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.
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A Flash of the Spirit-50 Years Later
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Moody Blues Founding Member Ray Thomas R.I.P. 1/4/2018
Ray Thomas, flutist, singer and composer for The Moody Blues, has left the planet.
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Echoes in Memoriam 2017: Those Who 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.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017-The Definitive 25 Albums
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.
Program Highlights
Echoes Podcast Special: Pierre Henry R.I.P. at 89
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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.
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Zone Music Awards 2017
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.
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Larry Coryell R.I.P.
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.
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Jaki Liebezeit R.I.P.
Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit joins a growing number of original Krautrockers from the 1970s who are leaving the planet.
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Artists Deaths in 2016
A Last Goodbye to Echoes Artists Who Left the Planet
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Peter Gabriel’s Homage to Ali
Peter Gabriel has released his first new song in 3 years. It’s a poetic homage to Muhammed Ali and the triumph of the spirit, It’s also a powerful world music tribal stomp.