Synthesist Craig Padilla and guitarist Marvin Allen take a trip into space on their fourth album, Unfolding Skies. It’s Echoes April CD of the Month.
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Weekend, Apr 4-5, 2026 – April CD: Unfolding Skies
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 21-22, 2026 – Programs 2611A & 2611B
Singer Joan La Barbara developed extended vocal techniques and imaginary languages long before Lisa Gerrard, Elizabeth Fraser or Azam Ali. John Diliberto talks to her on Echoes.
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Friday, Apr 3, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Kenneth Hooper who plays Native American flute and we’ll go back to Chronos, an epic 1984 IMAX soundtrack by Michael Stearns that has been reissued.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 20, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s a meeting of electronic wires and acoustic strings when we hear the collaboration between the electronic artist, Four Tet and guitarist William Tyler.
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Thursday, Apr 2, 2026 – Music from Anoushka Shankar
We’ll hear a track from the second EP in a trilogy by sitarist Anoushka Shankar: Chapter II – How Dark It Is Before Dawn. We’ll also hear a classic long track by Sally Oldfield.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 19, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611D
A classic from one of the first electronic groups in America, Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company. They debuted in 1973 and we’ll hear from a new live compilation.
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Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026 – Echo Season
If a song or album has Echo in the title, it has to be played on Echoes. So if an artist records as Echo Season, well, that’s a slam dunk. We’ll hear from Echo Season’s album, Residual Signals.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes: Toward the Sun
A continuous instrumental soundscape for lengthening days and crystal-clear nights.
Playlists
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611C
Electronic artist Kinobe takes us into his ethereal lounge inspired by Sinatra era strings and singers, 90s’ trip-hop, and the French duo, Air. Join John Diliberto when he talks with Kinobe.
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Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026 – Music by Robert Schroeder
Music by Robert Schroeder. He was one of the last musicians to release recordings in the classic sequencer 1970s. He has a recent album that expands on that sound, called Observer.