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.
We declare winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the cycle of celestial events to drive winter away.
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. It’s a pandemic meditation.
Everything goes green on a Celtic Echoes. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with music born in Ireland. It will include icons like Clannad and Enya as well as Afro Celt Sound System and more.
It’s just about the right time for a Mint Julep, not the drink or candy, but the dreampop duo of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. They have a new album, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.
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.
Leandrul creates beautiful electro-pop music with deep psychological implications. Psychosis of Dreams is not a metaphor. It’s about real trauma with mental health and recovery.
We’ll hear from dream pop artist Lia Ices and her new recording, Family Album. It turns-off the electronics in favor of a more embracing sound, reflecting her recent motherhood.
Steve Roach has just released Into the Majestic, which taps his more celestial electronic side. We’ll also hear music from Mark Dwane off his new album, Atlantean Apparitions.
The 13th Icon of Echoes is guitarist Pat Metheny who has influenced generations of musicians with his wide ranging sound. In a special show we’ll sample Metheny’s music from across his career.