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.
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| Echoes Weekend, May 16-17, 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 |
Everybody loves Whipped Cream and we’ll hear the electronic artist who goes by that name. We’ll also hear music by Philip Selway, the drummer of Radiohead. His most recent album is Strange Dance. John Diliberto does it like no one is watching on Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, May 16-17, 2026 – Echoes Program 2619B |
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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 | Yaffle | You Don’t Have to Feel | After the Chaos |
| 0:06:00 | Lena Natalia | Basecamp at Dawn | Hidden Treasures |
| 0:09:55 | Frankie Rose | Feel Light | Love as Projection |
| 0:11:35 | Whipped Cream | Cry | Someone You Can Count On |
| 0:14:00 | Foam and Sand | Circle 35 (w/ Stewart Cole) | Foam and Sand |
| 0:18:21 | LANNDS | Wheels In Motion | Music For The Future |
| 0:21:32 | Mark Dwane | Noosphere | The Singularity |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen | Onwards and Upwards | Weathering the Storm |
| 0:38:48 | Miranda Lee Richards | Colours so Fine | Echoes of the Dreamtime |
| 0:44:10 | break | ||
| 0:44:54 | Gemma Ray | Howling | Gemma Ray and the Death Bell Gang |
| 0:49:04 | Mynolia | Holding Hands (In My Dreams) | All Things Heavy |
| 0:52:25 | Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning | Strolling Through Star Streets | Winter Songs |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Time Traveler | Slow Arrival | Sky Falter |
| 1:06:00 | Moby | Wait For Me | Wait for Me |
| 1:09:53 | Surface 10 | Neverheart | A Stray Ending |
| 1:15:15 | Philip Selway | The Other Side | Strange Dance |
| 1:19:10 | Bill Nelson | Meek And Wild (The Ghost In Joe’s Studio) | Stupid/Serious |
| 1:23:35 | London Grammar | Lose Your Head | Californian Soil |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Klaus Schulze | Osiris | Deus Arrakis |
| 1:47:05 | Leandrul | Electroconvulsive Memory | Psychosis of Dreams |
| 1:51:50 | Ladytron | We Never Went Away | Time’s Arrow |
| 1:55:42 | Jeff Pearce | Melancholia | Bleed |
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