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4 weeks ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

by John Diliberto 5/31/2025James Lowe has had his final dream. The singer for The Electric Prunes unplugs at age 82. I can’t tell you how important The Electric Prunes were to me, especially for their two hit songs, “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” and “Get Me to the World on Time.” I had both songs as singles and 58 years later, they are always in my head and I still often go to them. In fact, “Get Me to the World on Time” was my number one played song on Spotify in 2024.

4 weeks ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

by John Diliberto 5/30/2025Marconi Union has gone through a few changes since we last heard them in 2021 with the album, Signals, Echoes 2021 CD of the Month. The band started as a duo of Jamie Crossley and Richard Talbot in 2003 with their debut Under Wires and Searchlights. In 2012, Duncan Meadows joined the band, bringing a more melodic sensibility to the group. Now, Talbot has left, making the band a duo again, and their sound has evolved.

1 month ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

There are musicians whose names might not be on the marquee, but whose presence echoes through the most adventurous corridors of music. Simon House, the virtuosic violinist and keyboardist whose career spanned symphonic prog to space rock, passed away in 2024 at the age of 76. He was a sonic voyager, bending strings and timbre in ways that still ripple across genres. Born in Nottingham on August 29, 1948, Simon House was, in many ways, a traveler between worlds.

1 month ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

by John Diliberto 5/2/2025The Precious Dark is a meeting of two, very different musical minds. David Helpling is a guitarist turned synthesizer architect, whose music usually has a penchant for melody and dynamism. You can hear that on his work with Jon Jenkins, all CD of the Month picks, as well as his solo releases, including his previous CD of the Month picks, Rune and In.Eric “The” Taylor is less well-known.

2 months ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

Thursday, April 24, 2025: Slow Flow Echoes Guitarist Brian Fechino on a Slow Flow Echoes. On a Slow Flow Echoes new music by Nashville guitar slinger Brian Fechino. He doesn’t do country on his new EP A Safe Place. He creates atmospheric instrumentals with a pastoral feel, mixing sounds of nature, soothing rhythms, lush pads and Brian’s own ambient guitar landscapes. John Diliberto always has a safe place for you to free your mind on a  Slow Flow Echoes