We hear from Airport People. It’s not passengers sitting in terminals with cancelled flights. It’s actually Leon Todd Johnson and we’ll hear his new album, From Nine Mornings.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022 – Music from Airport People
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 – Steve Reich Interview
Composer Steve Reich is 86 years old but he’s still making the music of tomorrow. He has a new album, Reich/Richter, inspired by paintings of Gerhard Richter and a new book, Conversations.
Playlists
Tuesday, August 2, 2022 – Echoes Program 2231B
We’ve got two folk-baked songs. We’ll hear from Air Waves, off the album Dance, and a song from the score to Where the Crawdads Sing. It’s by Taylor Swift. Yep. Trust me.
Playlists
Monday, August 1, 2022 – Echoes Program 2231A
Lumenette is Christine Byrd, the wife of Hammock’s Marc Byrd. On her debut as Lumenette, she sheds her Christian background to illuminate her emotional trauma and love.
Coming Up
Weekend, August 13-14, 2022 – Tone Ranger Interview
We hit the trail and take an electronic journey with Tone Ranger. That’s Alex Simon, and he’s creating desert southwest landscapes that merge electronics with guitar and pedal steel guitar.
Playlists
Weekend, July 30-31, 2022 – Programs 2230A & 2230B
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.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 July 2022: Röyksopp at the Top
Röyksopp at the Top, followed by Zola Jesus, Steve Tibbetts, Animalweapon, Eric Hilton, Mountains of Jura and 19 more great artists on Echoes Top 25 July 2022.
Playlists
Friday, July 29, 2022 – Echoes Program 2230E
We’ll hear the hell-raising sound of Zola Jesus crying to the heavens on her album, Arkhon. We’ll also revisit a song from Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love album that isn’t “Running Up That Hill”.
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 11, 2022 – New Music from Bill Nelson
More new music by guitarist Bill Nelson. He’s been releasing a voluminous number of albums recorded between 2015 and 2019. One of the latest is Electra, in Search of the Golden Sound.
Reviews & Commentary
Brian Eno Dropping New Vocal Album
Brian Eno marries his ambient soundscapes to a song of Earth’s descent into climate oblivion on a new song, “There Were Bells” from his forthcoming album, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE.