Synthesist Craig Padilla and guitarist Marvin Allen take a trip into space on their fourth album, Unfolding Skies. It’s the Echoes April CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Apr 4-5, 2026 – Programs 2613A & 2613B
Coming Up
Friday, Apr 17, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we step into the Ambient Church to hear Steve Roach and his concert recorded live at a New York City church. We’ll also hear Rena Jones and Kilo Watts.
Playlists
Friday, Apr 3, 2026 – Echoes Program 2613E
On A Slow Flow Echoes, new music from Kenneth Hooper who plays Native American flute, and the reissue of Chronos, an IMAX soundtrack by Michael Stearns.
Coming Up
Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 – Moya Brennan R.I.P.; Moondawn 50th
We sing the praises of Moya Brennan, the singer from Clannad, who passed on April 13. We also celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Klaus Schulze’s landmark album, Moondawn.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 – Music by Katie Kim
Music by Katie Kim from her album Hour of the Ox. She’s an Irish singer who combines folk and electronic music. We’ll also hear from Numun with a very spacey brand of ambient music.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026 – Kellerman, Matsumoto, Tandon’s Triveni
Music by Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon. This trio of flutes, cello and voice create a world fusion meditation called Triveni. We travel its paths.
Playlists
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 – Echoes Program 2613B
New music by Robert Schroeder. He’s one of the last musicians to release in the classic sequencer 1970s. He has an album that expands that sound called Observer.
Coming Up
Monday, Apr 13, 2026 – New Music from Flore Laurentienne
On the next Echoes, the ambient chamber music sound of Flore Laurentienne. We talk to Mathieu David Gagnon, who is the keyboardist and composer behind this charming ensemble project.
Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 11-12, 2026 – A Trip to the Moon
The Artemis II mission to the moon deserves a soundtrack and Echoes has it with An Echoes Journey to the Moon spacescape with space music from Pink Floyd to Transponder and beyond.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 28-29, 2026 – Programs 2612A & 2612B
Remember Modern English? Mara Katria does, and she has a new collaboration with the band called Modern M. The music is moody and anthemic, a modern extrapolation of a New Wave classic sound.