Flutist Nicholas Gunn casts back across his career with the album, 30, marking 30 years since Music from the Grand Canyon. He’s evolved a lot since then going from tribal to trance.
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Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025 – Nicholas Gunn Goes Trance
Tag: World Fusion
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 November: Azam Ali at the Top
Azam Ali’s Synesthesia blurs the edges of the Top 25 list, with Oneheart, The American Dollar, Bluetech, and 21 other great CDs and singles, right behind.
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Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025 – Echoes In Memoriam
We remember musicians who left us in 2025. Among them, Joseph Byrd of the United States of America, Nicky Ryan from the Enya triumvirate, Jamshied Sharifi and most tragically, Mark Dwane.
Playlists
Tuesday, Nov.25: Echoes Program 2547B
Big Ears Festival 2026 descend on Knoxville at the end of March with wave upon wave of new music sounds that challenge perceptions and open ears, Big. Ashley Capps talks about it all.
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Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025 – Long Tracks
Lose yourself in some Long Tracks. We’ll hear four epic pieces all spanning some 20 minutes each. It may be a TikTok world, but Echoes brings us the epics, not just the tidbits.
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Weekend Nov 29-30: Keith Jarrett & Big Ears
We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert and talk to Big Ears Festival Founder Ashley Capps about the 2026 Edition of this massive festival.
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Thursday, Nov. 27: An Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving
An Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving for 2025 brings us an array of acoustic sounds to set the mood for this time of coming together.
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Wednesday, Nov. 26: New Music
On the next Echoes, music from The Smile. That’s the project of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. We’ll also hear the latest by Mitski, who explores the dark side of our psyche.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Nov.25: Big Ears Festival Interview
Big Ears Festival 2026 will descend on Knoxville at the end of March with wave upon wave of new music sounds that challenge perceptions and open ears, Big. Ashley Capps talks about it all.
CD of the Month
Echoes November CD of the Month: Azam Ali – Synesthesia
Azam Ali of Vas and Niyaz returns with a new solo album, Synesthesia, exploring themes of sensory perception, loss, fear and love. It’s Echoes November CD of the Month.