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.
Playlists
Monday, Mar 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109A
Tag: electronic
Coming Up
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.
Coming Up
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.
Coming Up
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.
Playlists
Friday, Feb 26, 2021 – Echoes Program 2108E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we trek into the Utah wilds to hear the latest album of guitar and bass improvisations by Endless Field, Alive in the Wilderness.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 11, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
Steve Roach has just released Into the Majestic, which taps his more celestial electronic side. We’ll also hear music from Mark Dwane off his new album, Atlantean Apparitions.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Mike Oldfield and Henrik Lindstrand
Playlists
Thursday, Feb 25, 2021 – Echoes Program 2108D
German electronic music legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a founder of Cluster and Harmonia. Lately, he’s gone acoustic and has even recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon classical label.