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.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Nov. 26: New Music
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 – Echoes Program 2545C
Get on the Peace Wagon. That’s a new composition from new age and world fusion artist James Asher. We’ll also hear music from a new compilation called Music for the Lunar Halflight.
Playlists
Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025 – Echoes Program 2545B
Music by Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon. This trio of flutes, cello and voice create a world fusion meditation called Triveni. We travel its paths.
Coming Up
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.
Playlists
Monday, Nov 10, 2025: Echoes Program 2545A
We talk with Hani Rani about the ambient classical sound of her early work, and the more stormy and political direction of her latest recording: Non-Fiction-Piano Concerto in Four Movements.
Coming Up
Weekend Nov 22-23, 2025: Deepspace Interview
Deepspace is Australian electronic artist Mirko Ruckels. His recent albums, Neon Blue Utopia and Water Planets, are immersive ambient albums wrapped in science fiction stories.
Coming Up
Friday, Nov 21, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from EDM artist Sasha. He scored the music for the immersive exhibition, Da Vinci Genius.
Playlists
Friday, Nov 7, 2025 – Echoes Program 2544E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Diane Arkenstone. Her release, Aquaria II: Ascension taps 90s electronic rhythms, siren wordless vocals, and electronic moods. Ascend with a Slow Flow Echoes.
Interview Podcast
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Wordless Echoes: The Tao of Steve
In the movie The Tao of Steve, a character develops a philosophy of “being Steve.” We noticed that there’s a whole lot of Echoes music made by Steves. Here’s a five-hour uninterrupted instrumental soundscape exploring music made by Steves, Stevens, Stephens, Stephans, Stephanies, even a Stevin.