Flipping the Script: Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman's Journey from Prog Singer to Pop Music Executive
Derek Shulman was the singer and founding member of the legendary progressive rock band Gentle Giant, and went on to be a record company executive who discovered Bon Jovi and Nickelback, and saved AC-DC’s career. His journey is chronicled in his new autobiography, Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey from Stage Lights to Executive Heights. John Diliberto takes that journey with Derek Shulman on Echoes from PRX.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echoes Monday, May 11, 2026 – Program 26-19A | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Moodswings | Spiritual High (State Of Independence) Part II | Moodfood |
| 0:06:00 | Fields of Few | 2AM Clear Sky | Lights & Illusions |
| 0:09:17 | Felsmann + Tiley | God Is Lonelier | Protomensch |
| 0:12:06 | SUSS | Sunset V | Counting Sunsets |
| 0:15:00 | Vin Downes and Tom Eaton | The Weight of Your Whisper | Until the Light Was Gone |
| 0:18:48 | Koan | The Prisoner of Château D’if | The Prisoner of Château D’if (Single) |
| 0:29:30 | Shambhu | Resilience (excerpt) | Lotus Dreams |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Interview: Derek Shulman | ||
| 0:45:00 | Gentle Giant | River | Octopus |
| 0:50:48 | Bluetech | Turning Inside Out | Holotrope |
| 0:59:00 | Lena Natalia | Afternoon in Oslo (excerpt) | The Time Before Us |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Jonny Fallout | Only the Beginning (Dreamer Mix) | The Subconscious |
| 1:06:00 | Moby | The Day | Destroyed |
| 1:10:23 | Sundad | Vader | |
| 1:14:15 | SUSS | Sunset VI | Counting Sunsets |
| 1:18:36 | Bonnie Kramer and Thurston Moore | INSIGHT | They Came Like Swallows |
| 1:23:29 | Rena Jones | Within With Out | Love Letters |
| 1:29:30 | Immersion | A Long Way to Brooklyn (excerpt) | WTF??? |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Pan•American | Silver Tramway (In Snow) | Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane |
| 1:33:40 | Monsoon | Wings Of The Dawn (Prem Kavita) | Third Eye – Expanded Deluxe 2CD Edition – |
| 1:37:31 | obli | Victoria | He Dreams of Friends |
| 1:41:07 | Break | ||
| 1:42:00 | Conor Hanick | Part 7 | The Book of Sounds |
| 1:48:43 | Hanakiv | Ma Langen | Lastele |
| 1:52:53 | Aukai | Raíces Al Viento | Chambers |