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Tuesday, June 30, 2026 – Echoes Program 2626B

ECHOES PRESENTS THE AMERICAN ELECTRONIC REVOLUTION
25 ELECTRONIC ARTISTS FOR THE 250TH SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL

Electronics have been on the leading edge of the American music scene since the 1960s. Selecting one artist for each of the 25 decades of American independence, we plug into American pioneers of electronic sound: from Morton Subotnick and Wendy Carlos through Steve Roach and Patrick O’Hearn, and into the 21st century with Derrick May, Moby and Bluetech.

When the history of American music is written, electronic music will stand as one of the defining movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of its essential instruments were created here: Moog, Buchla, ARP and Oberheim. And some of its most transformative sounds emerged in America. Bebe and Louis Barron’s score for Forbidden Planet, Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach, Terry Riley’s looping-keyboard opus A Rainbow in Curved Air, Moby’s Play, Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman,” and BT’s This Binary Universe were landmark works that influenced new directions in American music. It isn’t country, pop, rap or disco. It is something new—still evolving. We cycle through 25 works from 25 artists in The American Electronic Revolution.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 – Echoes Program 2626C

Music by London Grammar who team up with electronic producer, Sebastian. We’ll also hear Caroline Lavelle who is the cellist with Loreena McKennitt and the singer with Secret Sky. She has a solo album, The Raven. Quoth the Raven, Evermore to John Diliberto on Echoes from PRX.

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Thursday, July 2, 2026 – Echoes Program 2626D

Join us for the sultry bedroom sound of Cigarettes After Sex. We’ll hear a single from them and some space music out of Australia by Jim Ottaway, whose release continues shooting for the stars. It’s called Infinite Universe. It’s in the universe of Echoes with from PRX.

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Friday, July 3, 2026 – Echoes Program 2626E

On a July 4th weekend, we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana Soundscape. It’s country and western distilled though Brian Eno ambiences, but still with that country twang. After the fireworks, chill your mind with John Diliberto on an Echoes Ambient Americana Soundscape from PRX.

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Monday, July 6, 2026 – Echoes Program 2627A

Get ready for the Best of Echoes 2026. . .  So Far.  In this semiquincentennial year, we are casting back at all the music we have played thus far at the mid-point of the year, and seeing which releases stood out. We’ve compiled a ranked list of 30 recordings that we think rose above the crowd and today, we’re going to hear the Top 20. Thge list includes some legends of ambient music, some relatively new singer-songwriter-electronic artists, and maybe more space music than I would have expected. It’s been a tumultuous year, but the music has given us reasons to listen more deeply. John Diliberto has the Best of Echoes 2026 So Far, from PRX.