The Big Ears Festival returns in 2020 with another overwhelmingly impressive roster of artists pushing the avant-garde fringes past, present future. John Diliberto takes a quick survey.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2020 Announced
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Playlists
Monday, October 7, 2019 – Echoes Program 1941A
Members of FLOW return for a Living Room Concert. Pianist Fiona Joy, trumpeter Jeff Oster and guitarist Will Ackerman, visit Echoes to play live versions of tunes from their new CD Promise.
Coming Up
Friday, October 18, 2019: Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s music by Djam Karet, the veteran American progressive rock group. Their album taps into their world music and folk influences. Come gaze at the heavens with us.
Coming Up
Thursday, October 17, 2019 – New Music from Vonavi
We’ll hear the debut album from Vonavi, an electronic dream pop artist whose new album of electronic moods and songs is called Reflection. We’ll also hear Sherry Finzer and Will Clipman.
Playlists
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 – Echoes 30th Anniversary
It was 30 years ago that Echoes launched on October 2, 1989. John Diliberto brings back to the music that was played in that first year, from Philip Glass to Brian Eno to Kate Bush and more.
Playlists
Monday, September 30, 2019 – Echoes Program 1940A
Phantoms and spirits alight on the next Echoes. We’ll hear the October CD of the Month, Azam Ali’s Phantoms, an album of electronic moods and songs that seek the spirit in troubled times.
CD of the Month
Echoes October 2019 CD of the Month: Azam Ali – Phantoms
Azam Ali’s Phantoms is Echoes October CD of the Month. An album of electronic moods and downtempo, Eastern-bent grooves, John Diliberto calls Ali one of the most alluring voices of our era.
Best Of
Echoes September 2019 Top 25: Hugar , FLOW and on Top
The Echoes Top 25 for September 2019 features the CD of the Month “Varda” by Hugar at the top, followed by FLOW, Heather Woods Broderick, Lamb, and 21 more recent recordings.
Coming Up
Weekend, October 5-6, 2019 – Azam Ali & Tycho
This weekend Echoes listeners dive into the October CD of the Month, Azam Ali’s Phantoms. We’ll also hear an interview with Tycho and Saint Sinner about their new collaboration, Weather.
Coming Up
Thursday, October 3, 2019 – Flashback 50: Pentangle
In a Flashback 50 we explore Pentangle’s Basket of Light a seminal album of new acoustic music from a virtuoso supergroup in 1969 that included guitar legends Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.