Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy take us on a trip to Ravenna. The two musicians take us inside their musical creation which has elements of folk, classical and even some rock slips in.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 – Johnson & Keaggy Interview
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Tuesday, Mar 9, 2021 – Echoes Program 2110B
New electronic pop from Decouplr, a pair of musicians from Philadelphia who are tapping a deep vein of soulful synthesis. We’ll also hear music from Scotland’s Moqwai.
Coming Up
Monday, Mar 22, 2021 – Grandbrothers Interview
The German duo Grandbrothers, who play a grand piano hooked up with electronics and a machine for an orchestral sound. We tickle the ivories and program the drum machines of Grandbrothers.
Playlists
Monday, Mar 8, 2021 – Echoes Program 2110A
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.
Coming Up
Weekend, Mar 20-21, 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.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 6-7, 2021 – Programs 2109A & 2109B
Echoes March CD of the Month is Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s latest pastoral opus, Ravenna. Then Thievery Corporation’s Eric Hilton & Rob Garza talk about a music born in dub and sampling.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 19, 2021 – Echoes Vernal Equinox
We declare winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the cycle of celestial events to drive winter away.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 5, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109E
If you caught Nils Frahm live in 2018 and 2019, you saw one of the most spectacular solo performances of the millennium. Now it’s been released as a live album, Tripping with Nils Frahm.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 – Olafur Arnalds Interview
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. It’s a pandemic meditation.
Best Of
Echoes February 2021 Top 25: Time Traveler at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for February 2021. Time Traveler’s Sky Falter, February’s CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Erik Wollo, Grandbrothers, Todd Boston, and 21 other great CDs.