Smoke Fairies have released the best seasonal album of 2015 with Wild Winter. One of the reasons it’s the best is there are no Christmas carols or sentimental evocations of Christmas. Instead, this introspective and evocative English duo explores personal themes of the season, lost love, dysfunctional families and seasonal sadness. I love what The Guardian wrote about Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies’ take on Christmas: “It’s a time to dismiss Yuletide frivolities; a time to lament the year gone by, with faces pressed against steamy windows and lips stained with mulled wine; a time to be ejected from the church service for being drunk.” Smoke Fairies come to Echoes to bring us their take on seasonal cheer.
Monday, December 7th Echoes Program 1549A |
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First Half Hour |
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0:01:00
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Bob Ardern
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0:06:00
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Bonobo
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0:07:22
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Tangerine Dream
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Phaedra 2014
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0:15:35
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Lydmor & Bon Homme
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0:19:09
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Great American Canyon Band
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0:24:31
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Marcelo Zarvos
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0:29:00
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break
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Second Half Hour |
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0:30:00
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Live in Concert: Smoke Fairies
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0:31:34
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Smoke Fairies
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0:36:45
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Smoke Fairies
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0:42:58
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Smoke Fairies
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0:48:32
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Smoke Fairies
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0:53:10
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Smoke Fairies
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0:59:00
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break
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Third Half Hour |
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0:01:00
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Robot Koch
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0:06:00
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Raygun Ballet
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0:10:17
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Love Inks
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0:13:52
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Rolling Stones
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0:18:18
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Deborah Martin
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0:23:33
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Thievery Corporation
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0:29:00
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break
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Fourth Half Hour |
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0:30:00
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Brian Reitzel
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One Overlord
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0:34:21
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Enya
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0:38:02
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Jim Stubblefield
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0:43:20
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break
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0:44:05
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Suns of Arqa
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0:50:55
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Brian Eno
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And Then So Clear
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