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 |
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| 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 |
It’s the sounds of Ireland on a Celtic Soundscape for St. Patrick’s Day. We head into the serene and mystic side of Ireland with music from Clannad, Enya, Afro Celt Sound System, and more music shaded in Irish green. John Diliberto isn’t Irish, but he will be on a Celtic Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, March 21-22, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611B |
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Start Time |
Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Loreena McKennitt | Courtyard Lullaby | The Visit |
| 0:06:00 | Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning | Voice of the Irish | Coming, Going |
| 0:12:38 | Mike Oldfield | Women of Ireland | Voyager |
| 0:19:01 | Enya | Triad | The Celts |
| 0:23:19 | David Arkenstone | All Souls Night | Celtic Garden |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Tangerine Dream | Everling’s Mythical Letter | Finnegans Wake |
| 0:37:55 | Jefferson Airplane | Rejoyce | After Bathing at Baxter’s [Bonus Tracks] |
| 0:41:35 | Kate Bush | The Sensual World | The Sensual World |
| 0:45:30 | break | ||
| 0:47:03 | Patrick Ball | The Twisting of the Rope | Fiona |
| 0:49:06 | Áine Minogue | King of the Faeries | The Twilight Realm |
| 0:53:29 | Moya Brennan | Nuair A Bhí Óg | Canvas |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | John Doan | Leaving Dun Laoghaire | Departures |
| 1:06:00 | William Coulter & Mary McLaughlin | Requiem | Celtic Requiem |
| 1:11:58 | Shekina Rose | Elven Solstice Light | Elven Solstice Light (Single) |
| 1:19:50 | Will Ryan | Celtic Air | Gratitude |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Sean Quinn | Loop Thereof | Skylines |
| 1:33:09 | Afro Celt Sound System | Release | Volume 2: Release |
| 1:39:48 | Dead Can Dance | Return of the She-King | Anastasis |
| 1:47:30 | break | ||
| 1:48:14 | Todd Boston | Celtic Heart | Touched By The Sun |
| 1:52:46 | Séamus Egan | Welcome to Orwell | Early Bright |
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