Stringsongs is a project that brings together three master musicians. Tim Farrell is an acclaimed finger-style guitarist who has been recording since the 1990s, creating impeccable, melodic songs for acoustic guitar.
Stringsongs is a project that brings together three master musicians: Tim Farrell, Michael Manring and Pat Robinson.
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Trumpeter Jeff Oster creates and ambient jazz sound on his new album, Next, joined by veteran session musicians like Nile Rodgers and Bernard Purdie.
Guitarist Shambhu Plays Live on Echoes Tonight. Windham Hill Records hasn’t been around for many years, but their influence remains strong. Today, we’ll hear from another guitar player whose music was shaped by the recordings of Will Ackerman and Alex De Grassi. Shambhu is one of those musicians. In fact, Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman…
Celebrate Christmas with the Soundscape of Echoes. On Christmas Eve it’s An Echoes Night Before Christmas On Christmas Day enjoy An Echoes Christmas & Hear An Echoes Celtic Sonic Seasonings on Demand for Free at Echoes On-Line As a special gift to Echoes Listeners you can stream our Celtic Sonic Seasonings show with Moya Brennan…
Todd Boston’s Touched by the Sun is Echoes June CD of the Month Hear an interview with Todd Boston Tuesday, 10/9/2012 on Echoes. In June, the month when the sun has unchallenged dominion, guitarist Todd Boston has released the perfect album for summer days. Touched by the Sun is a thematic suite centered on images…
The Man Who Revolutionized Finger-style Guitar. Tonight, May 20, 2010, we feature Michael Hedges, #12 among 20 Icons of Echoes. All of his instrumental albums set the standard for modern acoustic guitar playing. Here are my favorites. Five Best Michael Hedges CDs, Plus One 1 Taproot This is a middle period Hedges album and a…
George Winston Then & Now George Winston is both loved and reviled. His impressionistic solo piano albums came to define the Windham Hill sound and he’s among the first musicians most people think of when you say, New Age. Praised with five and four star reviews from Downbeat and Rolling Stone for his debut album, …
Five Best Will Ackerman CDs There are a few people of whom I can say, if not for them, I wouldn’t be here. And that’s the case with Will Ackerman. He founded Windham Hill Records, still a cornerstone of the music you hear on Echoes. That would probably be enough, but he also launched the…
Digitonal Tops the 25 Essential Echoes CDs of 2008 Here are the CDs we thought were essential for the year as judged by me (John Diliberto) and the Echoes staff. It’s not based on the most played CD, CDs of the month or any other “objective” criteria. These are the CDs, out of the 2000+…