For many years, Swiss born musician Martin Tillman was the first call cellist for Hollywood film scores, especially if they wanted sounds that went beyond cello. He has a new album out called Superhuman.
Coming up on Echoes I’ve got new music by Ukulele maestro, Jake Shimabukuro. He has a new album called Nashville Sessions, but it’s more rockin’ than country.
William Tyler’s Modern Country leads Echoes’ Top 25 for AugustECHOES TOP 25 for August 2016 William Tyler – Modern Country (Merge Records) On Dead Waves – On Dead Waves (Mute) Marissa Nadler – Strangers (Sacred Bones Records) Aukai – Aukai (Aukai Music) Gileah Taylor – Songs for Late at Night Vol 2 (Casa Coraggio) Tor – Blue Book (Loci Records) Symbion Project…
Guitar God Al Di Meola is on tour playing music from across his career, including Return to Forever, his early solo albums and his latest release, Elysium. It was a fusion fury at the Keswick Theater in Glenside, PA.
Technology & Nature Merge in Video for Edamame’s “Tree Shadows.”Edamame is food for your ears. It’s the moniker of Ed Harris out of Chicago and he’s released ten albums in the last 4 years. His latest is Ochre. Harris uses a lot of found sound and natural environments in this music that might be called…
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Global string player Hans Christian takes us on a journey from classical to New Wave to New Age and a trip that includes Billy Idol, Rasa and more.
Ron Korb has been making instrumental world music for 3 decades. The Canadian musician and composer plays flutes form all over the world, but especially Asia. He weaves his flute melodies into exotic tapestries that conjure up a world far away and sometimes a world of the imagination.
OnDeadWaves self-titeled CD of the Month debut Leads the Echoes Top 25 for July and ex-Tangerine Dreamer Peter Baumann’s first album in 33 years makes the Top 10
Mutual Benefit is a music project of singer-songwriter Jordan Lee. He’s been acclaimed in places like Stereogum and Pitchfork.
Al Jewer plays flutes. Andy Mitran plays keyboards and percussion. When they aren’t crafting commercial jingles in Chicago, they create music that ranges from world fusion to pure ambient. Winners of a ZMR Award in 2016, they talk about their music on Echoes.