Start 2014 Off Right with a Reprise Broadcast of The Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll Results tonight 01/01/2014 What do you get when you take a contemporary avant-garde composer, psychedelic folkies, Indian sitarists and Japanese electronic musicians. Apparently you get the soundscape of Echoes or at least the music listeners thought was the best…
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Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll
What do you get when you take a contemporary avant-garde composer, psychedelic folkies, Indian sitarists and Japanese electronic musicians. Apparently you get the soundscape of Echoes or at least the music listeners thought was the best aspect of that soundscape. Listeners have voted and today we’ll hear the results of the Best of Echoes 2013.…
Program Highlights
An Echoes Celtic Sonic Seasonings
Christmas begins today with An Echoes Celtic Sonic Seasonings with Moya Brennan and Jeff Johnson, Brian Dunning and Wendy Goodwin I don’t know how Celtic music came to signify winter, but slow aires and Celtic harps seem to exemplify a quieter and more atmospheric side of the Winter season. We’ve dipped into that sound on…
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25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2013
Some years are better than others and 2013 was much better than most. Right now, you can Vote in the Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll. But, this list is different. This is compiled by the brain trust of Echoes. These are the CDs we played on the show in 2013 that we thought represented…
Reviews & Commentary
Ravi Shankar’s Last Raga Ride
or I Dropped My Microphone on Ravi Shankar’s Sitar. The word “icon” is tossed around pretty freely these days, and I probably fling it out there more than most. But put the name Ravi Shankar next to “icon” and you reset that bar to stratospheric heights. There are only a few musicians who stand out…
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World Fusion & Chamber Pop in Echoes Top 25
Coyote Jump Leads Echoes Top 25 for May The Echoes Top 25 for May is an interesting mix of old and new. A lot of old favorites like Thomas Newman, Jef Stott, Clara Ponty, David Michael, Niyaz, and Carl Weingarten return. And world fusion seems to have made a return led by Coyote Jump’s CD…
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30 Icons of Echoes #14: Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt is one of 30 Icons of Echoes. Here’s five essential albums from her illustrious and influential career that began in Celtic realms and moved toward world fusion.
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Four Switched-On Masterworks from Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos did much more than just record Switch-On Bach. She created some of the most inventive and influential albums of the 20th century. Here’s four of them.
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Echo Location: Inbar Bakal’s Sensual Psalms
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090610.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAn Israeli singer turns Hebrew text into sensual electronica on Echoes. You can hear an audio version of this blog with Inbar Bakal’s music here. Israeli vocalist Inbar Bakal thought she’d become a pop singer and in 2003 she moved to Los Angeles with that goal in mind.…
Living Room Concerts
Flute Orgy-Suzanne Teng & Robert Mirabal
If you’re looking to get your flute on this summer, check out the Zion Flute and Drum Festival. It’s happening in Utah May15-17, 2009 and it’s a gathering of flute players, makers, educators and fans for a few days of wind blown melodies, including live concerts that include a pair of Echoes favorites, Suzanne Teng…