Didier Lockwood was a firebrand French violinist, mentored by Stephane Grappelli and named an heir to Jean-Luc Ponty. He was part of the 1980s fusion scene. He Died at 62 on February 18, 2018.
Spirit was a psychedelic group who released their debut album 50 years ago. It still sounds like a new world of music 5 decades later. Read about this sometimes forgotten band.
Ray Thomas, flutist, singer and composer for The Moody Blues, has left the planet.
As we end the year, John Diliberto looks back on Echoes musicians who left the planet in 2017. They range from the iconic to the obscure, but all left their vibrations on the planet.
There is no other Year End music list like Echoes Best of of 2017. Ambient Requiems. Deep space journeys, chamber pop, progrock epics, EDM journeys and world fusion. See who made the list.
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Pierre Henry virtually invented the idea of sampling. Just using phonograph recordings, many of them custom made, he sampled the world and turned it into what became musique concrète.
The Zone Music Awards honor electronic, ambient, new age and contemporary instrumental music. They just held their annual awards show in New Orleans. John Diliberto zones in on the winners.
Fusion giant Larry Coryell died on February 19, after playing his final gig at Iridium i New York City. John Diliberto remembers this important and influential musician.
Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit joins a growing number of original Krautrockers from the 1970s who are leaving the planet.
A Last Goodbye to Echoes Artists Who Left the Planet