Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro’s Calm Seas is placid on the surface, but rewarding deep listening as Jake Shimabukuro takes you on this exploratory journey of uku-loops.
CD of the Month
Echoes February 2026 CD of the Month: Jake Shimabukuro
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Weekend, Feb 7-8, 2026: Jake Shimabukuro CD of the Month
Jake Shimabukuro has done for the ukelele what Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar. His new album, Calm Seas, explores a more soothing, minimalist influenced sound combined with nature.
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Friday, Feb 6, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
Music from Vega Trails. It’s a group put together by Portico Quartet bassist Milo Fitpatrick and takes a jazz-inflected, chamber music approach to cinematic compositions.
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Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 – Music from Kasbo
Kasbo is an electronic artist out of Sweden whose music hangs between ambient and EDM. He has a new album, The Learning of Urgency. We’ll hear that, as well as music by Caoilfhionn Rose.
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Wednesday, Feb 4, 2026: Hania Rani’s Non-Fiction
Hania Rani has moved on from the ambient classical sound of her early work into something more stormy and political on Non-Fiction-Piano Concerto in Four Movements.
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Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026 – Music from Twilight Archive
Enter the ambient jazz nightclub when we hear Twilight Archive’s album, Dusk Line. Mixing trumpet, deep, slow electronica grooves & ambient lighting, it’s a psychedelic night time journey.
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Monday, Feb 2, 2026: Jake Shimabukuro CD of the Month
Jake Shimabukuro has done for the ukelele what Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar. His new album, Calm Seas, explores a more soothing, minimalist influenced sound combined with nature.
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Weekend, Jan 31, 2026: Azam Ali Interview
The voice of Azam Ali is heard on TV and films, with the groups Vas and Niyaz, and on several solo releases in a mix of ancient Persian and modern styles. She talks about her latest album, Synesthesia.
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Friday, Jan 30, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Anoushka Shankar who has released the third and final EP of her Trilogy. It’s called Chapter III: We Return to Light. We bring you to the light.
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Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 – Music from Arooj Aftab
Music from Arooj Aftab, the Pakistani-American singer who wraps you in dark sultriness. We’ll hear from her album, Night Reign. We’ll also hear a psychedelic band called Magic Fig.