Everything goes green on a Celtic Echoes. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with music born in Ireland. It will include icons like Clannad and Enya as well as Afro Celt Sound System and more.
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Wednesday, Mar 17, 2021 – Celtic Echoes
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109C
The 12th Icon of Echoes, Moby. For the last 35 years, he’s had a varied career from techno to downtempo and beyond. We look back and profile this fascinating, sometimes controversial artist.
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Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 – Mint Julep
It’s just about the right time for a Mint Julep, not the drink or candy, but the dreampop duo of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. They have a new album, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.
Playlists
Tuesday, Mar 2, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109B
The many moods of Thievery Corporation. We talk with Eric Hilton, who has two ambient lounge albums out, and his Thievery partner, Rob Garza, about a music born in dub and music sampling.
Playlists
Monday, Mar 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109A
Echoes March CD of the Month is Jeff Johnson and Phil Keaggy’s latest pastoral opus, Ravenna. Inspired by Ravenna’s mosaics, they create musical mosaics, lacing keyboards, guitars and more.
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Monday, Mar 15, 2021 – Bob Boilen Interview
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
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Weekend, Mar 13-14, 2021 – Leandrul: The Echoes Interview
Leandrul creates beautiful electro-pop music with deep psychological implications. Psychosis of Dreams is not a metaphor. It’s about real trauma with mental health and recovery.
CD of the Month
Echoes March 2021 CD of the Month: Johnson & Keaggy
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s 4th collaboration, Ravenna, is the Echoes March CD of the Month. It’s an album of layered textures, intricate instrumentation and deep moods.
Playlists
Weekend, Feb 27-28, 2021 – Programs 2108A & 2108B
It’s the sound of the spirit when we talk with Shunia, the duo of Lisa Reagan and Suzanne Jackson. Then it’s Afro-futuristic jazz, world fusion and Detroit techno from the African Diaspora.
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Friday, Mar 12, 2021 – Music from Lia Ices
We’ll hear from dream pop artist Lia Ices and her new recording, Family Album. It turns-off the electronics in favor of a more embracing sound, reflecting her recent motherhood.