As the classic song goes, “Rock and roll is here to stay…”. That’s true at the clubs, the arenas, the stadiums, and, for the last year or so, the movie theatres. We’ve seen a love story, a couple of biographies, and now a feature documentary. Now those bios told the story of music superstars of the ’70s, so many younger fans may wonder about the artists that inspired them in the decade before. And not those from the home turfs of Elton and Freddie, but rather some home-grown American icons. Those influencers are remembered and celebrated by their works that still reverberate all through the years from a never silenced Echo In The Canyon.
This nostalgic rock odyssey is mainly helmed by two men: the film’s director, and head of Capitol Records Andrew Slater and musician Jakob Dylan. Oh, the canyon in the title refers to Laurel Canyon,...
This nostalgic rock odyssey is mainly helmed by two men: the film’s director, and head of Capitol Records Andrew Slater and musician Jakob Dylan. Oh, the canyon in the title refers to Laurel Canyon,...
- 6/14/2019
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Andrew Slater’s music documentary Echo In The Canyon opened with a bang in two Los Angeles theaters over the Memorial holiday weekend, crooning out the second-highest opening weekend per theater average of 2019, solidifying further non-fiction as the star genre among the specialties so far this year.
The Greenwich Entertainment release grossed a three-day estimate of $103,716 from its showings at the ArcLight Hollywood and The Landmark in West L.A., giving the title a $51,858 PTA. The year’s top debut average remains with Avengers: Endgame at $76,601 in over forty-six hundred theaters. It is also the best PTA for a doc this year.
Echo In The Canyon debuted at last year’s final Los Angeles Film Festival where Greenwich first viewed the feature. The film celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of La’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys,...
The Greenwich Entertainment release grossed a three-day estimate of $103,716 from its showings at the ArcLight Hollywood and The Landmark in West L.A., giving the title a $51,858 PTA. The year’s top debut average remains with Avengers: Endgame at $76,601 in over forty-six hundred theaters. It is also the best PTA for a doc this year.
Echo In The Canyon debuted at last year’s final Los Angeles Film Festival where Greenwich first viewed the feature. The film celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of La’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-’60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys,...
- 5/26/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
There are probably four or five documentaries’ worth of material to pull from the Laurel Canyon music scene and the cultural movements of late 1960s Los Angeles, but even if “Echo in the Canyon” feels slightly anemic at 85 minutes or so, there are worse ways to revisit this epochal artistic moment than via Andrew Slater’s affectionate, intimate documentary.
Though Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan is not an especially warm or generous interviewer, anecdotes and observations from musical luminaries past and present help paint a vivid portrait of the impact of that time and place upon the sound of popular music and the industry as a whole.
Combining reminiscences from the likes of Stephen Stills, Brian Wilson, Eric Clapton and the late Tom Petty with insights, opinions, and eventually, performances from contemporary figures such as Cat Power, Beck and Fiona Apple, “Echo in the Canyon” offers a halcyon survey of the...
Though Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan is not an especially warm or generous interviewer, anecdotes and observations from musical luminaries past and present help paint a vivid portrait of the impact of that time and place upon the sound of popular music and the industry as a whole.
Combining reminiscences from the likes of Stephen Stills, Brian Wilson, Eric Clapton and the late Tom Petty with insights, opinions, and eventually, performances from contemporary figures such as Cat Power, Beck and Fiona Apple, “Echo in the Canyon” offers a halcyon survey of the...
- 5/23/2019
- by Todd Gilchrist
- The Wrap
Arguably the most sturdily crafted and entertainingly anecdotal documentary of its kind since Denny Tedesco’s “The Wrecking Crew,” a similarly nostalgic celebration of artists who generously contributed to the soundtrack of the baby boomer generation, Andrew Slater’s “Echo in the Canyon” offers a richly evocative and star-studded overview of the 1960s Laurel Canyon music scene.
Audiences old enough to have many of the epochal LPs referenced here stashed in their closets will know they’re in good hands right from the start, as the iconic first chords of the Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!” resound during the darkness of the film’s opening moments. But wait, there’s more: The songs of Buffalo Springfield, the Mamas and the Papas, the Beach Boys and other L.A.-based hitmakers of the era are also featured in a doc that shows how music that defined the California Sound of a half-century...
Audiences old enough to have many of the epochal LPs referenced here stashed in their closets will know they’re in good hands right from the start, as the iconic first chords of the Byrds’ “Turn! Turn! Turn!” resound during the darkness of the film’s opening moments. But wait, there’s more: The songs of Buffalo Springfield, the Mamas and the Papas, the Beach Boys and other L.A.-based hitmakers of the era are also featured in a doc that shows how music that defined the California Sound of a half-century...
- 5/22/2019
- by Joe Leydon
- Variety Film + TV
Jakob Dylan and Jade Castrinos appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their collaborative cover “Go Where You Wanna Go.” The classic tune, by the Mamas and the Papas, comes off the soundtrack to upcoming Laurel Canyon music documentary Echo In the Canyon.
In the performance, the track takes on a gritty rock feel thanks to the band’s rollicking performance. In a second clip, the musicians also perform the Mamas and the Papas’ “Dedicated to the One I Love,” where Castrinos, a former member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes,...
In the performance, the track takes on a gritty rock feel thanks to the band’s rollicking performance. In a second clip, the musicians also perform the Mamas and the Papas’ “Dedicated to the One I Love,” where Castrinos, a former member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes,...
- 5/22/2019
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The upcoming film Echo in the Canyon captures the creative explosion that happened in Southern California in the mid-Sixties, with Jakob Dylan interviewing heroes like Tom Petty, Michelle Phillips, Brian Wilson and more. “The music that came out of the Laurel Canyon scene was inspiring to my generation of songwriters,” said Dylan who also executive produced the project. Added Beck, who also appears, “These records come all of the sudden, like an avalanche, and there’s nothing like them before.”
The film also features covers by a younger generation of songwriters.
The film also features covers by a younger generation of songwriters.
- 5/20/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Jakob Dylan unveiled a bustling cover of the Mamas and the Papas’ 1965 classic, “Go Where You Wanna Go,” that will appear on the soundtrack to the upcoming documentary about the Laurel Canyon music scene, Echo In the Canyon. The soundtrack arrives May 24th via BMG, the same day the film opens in Los Angeles.
Dylan (who also produced the film) recorded the track with former Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes member, Jade Castrinos. The pair share vocal duties over an elaborate arrangement bursting with orchestral elements that still leaves...
Dylan (who also produced the film) recorded the track with former Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes member, Jade Castrinos. The pair share vocal duties over an elaborate arrangement bursting with orchestral elements that still leaves...
- 4/24/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros return with their fourth studio album and first after the departure of founding member Jade Castrinos from the band. The period of transformation is reflected in their sound. ‘PersonA’ by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Album Review Catchy and straightforward in its simplicity, “No Love Like Yours” offers a […]
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- 4/22/2016
- by Antonia Georgieva
- Uinterview
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Listen if you like – Three Dog Night, Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club
The latest offering from pseudo-hippie messiah Edward Sharpe and the disciples, the Magnetic Zeros, feels like the end of a great party. People have started moving towards the door because the thing has gone on long enough for us to realize that, sometimes, alcohol doesn’t bring out the best in people.
The second track on the album “Let’s Get High” reminds me of Bluto’s “When the Going Get’s Tough” speech from Animal House; it’s an emotionally sincere attempt to get the group back into the spirit, but do we really want to be? The song is fun, the lyrics are silly, but it’s the musical equivalent of seeing one man with a lampshade on his head telling everybody how great this party is. Most of the songs from...
Listen if you like – Three Dog Night, Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club
The latest offering from pseudo-hippie messiah Edward Sharpe and the disciples, the Magnetic Zeros, feels like the end of a great party. People have started moving towards the door because the thing has gone on long enough for us to realize that, sometimes, alcohol doesn’t bring out the best in people.
The second track on the album “Let’s Get High” reminds me of Bluto’s “When the Going Get’s Tough” speech from Animal House; it’s an emotionally sincere attempt to get the group back into the spirit, but do we really want to be? The song is fun, the lyrics are silly, but it’s the musical equivalent of seeing one man with a lampshade on his head telling everybody how great this party is. Most of the songs from...
- 9/18/2013
- by Andrew Depew
- Obsessed with Film
Nashville, Tenn. — The new self-titled album from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros is late. Way late. More than a year overdue.
Frontman and producer Alex Ebert wouldn't have it any other way.
"I'm just glad we didn't put it out all the way back then because so much developed since then," Ebert said. "Not just the difference a year makes but the difference even an hour makes. We were in the studio while taking a break from mixing when I came up with this song `Life Is Hard.' Songs developed at sort of the last minute."
Some of the 12 songs on the band's third album, released Tuesday, were recorded more than 18 months ago with the music that would eventually appear on the California-based folk-rock band's 2012 release, "Here."
Ebert had so much music, he considered making "Here" a double album. Then he thought he'd release the material a few months later as a second album.
Frontman and producer Alex Ebert wouldn't have it any other way.
"I'm just glad we didn't put it out all the way back then because so much developed since then," Ebert said. "Not just the difference a year makes but the difference even an hour makes. We were in the studio while taking a break from mixing when I came up with this song `Life Is Hard.' Songs developed at sort of the last minute."
Some of the 12 songs on the band's third album, released Tuesday, were recorded more than 18 months ago with the music that would eventually appear on the California-based folk-rock band's 2012 release, "Here."
Ebert had so much music, he considered making "Here" a double album. Then he thought he'd release the material a few months later as a second album.
- 7/26/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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