Echoes

Trentemøller is the performance name of Anders Trentemøller, a Danish electronic musician whose music has become more song focused and richly textured over the years. He talks about his 7th studio album, Dreamweaver.

We head into the sci-fi regions of Neon Blue Utopia by deepspace, the Echoes CD of the Month for January. It’s the 16th album from this Australian musician and an immersive web of ambient melodies.

Trevor Gordon Hall is a master finger-style guitarist who also plays a custom-designed instrument called the Kalimbatar, that combines the African kalimba with an acoustic guitar, in this holiday-themed live performance.

As Simon Emmerson was leaving the planet, he left Afro Celt Sound System their best album in nearly 20 years with OVA. It's Echoes December CD of the Month.

We go east on the next Echoes for the second in a trilogy of albums by sitarist Anoushka Shankar. We’ll hear track from her EP, Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before the Dawn.

The Trio Mediaeval singers channel sounds from the Middle ages up through contemporary composers. We talk to them about their 23-year journey into the past.

Relax your mind with a Slow Flow Echoes tonight. Le Morte D'Abby's got a new album of effervescent electronics called Five Minutes because all the tracks come in that 5-minute range.

Erik Wøllo traverses memories and solitude with a double CD called Solastalgia, the November CD of the Month. He takes us on a journey of sequencer-driven grooves and soaring melodies.

Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.

Get ready for part two of the 35 Icons of Echoes. Listeners have voted and we’ll reveal the rest of the 35 artists anointed to the sacred Icon Halls.