From the Paul Winter Consort to Oregon to a vast solo career, guitarist Ralph Towner altered the landscape of acoustic guitar and ensemble playing. We remember this innovative artist.
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Ralph Towner – A Generational Influence
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Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 – Echoes Program 2603B
Music from the trio Khruangbin, who straddles the line between psychedelic, slow jam R&B and trance music, and the duo of Mary Lattimore and Julianna Barwick.
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Monday, Jan 19, 2026 – Echoes Program 2603A
We talk with Bluetech about using the story of Laika, the first dog Cosmonaut. On his album, Spacehop Chronicles 2, he creates an electronic tone poem of hope, fantasy and grief.
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Monday, Feb 2, 2026: Jake Shimabukuro CD of the Month
Jake Shimabukuro has done for the ukelele what Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar. His new album, Calm Seas, explores a more soothing, minimalist influenced sound combined with nature.
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Weekend, Jan 31, 2026: Azam Ali Interview
The voice of Azam Ali is heard on TV and films, with the groups Vas and Niyaz, and on several solo releases in a mix of ancient Persian and modern styles. She talks about her latest album, Synesthesia.
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Weekend, Jan 17-18, 2026 – Programs 2602A & 2602B
Marissa Nadler is something beyond a singer-songwriter. Her seductive voice is wrapped in elaborate stories and bathed in psychedelic overtones and reverb.
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Friday, Jan 30, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Anoushka Shankar who has released the third and final EP of her Trilogy. It’s called Chapter III: We Return to Light. We bring you to the light.
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Friday, Jan 16, 2026 – Echoes Program 2602E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Ian Boddy teams up with German drummer and electronic musician Harold Grosskopf. Grosskopf played on several Klaus Schulze albums and in Ashra and Wallenstein.
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Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 – Music from Arooj Aftab
Music from Arooj Aftab, the Pakistani-American singer who wraps you in dark sultriness. We’ll hear from her album, Night Reign. We’ll also hear a psychedelic band called Magic Fig.
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Thursday, Jan 15, 2026 – Echoes Program 2602D
It’s another Journey into Long Tracks on the next Echoes. We’ll be hearing the title track to Michael Hoenig’s Departure from the Northern Wastelands, some Mike Oldfield, Nils Frahm, and more.