Joan La Barbara: The Echoes Interview

Voice is the Original Instrument. That was the musical manifesto of singer Joan La Barbara who developed extended vocal techniques and imaginary languages long before Lisa Gerrard, Elizabeth Fraser or Azam Ali. We’ll hear her story when John Diliberto talks to her on Echoes.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Mar 16, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611A | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Mark Peters | Twenty Bridges | Innerland |
| 0:06:00 | Byron Metcalf & Billy Denk | Activation | Activation |
| 0:13:24 | David Helpling & Jon Jenkins | Sun Racer | Found |
| 0:19:27 | Beach House | Sunset | One Twice Melody |
| 0:23:18 | Twilight Archive | Somewhere Street | Dusk Line |
| 0:29:30 | Shambhu | Resilience (excerpt) | Lotus Dreams |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Interview: Joan La Barbara | ||
| 0:44:27 | Joan La Barbara | ShadowSong | Sound Paintings |
| 0:49:24 | Philip Glass | Etoile Polaire (North Star) | North Star |
| 0:52:00 | break | ||
| 0:52:42 | Dead Can Dance | Avatar | Spleen and Ideal |
| 0:59:00 | Jóhann Jóhannsson | They Leave Everything Behind (excerpt) | Copenhagen Dreams |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | John Doan | Run to Sanctuary | Wayfarer |
| 1:06:00 | Koan | The Prisoner of Château D’if | The Prisoner of Château D’if (Single) |
| 1:15:01 | Anna Von Hausswolff | Unconditional Love (feat. Maria von Hausswolff) | Iconoclast |
| 1:21:21 | Liquid Bloom | Roots of the Earth (CALAGNA Revision) | Roots of the Earth (Single) |
| 1:29:30 | Feldman & Tiley | Kind (excerpt) | Protomensch |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | SUSS | Sunset II | Counting Sunsets |
| 1:33:00 | Falling You | Constellations | Metanoia |
| 1:39:38 | Alan Elettronico | Sirens | Odyssey |
| 1:42:48 | break | ||
| 1:43:33 | Joss Jaffe & Jim Kimo West | Echolocation | Delphinius |
| 1:48:10 | Rebecca Foon | In a Time of Truth | Black Butterflies |
| 1:52:07 | Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen | Sun Portal | Unfolding Skies |
