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
Category: Program Highlights
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Weekend, Feb 14-15, 2026: Deepspace Interview
Deepspace is Australian electronic artist Mirko Ruckels. His recent albums, Neon Blue Utopia and Water Planets, are immersive ambient albums wrapped in science fiction stories.
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Friday, Feb 13, 2026 – Echoes of the Heart
On this Valentine’s Day Week, it’s Echoes of the Heart. We’ll explore love songs that take us to the sensual and the erotic, with music from Azam Ali, AVAWAVES, Will Ackerman and more.
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Thursday, Feb 12, 2026 – Caoilfhionn Rose
Music by Caoilfhionn Rose. She’s a British singer with roots in traditional folk music and branches in contemporary ambient and jazz. We’ll hear from her album, Constellation.
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Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026 – Angels Descend
Angels descend when we hear heavenly music as the spirits of angels fly through the soundscape with music from Jane Siberry, Iasos, Liminal Drifter and more heavenly bodies.
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Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 – Long Tracks IV
More long tracks. We’ll hear a classic from Eberhard Weber off his album, The Colors of Chloe, and an electronic artist out of Denmark, Klaus Schonning, from his album, Symphodysse.
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Monday, Feb 9, 2026: Deepspace Interview
Deepspace is Australian electronic artist Mirko Ruckels. His recent albums, Neon Blue Utopia and Water Planets, are immersive ambient albums wrapped in science fiction stories.
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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.