We look back to the velvet side of the Velvet Underground and their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, which was released 50 years ago on March 12, 1967.
Playlists
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017-Echoes Program 1711C
Tag: Avant-garde
Playlists
Monday, March 13th, 2016-Echoes Program 1711A
Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1976 album, Oxygene remains one of the signposts of electronic music. He returns to it with Oxygene 3 as he prepares to embark on his first ever US. Tour. He talks about his electronic evolution on Echoes.
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Friday, March 10th, 2017-Echoes Program 1710E
Coming up on a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Bing & Ruth, the ambient chamber music group from New York and the latest from German electronic artist, Der Waldläufer tonight on Echoes.
Playlists
Thursday, February 23rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1708D
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound. We talk with Ma and other members of the ensemble.
Interview Podcast
Philip Glass 80th in Echoes Podcast
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of one of the Holy Trinity of Minimalism. Philip Glass turns 80 this year and it’s hard to imagine the music of the last 40 years without him. Hear it in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Tuesday, January 31st, 2017-Echoes Program 1705B
We celebrate the 80th birthday of one of the Holy Trinity of Minimalism. Philip Glass turns 80 this year and it’s hard to imagine the music of the last 40 years without him.
CD of the Month
January 2017 CD of the Month: Ian Boddy – As Above So Below
Veteran English synthesist Ian Boddy’s As Above So Below is a masgterwork of modern electronics with a classical touch. It’s the Echoes CD of the Month for January.
Interview Podcast
Jane Siberry in Echoes Podcast
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Jane Siberry has returned to release her most accessible album in years, Angels Bend Closer. She talks about themes of family, fame and faith in the Echoes Podcast.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016-Echoes Program 1649C
There are 12 days of Christmas and on the next Echoes we have 12 months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. John Diliberto plays tracks off them all from Contact’s Discreet Music in January to this December’s pick, Erik Scott’s In the Company of Clouds.
Interview Podcast
Douglas Mcgowan in Echoes Podcast
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Before it was corporate music for spas and yoga studios, New Age music had adventurous, experimental Indie roots. Producer Douglas Mcgowan unearths them in two collections. “I Am The Center, Private Issue New Age Music in America, 1950-1990” and “The Microcosm, Visionary Music of Continental Europe, 1970-1986.”