We pick out our favorite Echoes albums from the first half of 2017. The Top 25 includes progressive rock icons, electronic icons, New Age Icons and Bands who have just released their debut albums.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017. . . . So Far
Tag: singer-songwriter
Playlists
Monday June 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1726A
We survey the first six months of the year for our favorite albums. Among them are Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene 3, and Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1725C
Bathe in the warmth of music sunshine on an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape. Echoes takes through you the summer as we track the midnight sun and explore the sounds of the season.
Reviews & Commentary
New Video from Be The Bear- Erupt
Be The Bear has released the music video for her debut single, “Erupt”. The video features her bravely conquering her childhood fears and embodies the meaning of the name, “Be The Bear”.
Playlists
Weekend June 17 & 18, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
Playlists
Thursday June 15th, 2017-Echoes Program 1724D
New music by Miranda Lee Richards called Existential Beast. Her last album was Echoes CD of the Year in 2016. We’ll hear new music by Falling You, a dream pop band, from Shine.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Yasmine Hamdan
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Yasmine Hamdan is a Lebanese born singer and musician who takes her Arabic culture and infuses it with the influences of everyone from the Cocteau Twins to Prince, Arabic pop to new electronic music.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1724C
On the next Echoes, a band called From Indian Lakes comes in to play their intimate dreampop live. Their latest album is called Everything Feels Better Now. And it will.
Playlists
Monday June 12th, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
Playlists
Weekend, June 10 & 11, 2017-Echoes Program 1723A
The June CD of the Month is Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, an album of love, peace, insomnia and centipedes. Fronted by singer Tamsin Wilson, Wilsen makes a powerful dreampop sound.