A giant of acoustic guitar, the 18th Icon of Echoes is the late Michael Hedges. He revolutionized the acoustic guitar with his virtuoso two-handed approach and idiosyncratic compositions.
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Wednesday, Apr 21, 2021 – Icon Michael Hedges
Category: Program Highlights
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Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 – Desensitized Interview
We get Desensitized. That’s the name chosen for the collaboration between melodic electronic artist Deborah Martin and experimental electronic artist Dean De Benedictus.
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Monday, Apr 19, 2021 – London Grammar Interview
We hear from London Grammar, the seductive and serene dream pop band. The group talks about the explorations of love and politics that suffuse their new recording, Californian Soil.
CD of the Month
Echoes April 2021 CD of the Month: Carl Weingarten
Carl Weingarten weaves a chamber Americana sound with multiple guitars that take you from country twang to psychedelic free-falls to pastoral bliss. It’s Echoes April CD of the Month.
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Weekend, Apr 17-18, 2021 – Henrik Lindstrand & Digitonal
The keyboardist for the Danish Al-rock band, Kashmir, takes the neo-classical, solo piano route on a trilogy of recordings. We go inside the creaky piano sound of Henrik Lindstrand.
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Friday, Apr 16, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
Mark Dwane has an album called Future Tense that features his guitar actually sounding like a guitar sometimes. We’ll also hear from the collection Imaginational Anthems Volume 10, Overseas Edition.
Best Of
Echoes March 2021 Top 25: Ravenna at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for March 2021. Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy’s Ravenna, the March CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by, Leandrul, Mint Julep, I Think Like Midnight, and 21 other great CDs.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Bob Boilen and TONTO’s Malcolm Cecil
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Thursday, Apr 15, 2021 – New Dimensions in World Fusion
We’ll hear the band AO Music’s African-inspired sound featuring singer Miriam Stockley, and we’ll hear a Bulgarian group called Trigaida, that mixes traditional Bulgarian singing and EDM.
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Wednesday, Apr 14, 2021 – Icon Jean-Michel Jarre
We flip the switch on Jean-Michel Jarre, the 17th Icon of Echoes. He brought electronic music to global popularity with his 1977 album, Oxygene, bringing the space music sound to new audiences.