New music by Sharon Van Etten who tells us something we all know, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. We’ll get it right with her new music, and a track by Tone Ranger from Desert Rose.
Flutist Sherry Finzer takes us inside the tank. It’s a 70 foot tall water tank with its own special echo. Sherry talks about playing inside it and some of her other musical projects.
Weekend listeners hear the May CD of the Month, Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, drift on the currents of Erik Wøllo’s North Star, an album of guitar moods from Norway. We’ll also hear from Chris Liebing off his album Another Day.
New music by Mamak Khadem, the extraordinary Iranian singer. She has a new album of Persian fusion called Remembrance. We’ll also hear some downtempo eastern grooves by the Zikr Project.
We talk to The Royal Arctic Institute is not a science organization, a quintet that creates an atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic.
Iconic German electronic band Kraftwerk haven’t released new music in decades, so they’ve turned their work over to remixers for a double CD set just called Remixes.
The May CD of the Month is Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past of space music and the new age.
David Helpling takes us inside his new double CD that’s just titled IN. The title is simple but the music is an expanse of dynamic ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizers.
Music from singer Jo Beth Young, who we’ve known previously as Talitha Rise. She has new music that takes a more electronic and ethereal direction. We’ll also hear music by Tone Ranger.