Interview with Jake Shimabukuro, the virtuoso Hawaiian ukulele player. He talks about revolutionizing an instrument often seen as a novelty into a tool of pyrotechnic fury and ambient expanses.
Playlists
Tuesday, Mar 24, 2020 – Echoes Program 2012B
Playlists
Monday, Mar 23, 2020 – Echoes Program 2012A
Everybody get happy with YPPAH. YPPAH is an electronic band that channels psychedelic, hip-hop and minimalism. They come in to play music off their dynamic new album, Sunset in the Deep End.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio
It’s the 36 strings of The California Guitar Trio and the Montréal Guitare Trio. These two virtuoso groups get together to play music from their 2019 CD of the Month, In a Landscape, live.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Break of Dawn pt 2
A three-hour soundscape featuring tunes for the morning – or a metaphorical new dawn. Featuring classic tracks by Andreas Vollenweider, Harold Budd, Tycho, and many more.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 19, 2020 – Echoes Program 2011D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Kevin Braheny Fortune, the new age electronic musician whom you may know as Kevin Braheny. We’ll hear his new album called Dreamwalker Meditations Vol. 1.
Playlists
Monday, Mar 9, 2020 – Echoes Program 2010A
It’s the 36 strings of The California Guitar Trio and the Montréal Guitare Trio. These two virtuoso groups get together to play music from their 2019 CD of the Month, In a Landscape, live.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: Jake Shimabukuro Trio
Hawaiian ukulele lion Jake Shimabukuro and his trio with guitarist Dave Preston to lay down the dreamy ambient textured music of his new album, including a cover of a Pink Floyd classic.
Best Of
Echoes February 2020 Top 25: Hans Christian on Top
The Echoes Top 25 for February 2020 features Hans Christian’s After the Fall, Jake Shimabukuro, Tigerforest, Agnes Obel, and 21 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: The Ukulele Pyrotechnics of Taimane
Hawaii’s Taimane brings uncanny virtuosity and melody to the ukulele. If you think the ukulele is a novelty instrument for luaus, then you need to hear Taimane live on Echoes.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 17, 2020 – Echoes Program 2007A
Danish singer Agnes Obel creates a haunting ambient chamber pop music. On Myopia, she explores states of mind from insomnia to loss, all couched in her muted arrangements and whammy bar voice.