Some chilled music for the hot summer with Nicholas Gunn’s August CD of the Month, 30. It’s an expansive album that celebrates the 30th anniversary of Gunn’s album, Music of the Grand Canyon.
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Weekend, Aug 9-10, 2025 – Nicholas Gunn’s 30
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Weekend, July 26-27, 2025 – Programs 2529A & 2529B
Ankylosing Spondylitis is a spinal disease causing immense pain. But Jessica Robbins, who records as Course, creates some beautiful music out of that pain on her album, Hue Mirror.
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Friday, Aug 8, 2025 – Dark Sky Alliance Slow Flow
We have the debut of Dark Sky Alliance. This group includes percussionist Jerry Marotta, keyboardist Rupert Greenall, electronic artist Eric “the” Taylor, and guitarist David Helpling.
Playlists
Friday, July 25, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529E
Air’s Moon Safari album gets an epic and ambient rework by Vegyn. It’s called Blue Moon Safari. Vegyn maintains the downtempo mood of the original but takes it into new atmospheres.
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5 Best Mark Dwane CDs
Mark Dwane, who died in July 2025, was an architect of sonic delights, a composer of epic adventures and a guitar-synth master. Here are five of his best recordings.
Reviews & Commentary
Obituary: Mark Dwane 1954-2025
Mark Dwane is a guitar-synthesist who created music of orchestral grandeur from another planet. He’s now gone at the age of 70, leaving a trove of cinematic music.
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Thursday, Aug 7, 2025 – Music by Kelly Lee Owens
We enter a dream state with Kelly Lee Owens. She’s an electronic musician and singer who hovers between dreampop and EDM. John Diliberto drops a couple of tracks off her album Dreamstate.
Playlists
Thursday, July 24, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529D
On the next Echoes, an ambient supergroup when we hear the collaboration between electronic artist Brannan Lane, guitarist John Gregorius, and bassist Sean O’Bryan Smith.
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Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 – Japanese Breakfast and More
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
Playlists
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529C
The ambient guitar duo, Hammock, return with a new album of inner contemplations and moody guitar excursions called Nevertheless. It’s a music that sits somewhere between here and there.