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Thoughts in Sound: Cage, Eno, Jarrett, Riley
Thoughts in Sound from musicians at the bleeding edges of music including John Cage, Brian Eno, Terry Riley and Keith Jarrett. You can also hear an Audio Version of this blog, with music. Every...
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Blow Your Mind Music Video in Advanced Beauty
If you’re looking for some delirious eye-candy to take your mind somewhere else, check out a site called cololourlovers.com Right now they’ve got a series of 18 computer paintings with original, mostly...
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The Best Echoes Songs Ever? O Superman? Music for 18 Musicians?
Even though we play individual songs on Echoes, I don’t usually think of the music that way. Being from the pre-digital generation, I still organize music in terms of artists and albums. I thought of...
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Echo Location: Ronn McFarlane’s 21st Century Lute
It’s not your ancient Renaissance lute anymore when Ronn McFarlane creates new music for an ancient instrument. (You can hear an Audio Version of this blog, with music.) In 2006, Sting put out an album...
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A Trip to the Drone Zone with Furthernoise
It’s difficult finding reliable reference material about the music you hear on Echoes. I’ve yet to locate a single site that reliably covers the music heard on the show, or even some of its significant...
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Lights Out Asia and Near the Parenthesis
Lights Out Asia and Near the Parenthesis create an ambient rock You can hear an audio version of this review, with music. The n5MD record label began with a suspect business plan. They were going to...
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The Nerve-Music & the Mind
On Echoes, I’ve frequently sought the answer to the big question, Why? Not the “Why do we exist?” question, but the “Why do we like the music we do? Why do we respond to it the way we do? Why do...
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The Real Story behind Vangelis
From the Vangelis list, I came across an alternative history of the Greek composer who scored Chariots of Fire and Bladerunner. It’s in the Uncyclopedia. I’m probably the last person on the planet...
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From Miles in space to Jazz for the Deaf: Ben Neill & Mörglbl
Two distant jazz mutations from opposite directions when Ben Neill and Mörglbl hit Philadelphia. Ben Neill @ The Gatherings (photo: Jeff Towne) I caught two very disparate shows in Philadelphia this...
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