Avant-ambient world fusionist Forrest Fang has a new soundscape out, Scenes from a Ghost Train and we’ll hear a chill track by Nouveau Flamenco duo Terra Guitarra.
Playlists
Friday, May 11th, 2018-Echoes Program 1819E
Tag: World Fusion
Playlists
Wednesday, May 9th-Echoes Program 1819C
Composer Forrest Fang manipulates western, eastern and toy instruments along with flowerpots into surreal soundscapes. He talks about his new album, Scenes from a Ghost Train, on Echoes.
Best Of, Program Highlights
Echoes Top 25 for April, 2018: Moby Leads the Way
Echoes Top 25 for April includes Moby, Alpha Seeds, Chuck Van Zyl, Khruangbin, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning, Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society, Loreena McKennitt, Jeff Greinke.
Playlists
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018-Echoes Program 1818D
Thievery Corporation has a new album of downtempo sonic collage, Treasures from the Temple. We’ll hear that and music from an instrumental guitar band called Nova Flares on Echoes
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for March: Winterlight Wakes Up on Top
Echoes Top 25 for March is topped by our March CD of the Month, Winterlight’s The Longest Sleep Through the Darkest Days. It’s followed by Freya Ridings and Moby with April’s CD of the Month.
Playlists
Friday, March 23rd, 2018-Echoes Program 1812E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s new music from a collection called Alpha Seeds and Valerie Romanoff from her album of east-west meditations called Healing Music Volume 2.
Reviews & Commentary
Sheila Chandra’s New Voice
Sheila Chandra was one of the greatest voices of our generation. Her albums on Real World were signposts of global music in the 1990s. She can’t sing anymore, but her mind is still at work.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for February: Poppy Ackroyd on Top
Echoes Top 25 for February includes CD of the Month by Poppy Ackroyd, the duo Overcoats, electronic artist Lane 8, Moby, a reissue from Ben Vaughn, Ian Boddy & Erik Wollo and Al Di Meola.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Forrest Fang & Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Composer Forrest Fang talks about his ambient world music soundscapes and we remember Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson with a 2009 Echoes Interview. Jóhannsson died on February 10, 2018.
Playlists
Thursday, February 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1807D
From Indie Post Rock to Psy-trance remixes, we’ll hear The American Dollar’s latest single “Everything” and Liquid Bloom going even more psychedelic on Regen Liquid Remixes.