Tag: Tubular Bells

Mike Oldfield in Echoes Podcast

Mike Oldfield talks Rock in Echoes Podcast On the heels of his international acclaim at the 2012 Summer Olympic opening ceremony in London and the 40th anniversary of his signature work, Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield takes a hard right into 70s era album rock. His latest CD, Man on the Rocks, features singer Luke Spiller…

Mike Oldfield Rocks Out

Mike Oldfield talks about his homage to American Rock On the heels of his international acclaim at the 2012 Summer Olympic opening ceremony in London and the 40th anniversary of his signature work, Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield takes a hard right into 70s era album rock. His latest CD, Man on the Rocks, features singer…

Echoes March CD of the Month: Mark McGuire’s Along the Way

Mark McGuire Creates 21st Century Progressive Rock Opus for Echoes CD of the Month Old fans of progressive rock and space music might be forgiven if listening to Mark McGuire’s Along the Way takes them back to about 1975, calling up music like Ash Ra Tempel’s Inventions for Electric Guitar, Popol Vuh’s Seligpreisung or Can’s…

Echoes Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Tubular Bells.

Interview: Mike Oldfield – the 40th Anniversary of Tubular Bells on Echoes Hear it on-air the weekend of May 24-26 Hear the Echoes Podcast of the interview with Mike Oldfield on Tubular Bells It was forty years ago that Mike Oldfield electrified the world with his hit album, Tubular Bells. It had one composition spanning…

Two Epic Birthdays: Mike Oldfield & Brian Eno.

Mike Oldfield & Brian Eno both share birthdays today.  Oldfield turns 60 and Eno turns 65.  Each artist has shaped the music we hear today.  Brian Eno has been the more prolific and expansive, working across genres and attaining massive popular success in each of the last 5 decades through his work with other artists…

Tubular Babes-Mike Oldfield Revamped.

Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells performed by Brooklyn Organ Synth Orchestra This is kind of a gas.  The Brooklyn Organ Synth Orchestra is a group of over 20 different NYC female keyboardists playing Tubular Bells on keyboards vintage and new at Joe McGinty’s Carousel Studio in Brooklyn, NY.   They vamp it up on the main themes…

Echo Location: Tangled up in Strings-California Guitar Trio & David Pritchard

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20080709.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe California Guitar Trio and David Pritchard are acoustic fingerstyle players who aren’t taking the lonley solo route. You can also hear an Audio version of this Echo Location, with music. If you think one acoustic guitar is good, there are some musicians who think 2, 3 or 4…