Hear seasonal sounds off the beaten reindeer path with winter-themed selections from artists new and old, including Loreena McKennitt’s December CD of the Month, Under a Winter’s Moon.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 20, 2022 – Seasonal Sounds
Tag: Chillout
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2022 – Echoes Program 2249B
We talk with Airport People: not weary airline travelers, but ambient chamber music artist Leon Todd Johnson. He has an album of creaky-piano-centered compositions called From Nine Mornings.
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Monday, Dec 19, 2022 – Mary Fahl Christmas Concert
Join us for An Echoes Christmas with Mary Fahl. Mary Fahl is a singer with a powerful voice. She comes in with her band to perform music from her album, Winter Songs and Carols.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 17-18, 2022 – The Best of 2022 & In Memoriam
Weekend listeners hear The Best of Echoes 2022 Top 20 and we remember those who left the Echoes galaxy this year with Echoes in Memoriam.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 3-4, 2022 – Programs 2248A & 2248B
Christmas comes early with the December CD of the Month, Loreena McKennitt’s Under a Winter’s Moon. Loreena merges reading from A Child’s Christmas in Wales with songs from the season.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 2, 2022 – Echoes Program 2248E
New music by Olafur Arnalds – kind of. The Icelandic composer has gathered a bevy of other musicians to reinterpret the songs from his album, Some Kind of Peace, on piano.
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Thursday, Dec 15, 2022 – Daniel Lanois Interview
Daniel Lanois is the famed producer of U2, collaborator with Brian Eno, and a musician who is usually found behind a guitar or a pedal steel guitar. But now he has an album of ambient piano works.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Sheila Chandra and Monsoon
Playlists
Thursday, Dec 1, 2022 – Echoes Program 2248D
We’ll hear a new collaboration between string player and electronic artist Rena Jones with electronic artist Kilo Watts and we’ll hear Jean-Michel Jarre remixed by Brian Eno.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Dec 14, 2022 – 12 CDs of the Month
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas, but we do have 12 CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through them, first forward and then backwards. 2022 was a great year for music on Echoes.