Our May CD of the Month is Counting Sunsets by the ambient country band, Suss. Suss includes Pat Irwin, a former member of the B-52s. They go into deep ambient terrain on this new album.
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Weekend, May 9-10, 2026 – SUSS Counting Sunsets
Tag: Chillout
Playlists
Friday, Apr 24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2616E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by the ambient country band Suss, although their new eponymous release sounds more ambient than country. We’ll also hear classic space music from Robert Schroeder.
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Friday, May 8, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, the ambient guitar twang of The Royal Arctic Institute. We’ll hear from their album, From Catharsis to Coma. We’ll also hear from Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen.
Playlists
Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 – Echoes Program 2616D
New music from Babitha, that’s the stage name of Imogen Grist from Australia. She’s making a country-inspired dream pop on The Brighter Side of Blue. We’ll also hear music by Hansan.
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Thursday, May 7, 2026 – Music by Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
Playlists
Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026 – Echoes Earth Day
It’s the sound of the planet on the next Echoes as we celebrate Earth Day 2026. We’ll hear music inspired by the vistas and life on earth as well as music made from the sounds of the earth.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Flore Laurentienne
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Wednesday, May 6, 2026 – Music from Wax Tailor
Get ready to be sliced and diced when we hear music by Wax Tailor, the French electronic artist who likes to cut-up archival voice samples. We’ll hear from his album, Fishing for Accidents.
Playlists
Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026 – Echoes Program 2616B
Music by Moby. Back in 2022 and 2023, he released a series of singles with other musicians, one of which was with Dutch-Sudanese vocalist Gaidaa, called “Transit”. It eventually was included on the album Always Centered at Night. We’ll hear that and music by Mayfly, from Hideaway Volume 1.
Coming Up
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – Vin Downes & Tom Eaton
Keyboardist Tom Eaton and guitarist Vin Downes are veterans of work with Will Ackerman and are in a trio with Jeff Oster. They have an album of ambient duets called Until the Light Was Gone.