Fernwood tops the Echoes Top 25 for September with their CD of the Month, Sangita September was another strong month for new music on Echoes, led by the second album from Fernwood, Sangita. I wrote about this group and their global Americana chamber music in my September CD of the Month review. Interestingly, the top…
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CD of the Month
Echoes CD of the Month: Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s Frio Suite
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/v2s.c34.mwp.accessdomain.com/podcasts/JohnsonKeaggyEL.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSKeyboardist Jeff Johnson and Guitarist Phil Keaggy converge on a CD of Pastoral Chamber Ambiences You can hear an Audio Review of Frio Suite, with Music here. Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy are musicians from different musical worlds. Jeff Johnson is best known for his many Celtic and…
Best Of
Top 20 CDs for 20 Years of Echoes: John’s Picks
We asked listeners to pick their Top 10 CDs which will be tabulated into a list of 200 CDs for 20 Years of Echoes. The only requirements were they had to have been played on Echoes, but could have been released at any time. I’ve modified those rules for my list, limiting myself to the…
Best Of
20 Icons of Echoes: John’s Picks
We’ve been asking you to submit your 20 Icons and Top 10 Echoes CDs for our 20th Anniversary. If you haven’t yet, go to The Echoes 20th Anniversary Listener Poll and enter for you chance to win an iPod Touch. Here’s my 2o Icons. JOHN DILIBERTO’S 20 ICONS OF ECHOES The Icons are always difficult.…
Program Highlights
Top 5 Patrick O’Hearn Albums
We celebrate a master of Mood and ambience with Patrick O’Hearn-Then & Now Patrick O’Hearn has been one of the defining voices of modern electronic music. Until the rise of Yanni, he was the signature artists of the Private Music label. Since his debut album, Ancient Dreams in 1985, he’s continued releasing finely crafted, deeply…
Living Room Concerts
Echo Location: Rena Jones’ Ambient Chamber Music
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090916.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSClassical string player Rena Jones, puts cello and violin into laptop generated landscapes. You can hear an audio version of this blog with Rena Jones’ music, here. If you’re a gamer, you’ve probably heard some of Rena Jone’s music. Rena Jones: I write music for Dance, Dance Revolution.…
Interview Podcast
Harold Budd & Clive Wright Interview
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Interview Podcast
Echo Location: Donna De Lory’s Pop Chants
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090909.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSDonna De Lory turns sacred mantras into ecstatic pop You can hear an audio version of this podcast with Donna De Lory’s music here. Up until last year, when she was pregnant with her second child, Donna De Lory had shaked, shimmied and sung back-up vocals on every…
CD of the Month
Echoes September CD of the Month: Fernwood’s Sangita
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090902.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSGlobal Americana Chamber Music You can hear an audio version of this blog, with Fernwood‘s music, here. Fernwood is the name of an acoustic band from southern California, but that’s about the only geographical data on this group that’s easy to nail down. Consisting of multi-instrumentalists, Gayle Ellett…
Program Highlights
Echoes Top 25 for August: Bocast & MJCatalin top
Chris Bocast and MJCatalin‘s Stratagem Tops Echoes Top 25 for August. August was a bit of a strange month. Deep Echoes listeners will have noted a lot of repeat shows as we took time to gear up for the fall and our 20th Anniversary. But great music did get played. Chris Bocast and MJCatalin‘s Stratagem…