Will Ackerman - 50 Years of Windham Hill

The very first Windham Hill Records release happened 50 years ago. It was guitarist Will Ackerman’s In Search of the Turtle’s Navel. That modest released launched a movement. Join John Diliberto when we hear founder Will Ackerman talk about the genesis of a revolution on Echoes from PRX
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Weekend, May 23-24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2620A |
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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 | Wim Mertens | No Plans, No Projects | Whisper Me |
| 0:06:00 | Will Ackerman | Processional | In search of the Turtle’s Navel |
| 0:10:05 | George Winston | Stars | Autumn (Windham Hill 20th Anniversary Edition) |
| 0:14:58 | Ira Stein & Russel Walder | The Underground | A Door In The Air – Echoes Living Room Concerts (v/a) |
| 0:19:35 | Nightnoise | Morning In Madrid | A Different Shore |
| 0:24:34 | Michael Hedges | Ragamuffin | Aerial Boundaries |
| 0:29:30 | Deepspace | High Precision HydrocleansingProtocols (excerpt) | Water Planets |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 |
Feature: 50 Years of Windham Hill Records with Will Ackerman |
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| 0:40:34 | Will Ackerman | Slow Motion Roast Beef Restaurant Seduction | In Search of the Turtle’s Navel |
| 0:43:58 | Alex De Grassi | Lost In The Woods | Echoes Livingroom Concerts : Volume 5 |
| 0:47:47 | Liz Story | Church of Trees | Escape Of The Circus Ponies |
| 0:53:33 | Mark Isham | Raffles in Rio | Vapor Drawings |
| 0:59:00 | Lena Natalia | Afternoon in Oslo (Excerpt) | The Time Before Us |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Vin Downes and Tom Eaton | Disappear Into Winter | Until the Light Was Gone |
| 1:06:00 | DTIME | Shadowed Genesis | Nightwoven |
| 1:11:34 | Felsmann + Tiley |
God is Lonlier |
Protomensch |
| 1:14:34 | SUSS | SunsetsVI | Counting Sunsets |
| 1:18:58 | Chad Lawson | Sacred Memory | Awakening the Stillness Within |
| 1:25:14 | Mattiaca | Vela Neville | Vela Nebulae (Single) |
| 1:29:30 | Shambhu | Resliance (excerpt) | Lotus Dreams |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Sundad | The Seventh Sign | Way Station One |
| 1:34:16 | Morcheeba | Escape The Chaos | Escape the Chaos |
| 1:38:54 | Jessie Marcella | 11-11 Night | 11-11 |
| 1:44:07 | break | ||
| 1:44:45 | Where the Good Way Lies | Sunday Afternoon | These Hills |
| 1:49:41 | obli | Victoria | He Dreams of Friends |
| 1:52:23 | Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen | Sun Portal | Unfolding Skies |
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Frankie Rose started out as a punk artist, but she’s evolved into electronic pop on her album, Love As Projection. We’ll hear that, and Gemma Ray and the Death Bell Gang, which sounds kind of ominous. John Diliberto finds out for whom the bell tolls on Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, May 23-24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2620B |
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Start Time |
Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:06 | frostlake | A Piece of Me | The Weight of Clouds |
| 0:06:00 | Haquin | Sequence | Wakeful |
| 0:09:29 | Bonobo & Jacques Greene | Fold | Fold (single) |
| 0:14:44 | ILUITEQ | Things Are Not What They Seem | Reflections from the Road |
| 0:19:20 | Gemma Ray | Procession | Gemma Ray & The Death Bell Gang |
| 0:23:26 | Orchestra Indigo | Lacrimosa | Requiem |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Mynolia | Goldrush | All Things Heavy |
| 0:34:03 | Frankie Rose | Saltwater Girl | Love As Projection |
| 0:38:35 | Quinn | Spiritroplis Pt 5 | Spiritropolis |
| 0:46:28 | break | ||
| 0:47:29 | Kristin Hoffmann | Let Go (Live on Echoes) | Echoes Live 21 (v/a) |
| 0:51:38 | Bing & Ruth | Postcard from Brilliant Orange | Tomorrow Was the Golden Age |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:08 | Bombay Dub Orchestra | Map of Dusk | Bombay Dub Orchestra |
| 1:06:00 | LANNDS | Wheels In Motion | Music for the Future |
| 1:09:17 | Maps | Heya Yaha | Counter Melodies |
| 1:13:34 | Wax Tailor | That Good Old Tomorrow | Fishing for Accidents |
| 1:16:20 | Philip Selway | Strange Dance | Strange Dance |
| 1:22:15 | Sean O’Bryan Smith | The Fog (feat. John Gregorius) | Musings of an Occasional Somebody |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Gyan Riley | Sparkling Pines | Silver Lining |
| 1:35:23 | Laura Marling | The Valley | Semper Femina |
| 1:40:58 | break | ||
| 1:41:29 | SYML | Howling | The Day My Father Died |
| 1:46:19 | Active Region | Gaia-X | Horizon Dispatch |
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