Jesse Cook is, along with Otmar Liebert, one of the two icons of Nuevo Flamenco music, a hybrid style of flamenco which he has expanded to embrace world music elements and electronics.
The Ambient chamber music of our CD of the Month, Slow Meadow, leads the Echoes Top 25 for October followed by the powerful dreampop of The Mynabirds and the sultry orchestral pop of Lana Del Rey.
Our latest album of live Echoes performances is here. It’s called Echoes Live 21. We’ve picked the best tracks from the best live Echoes performances and put them on our 21st CD. Here are the stories behind the tracks.
Green Isac finally has a new album. One of our favorite bands from Norway has changed their name to Green Isac Orchestra, but the sound remains the same Ethnotronica brew. They have a new album coming and her’s a video from it for “Emmesity”
Coming up on the next Echoes it’s new music by Low. The band that specializes in slowly moving rock gets a little less slow on their new album, Ones and Sixes.
Hans Christian’s Nanda Devi, the CD of the Month, leads the Echoes Top 25 for September. He’s followed closely by Silencio, Arstidir, and Briana Marela, all of whom played live on Echoes this month.
Ben Neill sounds the clarion of his muttantrumpet in a Slow Flow Echoes along with new release from Ian Boddy’s dIN label by Parallel Worlds & Self Oscillate.