Monday, Oct 26, 2026 – Program 2643A
Agnes Obel sings songs that seem to have emerged from the forgotten chambers of an ancient church. The voices are mysterious, the words not always intelligible, and the weight of years seems to rise from them. That’s the sound of Obel’s first album in six years, The Meaning of Flowers. That might make it sound forbidding, but it’s beautifully composed music, with melodies that linger in your memory long after they’ve faded away.
Obel’s previous album, Myopia, was released in 2020. So it’s hardly surprising that the pandemic became part of the story behind this recording. She began making an album about technology, but along the way, something changed.
Agnes Obel: And then I discovered I was pregnant in, I think it was June 2020. And I immediately felt like I had to sort of document just what was happening in my mind. Musically, that’s the best way I know how to sort of journal things in a way.
We talk to Agnes Obel on Echoes.
Read our review of Agnes Obel’s The Meaning of Flowers
Read our review of Agnes Obel’s Myopia
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, Oct 26, 2026 – Program 2643A | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Agnes Obel | Gemini | The Meaning of Flowers |
| 0:06:00 | Andy Bell & Masal | The Morning of the Trip | Common Primitives |
| 0:10:27 | Bonobo | Shokoufeh | Distance in Static |
| 0:13:44 | Shekina Rose | Angelic Soul Calling | Angelic Soul Calling (Single) |
| 0:17:28 | Ken Bonfield | Gratitude | Gratitude |
| 0:20:05 | Francis Mann | Borboletta | Aquarius |
| 0:23:11 | Perfume Genius | Natural High | Natural High |
| 0:29:30 | Message to Bears | Half Light | Tired Eyes Waking Hearts |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Interview: Agnes Obel | ||
| 0:45:42 | Agnes Obel | Blood so Red | The Meaning of Flowers |
| 0:51:10 | Break | ||
| 0:51:39 | Antaeus/Madame Gandhi/Cafe De Anatolia/amani sol | Kyrie | Ekta |
| 0:54:20 | Taimane | E Ala E (Jupiter) | Li’ulā |
| 0:59:00 | Immersion | Change of Use | WTF??? |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Locust | White Light (feat. Olive Kimoto) | Spectral+ |
| 1:06:00 | Andreas Vollenweider | Behind The Gardens/Behind The Wall/Under The Tree | Behind the Gardens/Behind the Wall/Under the Tree |
| 1:12:25 | Pink Floyd | Grantchester Meadows | Ummagumma |
| 1:18:39 | Max Richter | Tell The Bees | While the Flood Rages |
| 1:23:08 | Unwed Sailor | Three Jewels (Amethyst Mix) | High Remembrance: Reimagined |
| 1:29:30 | Shambhu | Resilience | Lotus Dream |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Lars Leonhard | Echoes Beyond the Stars | A Place Between Worlds |
| 1:35:06 | Beach House | April Suzanne (cover version) | April Suzanne (single) |
| 1:38:40 | Niyaz | Quest | Seven Realms of Attar |
| 1:43:14 | Break | ||
| 1:44:23 | Ashra | 77 Slightly Delayed | Blackouts |
| 1:50:50 | Bombay Dub Orchestra | View From Space (Vlastur Remix) | View From Space (EP) |
| 1:55:36 | Candice Pacheco | Outguessing the Machine | The Vortex: Quantum Gate II |