MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
Playlists
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 – Echoes Program 2513B
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Monday, March 31, 2025 – Echoes Program 2513A
If you can’t wait for summer, Echoes has a record for you: Ludovico Einaudi’s The Summer Portraits. The Italian composer and pianist sculpts delicate chamber music breezes.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 29-30, 2025 – Programs 2512A & 2512B
It’s a meeting of electronic generations with Ian Boddy and Harald Grosskopf. They’ve created an album called Doppelganger that looks back at the golden age of Krautrock.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2025 – A Musical Journey
Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
Playlists
Monday, Mar 24, 2025 – Echoes Program 2512A
It’s a meeting of electronic generations with Ian Boddy and Harald Grosskopf. They’ve created an album called Doppelganger that looks back at the golden age of Krautrock.
Coming Up
Friday, Apr 4, 2025 – New Music from Silkroad Ensemble
Music by The Silk Road Ensemble with Rhianon Giddens. They’ve taken a more Americana turn since Giddens took the reins from founder Yo-Yo Ma, but they still have that global aesthetic.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 21, 2025 – Echoes Program 2511E
We enter a dream state with Kelly Lee Owens. She’s an electronic musician and singer who hovers between dreampop and EDM. John Diliberto drops a couple of tracks off her album Dreamstate.
Coming Up
Thursday, Apr 3, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Robot Koch. This musician who has been on the edges of electronica and EDM for years goes full new age on an album of drifting moods called Allow.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 20, 2025 – Echoes Program 2511D
Echoes declares winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the turning of celestial events to drive winter away.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 2, 2025 – New Music from Carl Weingarten
New music by guitarist Carl Weingarten. He’s been recording various angles of progressive music for decades, specializing in slide guitar. He has a new album of pastoral moods.