Composer Alex Somers has worked with Sigur Ros, and in a duo with Jonsi. He’s composed scored for Miss Americana and Honey Boy. We talk to him. We’ve also got a Celtic Soundscape.
Coming Up
Weekend, Mar 21-22, 2020 – Alex Somers & Celtic Sounds
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
Coming Up
Wednesday, Mar 18, 2020 – FLOW Live on Echoes
FLOW returns for a Living Room Concert. FLOW is pianist Fiona Joy, guitarist Lawrence Blatt, trumpeter Jeff Oster and guitarist and Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman.
Playlists
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020 – Echoes Program 2009C
Voxfire takes Medieval chants and turns them into free-floating expanses with beautiful vocals. They infuse their chants with ambient moods and even blues harmonica.
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Tuesday, Mar 17, 2020 – Echoes Celtic Soundscape
It’s Celtic airs and graces on a Celtic Soundscape for St. Patrick’s Day. John Diliberto dials up the ethereal side of Celtic sounds including new music by Clannad and Seamus Egan
Coming Up
Monday, Mar 16, 2020 – Alex Somers Interview
Composer Alex Somers has worked with Sigur Ros, and in a duo with that band’s Jonsi, and he’s a film composer with scores for Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana and Honey Boy.
Best Of
Echoes February 2020 Top 25: Hans Christian on Top
The Echoes Top 25 for February 2020 features Hans Christian’s After the Fall, Jake Shimabukuro, Tigerforest, Agnes Obel, and 21 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
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Friday, Mar 13, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music by Seamus Egan, the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who has fronted the Celtic band Solas for decades and cellist Hans Christian goes darkly into ambient chamber music.
CD of the Month
Echoes March 2020 CD of the Month: Agnes Obel’s Myopia
Agnes Obel’s Myopia is the Echoes March CD of the Month. It’s an album that explores the mind from insomnia to memories, all in Obel’s ethereal voice and 21st century ambient chamber moods.
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Weekend, Mar 7-8, 2020 – CDoM Agnes Obel’s Myopia
This weekend we explore Agnes Obel’s Myopia, Echoes March CD of the Month. The Danish singer has created another chamber pop song-cycle of seductive moods and interior thoughts.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast Big Ears Festival 2020 & Jon Christensen In Memoriam
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Big Ears Festival 2020 Preview and Jon Christensen Remembered this Week in Echoes Podcast http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/v2s.c34.mwp.accessdomain.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/EchoesPodcast-BigEars2020-JonChristensen.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In the Echoes Podcast, we talk to Ashley Capps about his Big Ears 2020 Festival. Then we remember drummer Jon Christensen, the ECM house drummer. The Big Ears Music Festival 2020 is upon…