Our May CD of the Month is Counting Sunsets by the ambient country band, SUSS. They go into deep ambient terrain on this new album.
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Weekend, May 9-10, 2026 – Programs 2618A & 2618B
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Friday, May 8, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, the ambient guitar twang of The Royal Arctic Institute. We’ll hear from their album, From Catharsis to Coma. We’ll also hear from Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen.
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Thursday, May 7, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618D
Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618C
Get ready to be sliced and diced when we hear music by Wax Tailor, the French electronic artist who likes to cut-up archival voice samples. We’ll hear from his album Fishing for Accidents.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618B
Keyboardist Tom Eaton and guitarist Vin Downes are veterans of work with Will Ackerman and are in a trio with Jeff Oster. They have an album of ambient duets called Until the Light Was Gone.
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Monday, May 4, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618A
Our May CD of the Month is Counting Sunsets by the ambient country band, SUSS. They go into deep ambient terrain on this new album.
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Weekend, May 2-3, 2026 – Programs 2617A & 2617B
Techno DJs Felsmann & Tiley take the ambient classical pill and dial up a more cinematic electronic sound on their second album, Protomensch. They explore the idiocy and ingenuity of mankind.
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Friday, May 1, 2026 – Echoes Program 2617E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Bill Nelson. The legendary British guitarist has released yet another album. This one is Marvellous Realms. We’ll also hear from NPR’s Bob Boilen.
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Thursday, Apr 30, 2026 – Echoes Program 2617D
It’s all a fantasy when we hear music by M83 off an album of dreamy synths, big chorales and emotional songs called Fantasy. We’ll also hear from Röyksopp’s Profound Mysteries III.
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Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026 – Echoes Program 2617C
Jaymie Rose Hennegan was born in Philadelphia, but takes inspiration from her current home in New Mexico for the album, Desert Goddess. It’s a sound born in 1970s Berlin Space Music.