The Best of Echoes 2020. We pick out our 30 Favorite albums of the year covering the range of the Echoes Soundscape. This is a Best of list like no other. 2020 Sucked! This list doesn’t.
Best Of
Best of Echoes 2020-The Top 30 Albums of the Year
Tag: synthesizer
Coming Up
Friday, Dec 18, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
We’ll hear the latest recording by French guitarist Pierre Bensusan. He came up during the days of Windham Hill guitarists like Michael Hedges, who named a song after him. His latest album is Azwan.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 4, 2020 – Echoes Program 2048E
Pianist Peter Kater goes Hawaiian. He taps traditional Hawaiian music and musicians and creates a lush landscape around them. We’ll also hear new music by the electronic artist Kayobe.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Ane Brun & Steve Roach
Best Of
Echoes November 2020 Top 25: Digitonal at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for November 2020. Digitonal, our CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Ian Boddy, Steve Roach, Ane Brun (twice!) Tom Caufield and 19 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020 – Alex Maas and Time Traveler
New music by Alex Maas, lead singer of the psychedelic band The Black Angels. He goes more pastoral on an album called Luca. We’ll also hear from Time Traveler, the new persona of Eleon.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2020 – Echoes Program 2048B
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares-down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. Join us with Ólafur Arnalds on Echoes.
CD of the Month
December, 2020 Echoes CD of the Month: Ane Brun
Singer Ane Brun releases a perfect pair of CDs, After the Great Storm and How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow, exploring themes of loss and existence. Both are the Echoes CD of the Month.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 12-13, 2020 – Best of Echoes & Kevin Keller
The Best of Echoes 2020. In a bad year there was great music. Hear 20 of the Top 30 albums for 2020 and then hear an interview with Kevin Keller who is on that list.
Playlists
Weekend, Nov 28-29, 2020 – Programs 2047A & 2047B
German electronic music legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a founder of Cluster and Harmonia. Lately, he’s gone acoustic and has even recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon classical label.