We pick out our favorite Echoes albums from the first half of 2017. The Top 25 includes progressive rock icons, electronic icons, New Age Icons and Bands who have just released their debut albums.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017. . . . So Far
Tag: World Fusion
Playlists
Monday June 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1726A
We survey the first six months of the year for our favorite albums. Among them are Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene 3, and Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn.
Playlists
Friday, June 23rd, 2017-Echoes Program 1725E
On the next Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear music from the soundtrack of The Rise of the Synths and a new album from Thorsten Quaschning and Ulrich Schnauss called Synthwaves.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1725C
Bathe in the warmth of music sunshine on an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape. Echoes takes through you the summer as we track the midnight sun and explore the sounds of the season.
Reviews & Commentary
New Video from Be The Bear- Erupt
Be The Bear has released the music video for her debut single, “Erupt”. The video features her bravely conquering her childhood fears and embodies the meaning of the name, “Be The Bear”.
Playlists
Weekend June 17 & 18, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Yasmine Hamdan
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Yasmine Hamdan is a Lebanese born singer and musician who takes her Arabic culture and infuses it with the influences of everyone from the Cocteau Twins to Prince, Arabic pop to new electronic music.
Playlists
Monday June 12th, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for May 2017: Space, Blues & Dreams
Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren’s electronic road trip, We Never Came to the White Sea leads Echoes May Top 25 followed by the airy pop of Wilsen and the deep ambient blues of Maggie Koerner.
Playlists
Friday, May 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1721E
Coming up on Echoes music from the Arab underground when we hear Yasmine Hamdan and her new album Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones). We’ll also hear new music from Clannad’s Moya Brennan and her album, Canvas.