Will Ackerman Heads Home with Echoes November CD of the Month
2026 is proving to be a Windham Hill kind of year. The label, which no longer exists, is celebrating their 50th anniversary. We did a feature on Windham Hill this year and just had an interview with Windham Hill founder, Will Ackerman. And today, we’ll hear our November CD of the Month, Home by Will Ackerman.
Windham Hill Records was founded so that Will Ackerman could put out his debut album, In Search of the Turtle’s Navel. That led to a multi-million dollar record label that influenced a generation and more. The label doesn’t exist anymore, but Will Ackerman certainly does. And he’s still composing wistful tunes that seem paint idyllic, pastoral pictures. He does all that on his new album, Home, his 15th solo recording. Home is a perfect album for this time of year as we move into reflection. It’s right at home here on Echoes.
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| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program 2644A | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Agnes Obel | Gemini | The Meaning of Flowers |
| 0:06:00 | Will Ackerman | On Little Black Mountain | Home |
| 0:10:31 | Rena Jones | Photosynthesis (Youth’s Iridescent Syntheserya Ambient remix) | Photosynthesis (EP) |
| 0:15:39 | Beach House | April Suzanne (Cover Version) | April Suzanne (Single) |
| 0:19:03 | Rudy Adrian | Southern Isles | Southern Isles Sketchbook |
| 0:22:23 | Antaeus/Madame Gandhi/Cafe De Anatolia/Amani Sol | Kyrie | Ekta |
| 0:25:05 | Thomas Lemmer & Christoph Sebastian Pabst | Sea of Clouds | The Wide Stillness |
| 0:29:30 | Jim Kimo West & Michael Whalen | Malibu Breeze (excerpt) | Two Shores |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Will Ackerman | The West River | Home |
| 0:36:09 | Poppy Ackroyd | Continuum | Liminal |
| 0:41:04 | Locust | White Light (feat. Olive Kimoto) | Spectral+ |
| 0:45:06 | break | ||
| 0:46:36 | Will Ackerman | Snow’s Stone | Home |
| 0:53:15 | Bill Nelson | Chromatone | Magical Thinking |
| 0:59:00 | Marcelo Zavros | Two Birds (excerpt) | Ray Donovan |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Desert Dwellers | Temple Dragons | Donwtempo Dub: Flames |
| 1:06:00 | Will Ackerman | Wood Thrush | Home |
| 1:10:14 | Niyaz | Unity | Seven Realms of Attar |
| 1:16:03 | Unwed Sailor | Cinnamon (Twist Mix) | High Remembrance: Reimagined |
| 1:21:35 | Shadowfax | Her Dress Hangs There | The Odd Get Even |
| 1:29:30 | Felsman & Tiley | Kind (excerpt) | Protomensch |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Will Ackerman | The Five Sisters | Home |
| 1:35:17 | Beck | Disappearing Act | Ride Lonesome |
| 1:38:09 | Skinshape | Spirit | Chapman’s Pool |
| 1:42:42 | break | ||
| 1:43:35 | Deepspace | Atlas Null – Null Space | The Atlas Sector |
| 1:45:57 | Max Richter | Tell the Bees | While the Flood Rages |
| 1:49:05 | Taimane | Aloha ʻOe: Until We Meet Again | Li’ulā |
| 1:52:33 | Will Ackerman | For Shorty | Home |
On the next Echoes, music from the artist 36 and his album of deep minimalist ambience, The Infinity Room. We’ll also hear Alex Amor (that’s her real name.) She has an album of dream-pop called Heavenly Bodies. John Diliberto is always in heaven on Echoes from PRX.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program 2644B | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Bill Nelson | Magical Thinking | Magical Thinking |
| 0:06:00 | Agnes Obel | Don’t Look Down | The Meaning of Flowers |
| 0:09:34 | Francis Mann | Cosmopolis | Aquarius |
| 0:12:50 | Tim Farrell | Echoes Location | Hidden Treasure |
| 0:19:05 | Beck | Falling Through My Hands | Ride Lonesome |
| 0:23:31 | Primal Sky | Elemental Enchantment | Elemental Enchantment (Single) |
| 0:29:30 | Michael Hewett | Gold (Live on Echoes) (excerpt) | Victoria Place: Echoes Live 23 (v/a) |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Will Ackerman | The Five Sisters | Home |
| 0:35:06 | Sylvain Carel | Rise Beneath the Silver Mon | Naharim The Lost City |
| 0:40:11 | Julia Holter | Materia 2 | Materia |
| 0:44:51 | Break | ||
| 0:45:35 | 36 | Room 3 | The Infinity Room (All Worlds Edition) |
| 0:50:50 | Marconi Union | Flying (In Crimson Skies) | Different Colours |
| 0:59:00 | Adrian Sherwood | The Collapse of Everything (excerpt) | The Collapse of Everything |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Kirk Monteux MySoftMusic | Flute Ocean Peace | Gemstones VII |
| 1:06:00 | Niyaz | Detachment | The Seven Realms of Attar |
| 1:10:11 | Secret Sky | Ride The Wind | Opium |
| 1:16:28 | Steve Hackett & Steve Rothery | Sandsend | The Roaring Waves |
| 1:21:01 | Alex Amor | Seeing Angels | Heavenly Bodies |
| 1:24:27 | Lars Leonhard | The Dreaming Universe | A Place Between Worlds |
| 1:29:30 | Immersion | A Long Way to Brooklyn (excerpt) | WTF?? |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Shambhu | Awakened Dreams | Lotus Dream |
| 1:32:56 | Elephant Stone | A Beautiful Fate | ASHA |
| 1:36:02 | Beck | In The Night | Ride Lonesome |
| 1:38:55 | Will Ackerman | On Little Black Mountain | Home |
| 1:43:34 | Break | ||
| 1:44:42 | Sharon Van Etten | Memorial Day | Remind Me Tomorrow |
| 1:48:56 | Scott August | Temple At Dawn | Beyond Summer |
| 1:54:26 | Ken Bonfield | Something Unexpected | Gratitude |