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.
| Start Time |
Artist |
Song Title |
Album |
| Monday, July 6, 2026 – Program 2627A |
| First Half Hour |
| 0:01:00 |
Michael Whalen |
As One |
Standing Near Infinity |
| 0:06:00 |
Mara Katria feat. Modern English |
What Archetypes Say |
Modern M |
| 0:12:28 |
Boards of Canada |
Into The Magic Land |
Inferno |
| 0:16:47 |
Bluetech |
On the Cusp of Dissolution |
Petite Constellation |
| 0:20:13 |
Arlo Parks |
Heaven |
Ambiguous Desire |
| 0:24:27 |
Steve Roach |
Spiral of Yearning |
La Rosa: Live in Tucson 2025 |
| 0:29:30 |
Jim Kimo West & Michael Whalen |
Malibu Breeze (excerpt) |
Two Shores |
| Second Half Hour |
| 0:30:00 |
David Helpling and Scott Reich |
Shadows Stars and Dreams |
Through the Thought Horizon |
| 0:35:12 |
Jaymie Rose Hennegan |
Spatial Shift |
Desert Goddess |
| 0:43:09 |
Felsman & Tiley |
Always You (featuring Woodes) |
Protomensch |
| 0:46:11 |
break |
|
|
| 0:47:37 |
Anna Von Hausswolff |
Stardust |
Iconoclasts |
| 0:54:11 |
Aukai |
Raíces Al Viento |
Chambers |
| 0:59:00 |
Adrian Sherwood |
The Collapse of Everything (excerpt) |
The Collapse of Everything |
| Third Half Hour |
| 1:01:00 |
Hollan Holmes |
The Sanctity of Rust |
The Sanctity of Rust |
| 1:06:00 |
Falling You |
Ariadne |
Metanoia |
| 1:13:23 |
Tori Amos |
St. Teresa |
In Times of Dragons |
| 1:19:32 |
SUSS |
Sunset V |
Counting Sunsets |
| 1:22:32 |
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore |
Perpetual Adoration |
Tragic Magic |
| 1:29:30 |
Deepspace |
High Precision Hydrocleansing Protocols (excerpt) |
Water Planets |
| Fourth Half Hour |
| 1:30:00 |
Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen |
Undercurrents of Change |
Unfolding Skies |
| 1:34:55 |
KARYYN |
Collapse Phase |
Physics Universal Love Language (PULL) |
| 1:39:08 |
Unwed Sailor |
High Remembrance |
High Remembrance |
| 1:45:04 |
break |
|
|
| 1:46:18 |
Hammock |
The Second Coming was a Moonrise |
The Second Coming was a Moonrise |
| 1:53:08 |
Hammock |
Everything You Love is Buried in the Ground or Scattered into Space |
The Second Coming was a Moonrise |
Tuesday, July 7, 2026 – Echoes Program 2627B

We have music by Shekina Rose, a singer from Sedona who is fully immersed in that town’s new age culture. She’s got a song for whales. We’ll also hear the electronic Arabic fusion of Didon remixed by Bombay Dub Orchestra. Music is the universal language on Echoes with John Diliberto from PRX.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026 – Echoes Program 2627C

Ben Neill has been on the bleeding edge of new and electronic music for decades. He created his own instrument, the Mutantrumpet, which has three bells, two valve sets, a mini-trombone slide and all kinds of electronics to create a music that references Miles Davis and lounge music, urban jungle beats and space music overdrive. Now he has a book, Diffusing Music – Trajectories of Sonic Democratization, that follows music from the early 20th century Futurists to Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Minimalism, electronic artists and now, Artificial Intelligence. And Neill was in the thick of a lot of this. From a personal perspective he takes us on a journey where he proposes that now, anyone can make music. Diffusing Music has just been published in paperback, so we take another listen to his interview, today on Echoes from PRX.
| Wednesday, July 8, 2026 – Program 2627C |
| First Half Hour |
| 0:01:00 |
Unwed Sailor |
Three Jewels |
High Remembrance |
| 0:06:00 |
Ludovico Einaudi |
Punta Bianca – Live |
The Summer Portraits Live |
| 0:10:30 |
Gem Club |
Garlands |
Emerald Press |
| 0:14:11 |
Instupendo |
Old Home Not Yet Built |
Old Home Not Yet Built (Single) |
| 0:17:00 |
KARYYN |
Pull |
Physics Universal Love Language |
| 0:23:19 |
Forrest Fang |
Apace |
Radiance and the Receding Light |
| 0:29:30 |
Lisa Bella Donna |
Counterpoints (excerpts) |
Future Moves |
| Second Half Hour |
| 0:30:00 |
Interview: Ben Neill |
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|
| 0:44:44 |
Ben Neill |
Free Runner (with Chrystel Egal) |
Amalgam Sphere |
| 0:48:10 |
Ben Neill |
Blisspeak 3 |
Amalgam Sphere |
| 0:52:50 |
Ben Neill |
Entre Deux |
Horizonal |
| 0:59:00 |
Adrian Sherwood |
The Collapse of Everything (except) |
The Collapse of Everything |
| Third Half Hour |
| 1:01::00 |
Hammock |
We Close Our Eyes So We Can See |
The Second Coming Was a Moonrise |
| 1:06:00 |
Mark Isham |
At the Carousel Club |
At the Carousel Club |
| 1:11:28 |
Cate Kennan |
Devil’s Hour |
Shadows |
| 1:14:08 |
Kinobe |
Nothing Else Exists |
Open Your Mind |
| 1:17:45 |
Elder Island |
Bigger Than Us |
Hello Baby Okay |
| 1:22:16 |
David Helpling and Scott Reich |
Breath of a Flower |
Through the Thought Horizon |
| 1:29:30 |
Felsman & Tiley |
Kind (excerpt) |
Protomensch |
| Fourth Half Hour |
| 1:30:00 |
Liminal Drifter |
Aquatic Whisper |
Cowboy Pilgrim |
| 1:35:35 |
Tori Amos |
Shush |
In Times of Dragons |
| 1:41:47 |
Tycho |
Another Wave (ft. Sea Lemon) |
Love Like Raindrops Made of Light |
| 1:45:51 |
break |
|
|
| 1:46:38 |
Unwed Sailor |
Cinnamon |
High Remembrance |
| 1:49:54 |
Widowspeak |
Wondering |
Roses |
| 1:54:02 |
Tom Caufield |
Chamber Wolf |
Quiet Modern |
Thursday, July 9, 2026 – Echoes Program 2627D

Music to soothe your soul by Lis Addison. Her album is called Songs from the Mara, inspired by her sojourns to Kenya and her environmental work there. It’s all part of the chilled environment of Echoes with John Diliberto from PRX.
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Friday, July 10, 2026 – Echoes Program 2627E

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Sigur Ros. The Icelandic post-rock band’s album called ATTA goes into deeply ambient modes. We’ll hear music from that, and Mimi Page‘s trek into deep meditative music. It’s called Sound Healing Volume 1. The doctor is in, when John Diliberto brings it to us on Echoes from PRX.
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