Tubular Bells’ composer Mike Oldfield talks about Ommadawn, his two-sided epic from 1975. It’s partly an homage to his mother, who died during the recording, and her Irish roots.
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Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026 – Ommadawn’s 50th
Tag: electronic
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Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025 – Echoes Program 2551B
We create a soundscape for the season. Original songs mix with carols as we play music inspired by the season in all its quiet majesty and interior warmth. Original songs mix with carols.
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Monday, Dec 22, 2025 – Echoes Program 2551A
New music by STS9. Born out of the haze of Santa Cruz’s hallucinogenic culture, they have a new album called Human Dream — A Journey Through the Human Condition and Cosmic Connection.
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Friday, Dec 19, 2025 – An Echoes Winter Solstice
An Echoes Winter Solstice: a soundscape of snow shrouded trees and silent saguaro cacti. There are no Christmas Carols, but a sleigh ride into the celestial and chilled side of the season.
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Friday, Jan 2, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Michelle Qureshi. Sometimes she plays solo acoustic guitar. Sometimes she fires up the synthesizers. On her album, Be In This World, she does it all.
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Thursday, Jan 1, 2026: The Best of 2025
We look back at The Best Albums of 2025 on Echoes. It’s a list unlike any other, which you should probably realize if you listen to Echoes.
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Thursday, December 18, 2025 – Echoes Program 2550D
New music by George Wallace. He began as a rock artist in the 1980s, but he turned to instrumental, electronic-based music that hovers between New Age and Progressive Rock.
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Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 – Echoes New Year’s Eve
Dance in 2026 with An Echoes Ambient Trance New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.
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Wednesday, Dec 17, 2025 – Echoes Program 2550C
Flutist Nicholas Gunn casts back across his career with the album, 30, marking 30 years since Music from the Grand Canyon. He’s evolved a lot since then going from tribal to trance.
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Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025 – Adrian Sherwood Interview
A legend of dub on the next Echoes when we talk to producer Adrian Sherwood. He’s worked with artists like Creation Rebel, Keith LeBlanc, and more. His new album is The Collapse of Everything.