In 1994 Loreena McKennitt released The Mask and Mirror, launching her in a new direction across Spain, Morocco and parts unknown. It’s just been reissued in a deluxe edition.
Coming Up, Program Highlights
Monday, Nov 9, 2026 – Loreena McKennitt
Tag: Chillout
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 24-25, 2026 – Programs 2642A & 2642B
David Helpling and Scott Reich go Through the Thought Horizon. “If you can go through the thought horizon, then you’re opening up all kinds of new experiences. You can exist beyond thought.”
Playlists
Friday, October 23, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642E
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go ambient country with guitarist Carl Weingarten’s Stop Me Try, and The Royal Arctic Institute who twang in ambience on From Catnap To Coma.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast – Will Ackerman Interview
Coming Up
Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 – Music from Patrick Watson
Music from Canadian Dream Pop artist Patrick Watson that captures the uncertainty of this time. We’ll also hear a collaboration between Bruno San Filippo and Aukai.
Playlists
Thursday, Oct 22, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642D
It’s a meeting of ambient music pioneers. Michael Stearns and Robert Rich talk about Reunion of Breath and Waves, the first collaboration of these two ground breaking artists.
Playlists
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642C
On the next Echoes, electronic sounds from Germany and Argentina. We’ll hear from Lars Leonhard’s A Place Between Worlds, and Pabellon Sintetico’s Ephemeral Architecture.
Playlists
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642B
The return of Beth Orton. She first fused folk and electronica in the ’90s, and now she’s gone even deeper with The Ground Above, a haunting, self-produced album of intimate songs.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 – Music from 36
Music from the artist 36 and his album of deep minimalist ambience, The Infinity Room. We’ll also hear Alex Amor, who has an album of dream-pop called Heavenly Bodies.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 19, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642A
David Helpling and Scott Reich go Through the Thought Horizon. “If you can go through the thought horizon, then you’re opening up all kinds of new experiences. You can exist beyond thought.”