boddy’s new album, Axiom, with a classic retro-space music sound. We’ll also hear ambient piano by Jon Durant and ambient chamber music by Digitonal.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns
Coming Up
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020 – Bowie’s Man Who Sold the World
Flashback 50 to David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World, released in November 1970. We’ll also hear from Loma’s Don’t Shy Away and Kevin Braheny Fortune’s Eclectic Electric Singles.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 31-Nov 1, 2020 – Lemmer & Pabst and Lisher
It’s a new generation of German electronic artists when we talk to Thomas Lemmer & Sebastian Pabst. Then we hear from rock refugee Gregory Allen Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven & Monks of Doom)
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 17-18, 2020 – Programs 2041A & 2041B
The California Guitar Trio’s album, Elegy, was recorded in AirBnB living rooms pre-Covid. Shpongle’s Simon Posford spent his time in quarantine creating a pandemic lockdown soundtrack.
Playlists
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020 – Echoes Program 2041C
We talk with Mark Dwane, a long time fixture on Echoes. This purveyor of expansive, cinematic melodies, and propulsive grooves talks about his music on Echoes.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 12, 2020 – Echoes Program 2041A
The California Guitar Trio talk about their August Echoes CD of the Month, Elegy. It was recorded in AirBnB living rooms while they were on their last tour before pandemic lockdown.
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 10-11, 2020 – Programs 2040A & 2040B
Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns talk about their debut collaboration, Convergence. Echoes September CD of the Month emerged from dreams, brain tumors and pandemic behind the release.