Alex Somers' Ambient Soundtracks: The Echoes Interview
Composer Alex Somers has worked with Sigur Ros, he has duo with that band’s Jonsi that released the lauded recording Riceboy Sleeps, and he’s a film composer with recent scores for Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana and Honey Boy. We talk to Alex Somers about ambient drama on Echoes.
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Weekend, March 21-22, 2020 – Echoes Program 2011A
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Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Nicholas Godin | We Forgot Love (feat Kadjha Bonet) | Concrete and Glass |
| 0:06:00 | Yael Naim | My Sweetheart | NightSongs |
| 0:09:16 | Yppah | High Pines | Sunset In The Deep End |
| 0:13:52 | Purity Ring | Stardew | Womb |
| 0:17:34 | Ane Brun | Don’t Run and Hide | Don’t Run and Hide (single) |
| 0:21:01 | James Asher & Ayako Tanaka | Graceful Surrender | From Bud to Bloom |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Interview: Alex Somers | ||
| 0:42:56 | Alex Somers | I Want You to Be Here | Honey Boy (OST) |
| 0:44:42 | Agnes Obel | Island Of Doom | Myopia |
| 0:50:03 | Tigerforest | Constellations | Discovery |
| 0:55:15 | Sufjan Stevens & Lowell Brams | Agathon | Aporia |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | The Cranberries | Linger | Something Else |
| 1:06:00 | Vic Hennegan | On The Tail Of A Comet | Between The Spaces |
| 1:18:18 | Grimes | Violence (with i_o) | Miss Anthropocene |
| 1:21:46 | Trentemoller | One Last Kiss To Remember | Obverse |
| 1:25:25 | Kraftwerk | Trans Europe Express | 3-D The Catalog |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Michael Whalen | Sacred Spaces | Sacred Spaces |
| 1:34:12 | Deleo | Unfair (Single Version) | Unfair |
| 1:38:34 | Ian Boddy | Incognito | Altair |
| 1:46:57 | Gundelach | Moon Perfume | My Frail Body |
| 1:50:44 | Hollan Holmes | The Truth Laid Bare | Milestones |
Some weekend listeners will also hear Celtic airs and graces on a Celtic Soundscape for St. Patrick’s Day. John Diliberto dials up the ethereal side of Celtic sounds including new music by Clannad and Seamus Egan and classics by Enya, Afro Celt Sound System and Jeff Johnson. It’s all going green, the Irish way.
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Weekend, March 21-22, 2020 – Echoes Program 2011B
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Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Patrick Ball | Carolan: Good Morning To Your Nightcap/Martin Wynne’s | Fair Play (Celtic Harp) |
| 0:06:00 | Aine Minogue | Dun Do Shuil (Close Your Eyes) | Close Your Eyes Love: Lullabies Of The Celtic Lands |
| 0:10:40 | Seamus Egan | Tournesol | Early Bright |
| 0:16:00 | Afro Celt Sound System | The Migration Medley: Migration/My Grief On The Ocean/Homecoming | Flight |
| 0:23:03 | Magical Strings | Si Gaoithe | Fairy Wind |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Clannad | Who Knows where the Time Goes | In A Lifetime |
| 0:34:34 | Mike Oldfield | Return To Ommadawn (excerpt) | Return to Ommadawn |
| 0:42:42 | John Doan | Where Horses Of Faery Hide | Eire: Isle of the Saints |
| 0:48:11 | Todd Boston | Celtic Heart | Touched By The Sun |
| 0:53:23 | Moya Brennan | Nuair A Bhi Og | Canvas |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Govannen -Cad E Sin Don Te Sin | Healing Waters: The Legends of the Chalice Well | |
| 1:06:00 | Seti The First | Melting Cavalry | Melting Cavalry |
| 1:10:10 | Enya | Angeles | Shepherd Moons |
| 1:13:45 | Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning | Eirlandia | Eirlandia |
| 1:17:38 | Kate Bush | The Sensual World | The Sensual World |
| 1:21:31 | Davy Spillane | Darklight | A Place Among The Stones |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Thomas Newman | Celtic Soul | Saving Mr. Banks (OST) |
| 1:31:14 | The Gloaming | Necklace Of Wrens | The Gloaming |
| 1:34:50 | Deborah Martin | Dance of the Faeries | Eye of the Wizard |
| 1:38:35 | Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter | My Lagan Love | Weaving Worlds |
| 1:41:56 | Dub Trees | Return To The River Ganges (Distant Green Shore Dub) | Celtic Vedic |
| 1:49:14 | Dead Can Dance | Return of the She-King | Anastasis |
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