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Tuesday, Sept 22, 2026 – Echoes Program 2638B

Bill Bruford is one of the greatest drummers of our age, and certainly the greatest in Progressive Rock, playing with Yes, King Crimson, UK and Earthworks. He retired 13 years ago and got a Doctorate in music. He claims to not even touched the drums in that time. But live performance pulled him back in the form of a younger musician, guitarist Pete Roth. They meet in a new space.

Pete Roth: I have to admit up until I met Bill, I didn’t know what Bill was doing and then I learned very quickly that I was being treated to a very prestigious teacher.

Bill Bruford: We have different touchstones, different reference points. It’s not much good, me talking to Pete about King Crimson. or Yes or anything like that. He doesn’t know what that music is. So I like that.

He’s a giant of progressive rock, but he’s only a sideman (wink-wink) with Pete Roth. We’ll be talking to them about their cross-generational approach to music on their album, Group Chat, and why Bruford came out of retirement after 13 years.

Hear our 2018 Interview with Bill Bruford

Wednesday, Sept 23, 2026 – Echoes Program 2638C

Summer’s over and Fall has officially arrived in an Echoes Autumnal Equinox. John Diliberto paints sound in autumnal colors with some of the classics, like George Winston as well as music from Will Ackerman, Digitonal and Vivaldi reimagined by Max Richter. It’s an Echoes Autumnal Equinox soundscape from PRX

Thursday, Sep 24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2638D

Marissa Nadler has an EP of covers and extra tracks from her previous album, called The Wrath of the Clouds. We’ll also hear from guitarist Randal Meek and his homage to Hawaii called Longings. John Diliberto brings it to us on Echoes from PRX.

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Friday, Sept 25, 2026 – Echoes Program 2648E

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Erik Wøllo. The prolific guitarist and electronic musician has an album of meditative pieces called Sojourns. We’ll also hear music by Time Wharp  John Diliberto floats it on the current of a Slow Flow Echoes from PRX.

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Monday, Sept 28, 2026 – Echoes Program 2639A

Trumpeter Mark Isham returns with his first solo album in 27 years. Isham is a musician who has stretched musical boundaries for four decades, with Group 87, his early electronic album, Vapor Drawings and numerous film and TV scores, including A River Runs Through It and The Westies. He has a new album that takes us on a roundabout journey called At the Carousel Club.

Mark Isham: “This is not an ambient record, this is not an electronic music record, this is a storytelling record.”

It’s a wild ride where he has thrown every aspect of his career into his most kinetically-charged album ever. It’s called At The Carousel Club. We talk to Mark Isham on Echoes from PRX.