Chopin is in the air lately.
Playlists
Weekend, March 14th & 15th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510A
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510B
Darin Mahoney started out as a cowboy roping cattle and riding broncos in rodeos. A near death experience with cancer and an encounter with guitarist Will Ackerman’s music changed his life. Now he creates dreamy guitar music as a solo artist and in a duo with flutist Sherry Finzer.
Playlists
Monday, March 9th, 2015-Echoes Program 1510A
Pianist Chad Lawson talks about his recording The Chopin Variations.
Playlists
Thursday, March 5th, 2015-Echoes Program 1509D
So soon after the passing of Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese, two new albums from Tangerine Dream have appeared.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for February 2015
Fernwood and Lanterna bring an Ambient Americana hue to the Echoes Top 25 for February. Both were Echoes CDs of the Month in February and March respectively. Rebekka Karijord, Zola Jesus and Shadowlands among the artists making their Echoes Top 25 debuts.
Interview Podcast
Sherry Finzer in Echoes Podcast
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Sherry Finzer plays in a duo with a cowboy, was an aerobics instructor, classically trained flute player and now makes ambient chamber music in Arizona.
Interview Podcast
Detroit Electronic Ambience in Echoes Podcast
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7and5 is the recording persona of John Nixon, a Detroit electronic artist who records jingles in his day job, but scores ambient electronic fantasies at night.
Reviews & Commentary
Echoes Winners at the Grammys
Congratulations to 2015 Grammy winners from the Echoes side of the music stream. Beck‘s Morning Phase was the number one Echoes CD in 2014. We were as shocked as anybody, except Kanye West, who of course, had to be the MOST shocked, because he’s, you know, fucking Yeezus. He bum rushed the stage during Beck’s…
Reviews & Commentary
Picking the New Age Grammy 2015 & More
The New Age Grammy category is always the hardest to figure out. Every year there are obvious choices I think should win. Yet last year, in what had been one of the best collection of nominees in a while with Brian Eno, Kitaro, R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater, an unknown and relatively unheard nominee, Laura…
Interview Podcast
Erik Scott in Echoes Podcast
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Erik Scott played bass with Alice Cooper, and was a founding member of Sonia Dada. On his own, he creates atmospheric music centered on his melodic bass lines.