I came across this charming video of Lola Dutronic singing Suicide‘s “Keep Your Dreams.” It’s a long way from “Ghostrider” and “Frankie Teardrop.” John Diliberto ((( echoes )) .
Month: January 2012
Program Highlights
Darshan Ambient’s Other Life.
Most of the musicians you hear on Echoes lead double lives. Many have straight jobs. Others work in different capacities in the music industry as engineers, studio wonks or in working bands. Michael Allison records as Darshan Ambient and since the mid-1990s he’s been releasing atmsopheric albums of electronic music. His latest, Dream in Blue,…
Playlists
Tuesday, January 10th-Echoes Program 1202B
Tuesday, January 10th Echoes Program 1202B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Dagobert Bohm/Markus Reuter/Zoltan Lantos Circle String Unit 0:06:00 Stephen Bennett Tipping Point Further Beyond Six Strings (v/a)* 0:11:38 Hans Christian Dark Night (Instrumental) Rumi Symphony 0:21:57 Loreena McKennitt Mystic’s Dream The Mask and Mirror 0:29:00 break Second…
Playlists
Monday, January 9th-Echoes Program 1202A
Monday, January 9th and the weekend of Jan. 14th Echoes Program 1202A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Tino Izzo And the Sun Morning Scapes 0:06:00 Forastiere Studio N.2 From 1 to 8 0:08:46 Solar Fields Phase 8 – Night Traffic City Until We Meet the Sky 0:18:16 …
Reviews & Commentary
Progressive Rock Returns WXPN 7-Hour Marathon
I’m just hours away from WXPN‘s Progressive Rock Marathon. I’ll be joining Dan Reed, Biff Kennedy and Star’s End pilot Chuck Van Zyl bringing Progressive rock to the airwaves of Philadelphia, Central PA and the world Saturday, January 7 from 10AM-5PM. Since the show is a special segment of XPN’s “Highs in the 70s,” it…
Playlists
Friday, January 6th-Echoes Program 1143A
Friday, January 6th Echoes Program 1143A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Helios Bounce Dive Unleft 0:06:00 Patrick O’Hearn Flight Transitions 0:11:00 Jon Durant Warm Rain Dance of the Shadow Planets 0:17:39 Mazmoneth Spooks Music by Mirrors 0:23:32 Iarla Ó Lionáird For the Heavens Foxlight 0:29:00 break Second…
Playlists
Thursday, January 5th-Echoes Program 1201D
Thursday, January 5th Echoes Program 1201D New music: Jonsi and ForastiereYou wouldn’t think a family film like We Bought a Zoo would have a moody score but it does. It was composed by Jonsi from the Icelandic band Sigur Ros. John Diliberto has that and a phenomenal album of solo guitar from Italy’s Forastiere.…
Living Room Concerts
Oster/Manring/Weingarten in Echoes Living Room
They call themselves Blue Eternity now, but we know them as trumpeter Jeff Oster, bassist Michael Manring, and electric slide guitarist Carl Weingarten. They are all familiar to listeners of Echoes. Michael Manring was a founder of the group Montreux, recorded many solo albums and was the house bassist for Windham Hill Records in the…
Playlists
Wednesday, January 4th-Echoes Program 1201C
Wednesday, January 4th Echoes Program 1201C Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Kitaro Gi Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Vol. 1 0:06:00 Andy McKee My Life as a CPA Echo Location: The Echoes Living Room Concerts Vol. 17 (v/a)* 0:10:49 David Wright Transylvanian Lullaby In Search of Silence 0:19:40 …
Playlists
Tuesday, January 3rd-Echoes Program 1150A
Tuesday, January 3rd Echoes Program 1150A The Best of Echoes 2011 Rewind The listeners have voted and we’ll hear the top 25 Echoes CDs for 2011. I don’t know what they’ll be, but it’s been a great year with the best string of Echoes CDs of the Month ever. So tune in to hear what…