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.
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Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 – Olafur Arnalds Interview
Category: Program Highlights
Best Of
Echoes February 2021 Top 25: Time Traveler at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for February 2021. Time Traveler’s Sky Falter, February’s CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Erik Wollo, Grandbrothers, Todd Boston, and 21 other great CDs.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast : Wax Tailor & 12th Icon-Moby
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Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021 – Celtic Echoes
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.
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Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 – Mint Julep
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.
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Monday, Mar 15, 2021 – Bob Boilen Interview
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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Weekend, Mar 13-14, 2021 – Leandrul: The Echoes Interview
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.
CD of the Month
Echoes March 2021 CD of the Month: Johnson & Keaggy
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s 4th collaboration, Ravenna, is the Echoes March CD of the Month. It’s an album of layered textures, intricate instrumentation and deep moods.
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Friday, Mar 12, 2021 – Music from Lia Ices
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.
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
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.