Month: March 2014

Tuesday March 25th-Echoes Program 1413B

Interview: Linnea Olsson Swedish cellist and singer Linnea Olsson talks about looping cello and the chamber pop of her debut album, Ah! Tuesday March 25th Echoes Program 1413B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Seven Saturdays Standing on Shadows Still  Seven Saturdays  0:06:00 Sharon Van Etten Taking Chances  Are…

Mary Fahl Live on Echoes Tonight

One of the most distinctive voices in modern music has been singer Mary Fahl.  While we love the “ethereal girls” on Echoes, Mary Fahl is powerhouse singer whose roots are more Grace Slick and Sandy Denny than Elizabeth Fraser and Suzanne Vega.  She came to renown fronting October Project back in the 90s. But when…

Monday March 24th-Echoes Program 1413A

Living Room Concert: Mary Fahl Singer Mary Fahl, formerly of The October Project, comes into Echoes to play live, performing music from her latest CD Love & Gravity and a cover from Dark Side of the Moon. Monday March 24th Echoes Program 1413A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00…

Electronics,Enya & Chet Baker with Priscilla Ahn

Hear Priscilla Ahn Talk About her New CD, This Is Where We Are, in the Echoes Podcast Priscilla Ahn finds easier inspiration in loneliness and lovelorn idylls than the current state of happiness in her life and marriage.  But she finds a new way to tackle inspiration on her CD, This Is Where We Are.  …

Weekend March 21st, 22nd & 23rd-Echoes Program 1412A

Celtic Echoes It’s a St. Patrick’s Day Soundscape on Celtic Echoes as we play atmospheric sounds from the Emerald Isle. Weekend March 21st, 22nd & 23rd Echoes Program 1412A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning Boreas Patrick 0:06:00 Mary McLaughlin & William Coulter Stor…

An Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape

Bask in the sunshine of a Vernal Equinox Soundscape tonight on Echoes with music from Ólafur Arnalds, Kitaro, Kate Bush and Led Zeppelin and more tonight on Echoes.  Check out the bizarre Bat for Lashes video for “Lilies” as well as Ludovico Einaudi’s “Primavera” below John Diliberto (((echoes))) Join the Echoes CD of the Month…

Thursday March 20th Echoes Program 1412D

An Echoes Vernal Equinox Celebrate the coming of spring with an Echoes soundscape of ambient designs and acoustic textures drawn from nature. We’ll hear crickets, birds, wind and ocean drawn into a tapestry of music to celebrate the world around us in bloom on the Vernal Equinox. Thursday March 20th Echoes Program 1412D Start Time…

Wednesday March 19th-Echoes Program 1412C

Living Room Concert: James Hood In the Hollywood Hills overlooking Los Angeles, James Hood sits on the floor, cradling his Hang. It’s a tuned metal percussion instrument that looks like a flying saucer and sends Hood into serene space when he plays it live on Echoes. Wednesday March 19th Echoes Program 1412C Start Time Group…

James Hood Hangs Ten on a Hang Drum Live on Echoes

Moodswings Maestro Unplugs and Taps Metal Instead of Computer Keys Live There are only a few new instruments in the 20th century and one of them is the Hang, often referred to as the Hang drum to the consternation of its creators, Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of PanArts in Switzerland.  They call their instrument…

Tuesday March 18th-Echoes Program 1412B

Interview: Priscilla Ahn Singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn takes a new electronic direction on her CD, This Is Where We Are. It’s also a love letter to her husband, actor Michael Weston. She talks about it in this intimate and candid interview. Tuesday March 18th Echoes Program 1412B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First…