Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
Emma Anderson used to be one of the two singers in the 4AD band Lush, but now she’s out on her own with a more mature, but still ethereal sound. We’ll hear from her album, Pearlies.
A lot of great music has passed through Echoes and many artists have formed the core of the show. Here are the 35 Icons of Echoes celebrated on Echoes’ 35th Anniversary.
Spinning on a Cosmic Dime, by Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy, tops the Echoes September 2024 list, followed by Kinobe, Trentmoller, John Gregorious, and 22 other great CDs.
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album Einsjäger und Siebenjäger by Popol Vuh. It’s an epic album that solidified their move away from electronics to a more organic sound.
Joe Boyd is a legend in music, from producing Pink Floyd and Nick Drake, to his Hannibal world music label, and more. Now he’s written about the influence of world music on western culture.
Loreena McKennitt revisits her classic album, The Mask and Mirror. She’s currently touring that album in Europe, and released a live album from 1994 for the original’s 30th anniversary.
Joe Boyd is a legend in music, from producing Pink Floyd and Nick Drake, to his Hannibal world music label, and more. Now he’s written about the influence of world music on western culture.