We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
Playlists
Monday June 12th, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
Playlists
Weekend, June 10 & 11, 2017-Echoes Program 1723A
The June CD of the Month is Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, an album of love, peace, insomnia and centipedes. Fronted by singer Tamsin Wilson, Wilsen makes a powerful dreampop sound.
Playlists
Friday June 9th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1723E
On the next Echoes we look to the skies with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly when we hear music from their album, Planetarium. We’ll also hear music from singer-songwriter Lexie Roth, daughter of guitarist Arlen Roth.
Playlists
Thursday, June 8th, 2017-Echoes Program 1723D
Cigarettes After Sex is a band whose sultry sound creates a cinematic rock noir. We’ll also hear pianist Catherine Marie Charlton’s I Dream About This World, the Wyeth Album..
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Wednesday, June 7th, 2017-Echoes Program 1723C
Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan comes in to perform songs over her darkly nuanced album, At Swim, live on Echoes. Her brand brings these sons to life when they play live.
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Tuesday, June 6th, 2017-Echoes Program 1723B
Tom Eaton is best known as an engineer of acoustic albums for Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman. But on his own, he plugs into his room of synthesizers to create ambient dreamscapes.
Playlists
Monday, June 5th, 2017-Echoes Program 1723A
The June CD of the Month is Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, an album of love, peace, insomnia and centipedes. Fronted by singer Tamsin Wilson, Wilsen makes a powerful dreampop sound.
Playlists
Weekend, June 3 & 4, 2017 – Echoes Program 1722A
It’s notes from the Tunisian underground when we hear the amazing Emel Mathlouthi performing live. Emel is a singer whose song was an anthem for Tunisia’s Arab Spring.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for May 2017: Space, Blues & Dreams
Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren’s electronic road trip, We Never Came to the White Sea leads Echoes May Top 25 followed by the airy pop of Wilsen and the deep ambient blues of Maggie Koerner.
Playlists
Friday, June 2nd, 2017 – Echoes Program 1722E
On the next Echoes, The Cranberries return “something Else,” an album of acoustic and orchestral renditions of their best known songs from the 90s. And new music by Adam Werner.