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20 Icons for 20 Years of Echoes

In October 2009 we marked the 20th anniversary of Echoes. In a special poll, we asked the listeners to choose their favorite Echoes artists. They have good taste! Here are the first seven:

6 Tangerine Dream 7 George Winston      
         
         

See all 20 Icons.

Brian Eno     

Producer, composer and ambient artist--Brian Eno's influence on the music of Echoes and the music world in general is broad and far-reaching.

listen to Brian Eno's "Icons of Echoes" program
listen to a profile of Brian Eno
listen to an interview with Brian Eno about his collaborations
listen to an interview with Brian Eno about his sound/visual installations
Top 5 Brian Eno CDs

Brian Eno


Steve Roach
We look back at one of the most influential electronic artists of the last 30 years from Structures from Silence to Dreamtime Return and beyond.


listen to Steve Roach's "Icons of Echoes" program
listen to a Living Room Concert with Steve Roach

listen to a profile of Steve Roach



Patrick O'Hearn   
We continue our journey through 20 Echoes Icons with Patrick O'Hearn, a composer, keyboardist and bassist who has been making organically beautiful instrumental music since his 1985 debut, Ancient Dreams.

listen to Patrick O'Hearn's "Icons of Echoes" program
Top 5 Patrick O'Hearn CDs



Loreena McKennitt

Loreena McKennitt
We survey the career of Canadian singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt, a musician who has moved from folky Celtic harp music to global extravaganzas.

Listen to Loreena McKennitt's "Icons of Echoes" program
Listen
to a Living Room Concert with Loreena McKennitt
Listen to a profile of Loreena McKennitt
Top 5 Loreena McKennitt CDs


                       

William Ackerman

All he did was found Windham Hill Records and jump-start the finger-style guitar renaissance. We look back at the career of guitarist Will Ackerman, one of 20 Icons of Echoes.

listen to an interview with William Ackerman
listen to a Living Room Concert with Will Ackerman

listen to Will Ackerman's "Icons of Echoes" program
Top 5 Will Ackerman CDs

Will Ackerman


Tangerine Dream
Chris Franke and Edgar Froese
of Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream
Bands are still borrowing from the sounds created by Tangerine Dream in the 1970s. We look back on over 40 years of space music from the German electronic band, Tangerine Dream, voted one of 20 Icons of Echoes.

listen to a 1992 interview with Tangerine Dream
listen to a feature on Tangerine Dream's classic album Phaedra

listen to Tangerine Dream's "Icons of Echoes" program
Top 10 Tangerine Dream CDs (couldn't pick just 5!!)





George Winston
Pianist George Winston took Windham Hill Records into the stratosphere and launched a wave of solo piano imitators. Yet few have matched the artistry and longevity of this idiosyncratic pianist

listen to a Living Room Concert with George Winston and Ray Manzarek
listen to an interview with George Winston


George Winston and John Diliberto


Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we add concerts and interviews with the other Icons of Echoes.
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