On the first Day of the New Year, we reprise The Best Albums of 2024 on Echoes. It was a great year for new music and we picked our Top 30 albums for your delight. We count them down.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 1, 2025 – Best Albums of 2024
Tag: World Fusion
Best Of
The Best Albums of 2024 on Echoes
The Best Albums of 2024 on Echoes. 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. It was hard to choose just 30!
Playlists
Monday, Dec 16, 2024 – Echoes Program 2451A
Trevor Gordon Hall is a master finger-style guitarist who also plays a custom-designed instrument called the Kalimbatar, that combines the African kalimba with an acoustic guitar.
News
Indian Tabla Master Zakir Hussain 1951-2024 R.I.P.
Zakir Hussain, the master of the tabla and a world fusion explorer with John McLaughlin’s Shakti, Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum has died at the age of 73.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 14-15, 2024 – Programs 2450A & 2450B
MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
Coming Up
Thursday, Dec 26, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Kinobe channels 60s instrumental film sounds on his album, Over the Horizon. We’ll also hear Jeff Oster’s downtempo, low-fi ambient jazz.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 November: Erik Wøllo on Top
Erik Wøllo’s Solastalgia tops the Echoes November 2024 list, followed by Rena Jones & Kilowatts, Emma Anderson, David Darling, and 21 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 24, 2024 – An Echoes Night Before Christmas
Get the sugar plums dancing with an Echoes Night Before Christmas. It’s a time when life seems suspended between the Christmas build-up and the explosion of Christmas morning.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 9, 2024 – Echoes Program 2450A
MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 21-22, 2024 – Christmas Concert & Best of
Trevor Gordon Hall is a master finger-style guitarist who also plays a custom-designed instrument called the Kalimbatar, that combines the African kalimba with an acoustic guitar.