We celebrate the 90th Birthday of Hans-Joachim Roedelius. His prolific output began in the 70s with Cluster and Harmonia and includes collaborations with Brian Eno, Tim Story and Lloyd Cole.
Two masters of strings, from guitar to ngoni, when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.
It’s part two of the 35 Icons of Echoes. Listeners have voted and we’ll reveal the rest of the 35 artists anointed to the sacred Icon Halls. We take you back through 35 years of Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a startling duet between Iranian kamencheh musician Kayhan Kalhor and Malian kora player Toumani Diabate. We’ll also hear some solo work by Michelle Qureshi.
It’s an Ancient Echoes when we look back on Michael Garrison. He was among the first American artists to pick up on the sound of German electronic music in the 1970s and 80s.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music out of Norway by Erik Wøllo. He’s released a double CD set called Solastalgia that taps some of his electronic influences for a sound of the future.
On An Echoes Halloween, John Diliberto is your crypt keeper of sonic terror, creating a soundscape of whispered voices, ambient ghosts and hip death goddesses to soundtrack All Hallows’ Eve.
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the album Einsjäger und Siebenjäger by Popol Vuh. It’s an epic album that solidified their move away from electronics to a more organic sound.
It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk’s Autobahn. In an Echoes documentary, we’ll hear from Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hutter and many more, looking back on a band that altered the face of music.