Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
Coming Up
Weekend, Nov 11-12, 2023 – Russel Walder Interview
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 28-29, 2023 – Programs 2343A & 2343B
Darkside is the trippy electronica duo of Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington who released their debut album 10 years ago. It’s getting reissued in a deluxe edition. We revisit our 2014 interview.
Coming Up
Friday, Nov 10, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, the last music by Jeff Beck. He teamed up with actor Johnny Depp on the album 18, but the best tracks are Beck’s solo instrumentals. We’ll hear one of those.
Playlists
Friday, Oct 27, 2023 – Echoes Program 2343E
New music by Slowdive, the shoegaze band who came to renown in the 1990s. They’re back with a new album, Everything Is Alive. We’ll also hear a track from VEiiLA.
Coming Up
Thursday, Nov 9, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Vic Hennegan. He started out as a disciple of German space music but he has gone in a more percussive direction for his album, Time Ritual.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast I: Darkside Interview
Playlists
Thursday, Oct 26, 2023 – Echoes Program 2343D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we enter the temple of Steve Roach’s Sanctuary of Desire. We’ll go into one of the long, evolving tracks from this master of sequencer driven music.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: Jeff Pearce – 30 Years of Ambient Guitar
Hear ambient guitar, live, when Jeff Pearce comes in to play music from across his 30-year career, including covers of music by two of his influences, Harold Budd and Vangelis.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Nov 8, 2023 – Music from Opium Moon
We’ll hear music from Opium Moon. This Grammy-winning world fusion band featuring violinist Lili Hayden has a new album of seductive middle eastern sounds called Where We Are Gathered.
Playlists
Wednesday, Oct 25, 2023 – Echoes Program 2343C
We put Charlie Cunningham in the picture with his new album, Frame. This English singer song-writer has echoes of John Martyn and Nick Drake and atmospheres of Brian Eno and Harold Budd.