We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Keith Jarrett’s The Köln Concert and talk to Big Ears Festival Founder Ashley Capps about the 2026 Edition of this massive festival.
Coming Up
Weekend Nov 29-30: Keith Jarrett & Big Ears
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
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Thursday, Nov. 27: An Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving
An Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving for 2025 brings us an array of acoustic sounds to set the mood for this time of coming together.
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Wednesday, Nov. 26: New Music
On the next Echoes, music from The Smile. That’s the project of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. We’ll also hear the latest by Mitski, who explores the dark side of our psyche.
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Tuesday, Nov.25: Big Ears Festival Interview
Big Ears Festival 2026 will descend on Knoxville at the end of March with wave upon wave of new music sounds that challenge perceptions and open ears, Big. Ashley Capps talks about it all.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Mike Oldfield-Ommadawn’s 50th
Playlists
Wednesday, Nov 5, 2025 – Echoes Program 2544C
Tubular Bells’ composer Mike Oldfield talks about Ommadawn, his two-sided epic from 1975. It’s partly an homage to his mother, who died during the recording, and her Irish roots.
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Weekend, Nov 15-16, 2025: Hania Rani’s Non-Fiction
Hani Rani has moved on from the ambient classical sound of her early work into something more stormy and political on Non-Fiction-Piano Concerto in Four Movements.
Playlists
Friday, Oct 31, 2025 – Echoes Program 2543E
As if the world isn’t scary enough out there, it’s an Echoes Halloween. John Diliberto is your crypt keeper of sonic terror, soundtracking your Halloween night.
Coming Up
Thursday, Nov 13, 2025 – Another Green World @ 50
On the Next Echoes, the 50th Anniversary of Brian Eno’s Another Green World. This album moved him out of art rock and into a sound that was totally new and uniquely Eno.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Halloween
We explore the dark side on an Echoes Halloween., in a four-hour uninterrupted soundscape exploring the worlds of ghosts, witches, warlocks, spirits and the supernatural.