We talk with Taimane. Her ukulele fusion that takes the instrument out of the luau and into the world. We also talk to Danish singer Agnes Obel about her haunting ambient chamber pop music.
Coming Up
Weekend, June 13-14, 2020 – Taimane & Agnes Obel
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Weekend, May 30-31, 2020 – Programs 2021A & 2021B
On an Echoes Memorial Day Soundscape, it’s music to contemplate loss across time. Then it’s an interview with Michael Whalen, he talks about his April CD of the Month, Sacred Spaces.
CD of the Month
Echoes June 2020 CDoM: John Gregorius’s Full of Life
John Gregorius’ Full of Life is Echoes June 2020 CD of the Month. It’s an album of spacious Ambient Americana as he layers electric and acoustic guitars in a desert southwest tone poem.
Playlists
Friday, May 29, 2020 – Echoes Program 2021E
Hawaii’s Taimane takes the ukulele and brings uncanny virtuosity and melody to it If you think the ukulele is a novelty instrument for Luaus, then you need to hear Taimane live on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Kevin Braheny Fortune
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Playlists
Thursday, May 28, 2020 – Echoes Program 2021D
New music by French guitarist Pierre Bensusan. He came up during the days of Windham Hill guitarists like Michael Hedges who named a song after Bensusan. He has a new album called Azwan.
Coming Up
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – Jake Shimabukuro Trio Live
Hawaiian ukulele lion Jake Shimabukuro comes in with his trio to lay down the dreamy ambient textured music of his new album, including a cover of a Pink Floyd classic.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 – Echoes Program 2021C
Pianist Peter Kater is interviewed and we hear a suite of his music as well as new music from Moby, bassist Michael Manring, and German electronic artist Robert Schroeder.
Coming Up
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 – Agnes Obel Interview
Danish singer Agnes Obel creates a haunting ambient chamber pop music. On Myopia, she explores states of mind from insomnia to loss, all couched in her muted arrangements and whammy bar voice.
Playlists
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 – Echoes Program 2021B
Composer Michael Whalen talks about his CD of the Month, Sacred Spaces. It’s a return to his progressive rock roots as he turns a classical composition into a synthesized fantasy.