As the Echoes radio show completes its 25th year on the air, we bring you Ricochets from the Echoes Living Room.
The title is appropriate as the music we began playing 25 years ago has ricocheted to influence a new generation of artists. Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn grew up listening to Echoes in Philadelphia. Shambhu and Don Ross are disciples of Windham Hill records era guitarists, Yoed Nir grew up on progressive rock and Fresh Handmade Sound is the offspring of the Echoes heritage band Afro Celt Sound System. Influences ricochet into a new convergence of singer-songwriters inspired as much by Brian Eno as Joni Mitchell. It’s all part of the Echoes soundscape. Warning: keep your head up. This music ricochets.
-John Diliberto