Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast – David Helpling & Scott
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Thursday, July 16, 2026 – Echoes Program 2628D
Echoes brings you downtempo bossa nova when we hear music from Eric Hilton and Natalia Clavier of Thievery Corporation. Their album Corazon Kintsugi taps their sultry Latin side.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026 – Echoes Program 2628C
Music by Slowdive, the shoegaze band who came to renown in the 1990s. After a long pause, they released their album, Everything Is Alive. We’ll also hear a track from VEiiLA.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026 – Echoes Program 2628B
The return of Beth Orton. She first fused folk and electronica in the ’90s, and now she’s gone even deeper with The Ground Above, a haunting, self-produced album of intimate songs.
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Monday, July 13, 2026 – Echoes Program 2628A
David Helpling and Scott Reich go Through the Thought Horizon. “If you can go through the thought horizon, then you’re opening up all kinds of new experiences. You can exist beyond thought.”
Coming Up
Monday, July 27, 2026 – Spotted Peccary turns 40
Spotted Peccary Music has been releasing signature ambient music albums since 1986. On their 40th Anniversary, Founders Deborah Martin and Howard Givens talk about the genesis of the label.
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Weekend, July 11-12, 2026 – Programs 2627A & 2627B
Get ready for the Best of Echoes 2026 So Far. As we cross the midpoint of the year, we hear the music that rose above the noise: 30 albums of sounds that open up new worlds.
Coming Up
Weekend, July 25-26, 2026 – Michael Stearns & Robert Rich
It’s a meeting of ambient music pioneers. Michael Stearns and Robert Rich talk about Reunion of Breath and Waves, the first collaboration of these two ground breaking artists.
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Friday, July 24, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Penguin Café off their album, Rain Before Seven, an Echoes CD of the Month. We’ll also hear harpist Peter Sterling from his album, Mystic Voyager.
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Friday, July 10, 2026 – Echoes Program 2627E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Sigur Ros. The Icelandic post-rock band’s album, ATTA, goes into deeply ambient modes. We’ll also hear something from Mimi Page.