Echo's Children

Echo's Children (Cat Faber and Callie Hills) was an acoustic duo that performed mostly at science fiction conventions. They wrote, arranged, and performed original songs about subjects that ranged from science fiction through science and technology to out-and-out fantasy, using instruments that range from guitar, mandolin, and bodhran to flutes, recorders, and pennywhistles.

Their first gig was to entertain a dozen princesses; they naturally joined forces in the face of so much royalty, and decamped from the area, winding up serenading some bemused peddlers instead. In their time together they travelled over much of the country, changing costumes and instruments frequently to throw off pursuit, while writing, arranging and performing songs about subjects ranging from fairies and gypsies to computers and spaceships. Many of these performances, (usually only seen in the wild), were captured in album form, and displayed in lifelike settings and attitudes:

• Under the Gripping Beast, 1997
• As Good As Any, 1999
• A Dancing World, 2001
• From the Hazel Tree, 2004

Several of their songs were inspired by favorite authors, two of whom were particularly supportive of their music. It was at the urging of David Weber that we made arrangements with Baen Books for our three "Honorverse" songs included on the promotional CD that was bundled with the October 2002 release of War of Honor.

Many of their song lyrics, as well as audio samples from their albums, are available via their website, www.echoschildren.org.

The band can also be heard (together with Bob Esty) on the album The Pegasus Nominees: Songs of Space, Science & Science Fiction - "My Planet's Child"