There is no other Year End music list like Echoes Best of of 2017. Ambient Requiems. Deep space journeys, chamber pop, progrock epics, EDM journeys and world fusion. See who made the list.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017-The Definitive 25 Albums
Tag: Fusion
Interview Podcast
Terje Rypdal Interview in Echoes Podcast
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Guitarist Terje Rypdal is an incendiary and influential figure among electric guitarists. Recording for ECM records since 1971, he’s blazed a trail noted for his tone bending colors and free improvisation. We celebrate his 70th birthday in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017-Echoes Program 1734C
One of the most distinctive guitarists of the last 50 years has been Terje Rypdal. He’s legendary in jazz and fusion circles for his many albums on ECM records since his 1971 debut.
Interview Podcast
Daniel Voth’s Transcendance in the Echoes Podcast
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Daniel Voth is a two-handed tapping finger-style wizard but with a composer’s sense of arrangement and melody. His album, Trancendance is the Echoes March CD of the Month. Hear John Diliberto’s review with music.
Playlists
Weekend, February 25th, 2017-Echoes Program 1708A
We talk to one of the most venerable of American Progressive Rock groups, Djam Karet. They’ve been making music for over 30 years, starting out inTheir 18th album is Sonic Celluloid
Interview Podcast
Djam Karet in Echoes Podcast
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Djam Karet are a now venerable American progressive rock group that doesn’t sound venerable at all. They’ve just released one of their best albums, Sonic Celluloid and they talk about it in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Thursday, February 23rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1708D
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound. We talk with Ma and other members of the ensemble.
Reviews & Commentary
Larry Coryell R.I.P.
Fusion giant Larry Coryell died on February 19, after playing his final gig at Iridium i New York City. John Diliberto remembers this important and influential musician.
Playlists
Monday, February 20th, 2017-Echoes Program 1708A
We talk to one of the most venerable of American Progressive Rock groups, Djam Karet. They’ve been making music for over 30 years, starting out inTheir 18th album is Sonic Celluloid
Reviews & Commentary
Al Di Meola at Keswick Theater
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.