Singer and songwriter Loreena McKennitt, An avatar of Celtic music, has returned with her first album of original music in 12 years. Only most of the music was composed over 12 years ago.
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Tuesday May 22nd, 2018-Echoes Program 1821B
Tag: folk
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1820B
Overcoats are the latest duo to charm us. Their 2017 album, Young was NPR’s #4 album of the year. Overcoats come in to play their folktronica music live on Echoes.
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Wednesday, May 9th-Echoes Program 1819C
Composer Forrest Fang manipulates western, eastern and toy instruments along with flowerpots into surreal soundscapes. He talks about his new album, Scenes from a Ghost Train, on Echoes.
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Thursday, April 12th, 2018-Echoes Program 1815D
On the next Echoes, it’s new music by Loreena McKennitt. She has a new album of lost songs called Lost Souls, much of which harkens back to her breakthrough album, The Visit.
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2018-Echoes Program 1815B
The singer known as Mirah is a legend on the Indie-folk scene where she’s been releasing personal albums. She comes into Echoes to perform her intimate, and painterly songs live.
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1814C
On the next Echoes, the serene sound of March to May live. They’re a duo from Seattle who have influences of Celtic, folk and chamber music.
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2018-Echoes Program 1812D
Joni Mitchell is an icon of modern music, the singer-songwriter who created the singer-songwriter aesthetic and blew it up. We go back to her debut album, Song to a Seagull in a Flashback 50.
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018-Echoes Program 1812B
Day equals night. Winter is Melting. Spring is Blooming. Even if those last two aren’t true yet, Echoes has a soundscape to make you think so as we celebrate the Vernal Equinox.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Forrest Fang & Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Composer Forrest Fang talks about his ambient world music soundscapes and we remember Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson with a 2009 Echoes Interview. Jóhannsson died on February 10, 2018.
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Tuesday, February 13th, 2018-Echoes Program 1807B
Tom Caufield’s albums are conceptual works that take the acoustic guitar beyond what you’d expect including works for electronics and chamber orchestra. He comes in to play live on Echoes.