New music from Avant-pop singer Jenny Hval, who wrote her Master’s thesis on Kate Bush: “The Singing Voice as Literature.” Hval has a new album called Classic Objects.
Playlists
Friday, May 27, 2022 – Echoes Program 2221E
Tag: electronic
Coming Up
Thursday, June 9, 2022 – New Music from Shearwater
New music from Shearwater, the band that grew out of the rootsy Okkervil River. They have taken a turn toward deep ambient electronics on the new album, The Great Awakening.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Remembering Vangelis
Playlists
Thursday, May 26, 2022 – Echoes Program 2221D
Two Icons of New Age music who were there long before the New Age: pianist George Winston off his album, Night, and Paul Winter Consort from his new Concert in the Barn release.
Coming Up
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 – Michael Stearns Interview
Michael Stearns’s Planetary Unfolding is a seminal Ambient album from 40 years ago. He talks about those early times of electronic music.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 – Echoes Program 2221C
New music by Australia’s Ry X, a former surfer who now rides waves of interior emotions in his dream pop. His new album is Blood Moon. We’ll also hear Röyksopp’s latest, Profound Mysteries.
Coming Up
Tuesday, June 7, 2022 – Zola Jesus & Natalia Clavier
We’ll hear two singers with very different approaches. We’ll experience the raging voice of Zola Jesus from a new single, and Natalia Clavier, a singer with Thievery Corporation who has a new recording.
Playlists
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – Echoes Program 2221B
Electronic artist Michael Whalen draws upon his roots in 70s and 80s European electronic music to create his album, Imaginary Trains. He talks about his journey and his new album.
Reviews & Commentary
Ten Essential Vangelis’s Albums
Electronic composer Vangelis ascended on May 17th but he left behind a trove of miraculous electronic journey’s to have on Echoes. John Diliberto picks his favorite ten albums
Playlists
Monday, May 23, 2022 – Echoes Program 2221A
We remember Vangelis. He won the first Oscar for an electronic film score for Chariots of Fire and charted a course through electro-orchestral space for over 50 years.