Interview: Silver Apples From the haze of the psychedelic 60s, we pull out Silver Apples, the first electronic pop band. We’ll talk to founder Simeon who made electronic music without synthesizers. Weekend May 30th, 31st & June 1st Echoes Program 1422A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Marissa Nadler…
Month: May 2014
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Thursday May 29th-Echoes Program 1408C
New Music: Mark McGuire & Priscilla Ahn Former Emeralds member, Mark McGuire’s new album, Along the Way was the Echoes CD of the Month for March. We’ll also hear from Priscilla Ahn, from her album This is Where We Are. Thursday May 29th Echoes Program 1408C Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First…
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Wednesday May 28th-Echoes Program 1404A
Interview: Tonight Sky Tonight Sky is Jason Holstrom who has composed an ambient song-cycle based in Beach Boys harmonies and electronica modalities. We visit his Seattle studio where he plugs in synthesizers and plucks ukuleles. Wednesday May 28th Echoes Program 1404A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Van Larkins Wandering…
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Tuesday May 27th-Echoes Program 1403B
Interview: Juliette Commagere Singer-songwriter Juliette Commagere breaks the singer-songwriter hummin’& strummin’ modality with her album of electronic songs called Human. We talk about the soul of the machine. Tuesday May 27th Echoes Program 1403B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Mutual Benefit Advanced Falconry Love’s Crushing Diamond 0:06:00 Damien…
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Monday May 26th-Echoes Program 1422A
Interview: Silver Apples From the haze of the psychedelic 60s, we pull out Silver Apples, the first electronic pop band. We’ll talk to founder Simeon who made electronic music without synthesizers. Monday May 26th Echoes Program 1422A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Marissa Nadler Desire July 0:06:00 Erothyme…
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Weekend May 23rd, 24th, 25th-Echoes Program 1421A
Living Room Concert: Lyla Foy English singer Lyla Foy used to record as Wall, but under her own name she’s released an album of ethereal dream pop called Mirrors the Sky. She comes in with her band to play live. Weekend May 23rd, 24th, 25th Echoes Program 1421A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album…
Reviews & Commentary
Ten Sun Ra Albums to Blow Your Mind
Calling Planet Earth: Sun Ra, the Original Space Musician: Upon hearing Sun Ra’s “Constellation” in a blindfold test Brian Eno said, “I wish I had done it myself. I’m extremely envious that somebody else did it. I’d give that five [stars] actually.” Guitarist Syd Barrett reputedly blew his mind to The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun…
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Thursday May 22nd-Echoes Program 1421D
Sun Ra 100th Birthday Sun Ra was the first space musician, a voyager who took jazz and electronics into deepest space creating a mythological world that he actually lived in. Born on May 22, 1914, Sun Ra left the planet in 1993. We’ll remember Sun Ra with interview clips, music from his Arkestra and music…
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Wednesday May 21st-Echoes Program 1421C
New Music: Phox & Sharon Van Etten New music by the dream folk band Phox off their eponymous debut album and from singer-songwriter, Sharon Van Etten, from her album Are We There. Wednesday May 21st Echoes Program 1421C Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Mazzy Star Fade Into You …
Interview Podcast
Thus Owls Interview on Echoes
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-ThusOwls.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Canadian-Swedish Band Thus Owls Talk about Turning Rocks tonight on Echoes. Thus Owls’ Erika Angell is a singer who isn’t afraid to cut loose. Like Kate Bush and Tori Amos, she takes unexpected vocal flights, but unlike them, her voice is throatier, earthier giving her vocal turns…