New music by Angel Olson. The alt-rock singer has taken a country turn on her new album, Big Time, but she does it with a flare of Ambient Americana. It’s a big time in a chilled way.
Coming Up
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 – New Music by Angel Olsen
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 – Echoes Program 2228B
Flutist Sherry Finzer takes us inside the tank. It’s a 70 foot tall water tank with its own special echo. Sherry talks about playing inside it and some of her other musical projects.
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Monday, July 25, 2022 – Steve Tibbetts Interview
We ride a Hellbound Train with Steve Tibbetts, an icon of Echoes who has a new double CD of music from across his 40 years at ECM. We talk about his unique approach to music and guitar.
Playlists
Monday, July 11, 2022 – Echoes Program 2228A
We hear from an opera singer turned alt-rock diva when Zola Jesus talks about her new album, Arkhon. It’s a mix of religion and science fiction as she grapples with these dystopian times.
Coming Up
Weekend, July 23-24, 2022 – Animalweapon Interview
Animalweapon. The name comes from the Dead Pool superhero comic but no animals are harmed in the music of Patrick Cortes. But he does uses animal recordings as part of his electronic songs.
Playlists
Weekend, July 9-10, 2022 – Programs 2227A & 2227B
For July 4th 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.
Coming Up
Friday, July 22, 2022 – New Music from Eric Hilton
New music by Eric Hilton. Half of Thievery Corporation, he’s spent his pandemic time releasing four albums to date. His new one is Lost Dialect. We accept all dialects on Echoes from PRX.
Playlists
Friday, July 8, 2022 – Echoes Program 2227E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from the Myndstream Collection Volume 1, featuring Mark Isham, Rick Wakeman and more. We’ll also hear from Steve Roach & Michael Stearns.
Coming Up
Thursday, July 21, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Vic Hennegan. He started out as a disciple of German space music but he’s gone in a more percussive direction for his new album, Time Ritual.
Playlists
Thursday, July 7, 2022 – Echoes Program 2227D
New music by Roger Eno. The brother of Brian has a new album of solo piano & ambient chamber works called The Turning Year. We’ll also hear from Lost in Translation, one of his earlier works.