Singer and composer Agnes Obel creates a sound that is both introspective, incandescent and wholly personal. She is the 25th Icon of Echoes and we’ll bring you a sound portrait of this artist.
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – Echoes Program 2123C
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Tuesday, June 8, 2021 – Echoes Program 2023B
Pat Metheny talks about his latest release, one on which he barely plays guitar. It’s called Road to the Sun and features the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and Jason Vieaux.
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Monday, Jun 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2123A
Emancipator, Rena Jones, & Flowerpulse weave their electronic roots into the ambient excursion of Xylem, their debut album. John Diliberto goes to the garden with 3 electronic explorers.
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Weekend, June 5-6, 2021 – Programs 2122A & 2122B
The June CD of the Month, Eight Fragments of an Illusion by Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk. Schnauss is a member of Tangerine Dream. Munk records shoegaze influenced electronics as Manual.
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Friday, June 4, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122E
Deep ambient chamber music by Joshua Van Tassell whose album title says it all, Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion. We’ll also hear from German downtempo artist, Tauon.
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Thursday, June 3, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122D
Lisa Gerrard returns in full force. She was barely on the last Dead Can Dance album, but her ecstatic sound is all over a new collaboration called Burn. We’ll also hear from All India Radio.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122C
The 24th Icon of Echoes is Harold Budd. We’ll remember this artist who influenced ambient and chamber music composers for half a century, right up until he passed away last year.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122B
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
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Monday, May 31, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122A
The June CD of the Month, Eight Fragments of an Illusion by Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk. Schnauss is a member of Tangerine Dream. Munk records shoegaze influenced electronics as Manual.
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Weekend, May 29-30, 2021 – Programs 2121A & 2121B
Gary Numan paints a dystopian nightmare where earth takes revenge for a civilization that has fostered environmental and military catastrophe. We ponder the apocalypse with Gary Numan.