Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Will Ackerman & Philip Aaberg
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 – Echoes Program 2621C
The enchantment of Lucinda Chua. The British singer and cellist has a masterful, perfectly-pitched album called Yian. It translates as swallow. Lucinda Chua flies on Echoes.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026 – Music from Rone
On the next Echoes we go whaling with Rone from his album Megaptera. It’s inspired by his studies of Humpback whales. He creates an electronic tone poem to these oceanic behemoths.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026 – Echoes Program 2621B
We remember Philip Aaberg, the pianist and composer best-known for his solo piano albums on Windham Hill. We’ll also hear Steve Roach’s live album La Rosa, and the Sanctity of Rust by Hollan Holmes.
News
Philip Aaberg R.I.P. April 8, 1949-May 23, 2026
Pianist Philip Aaberg was part of the mid-1980s Windham Hill sound, but his career and piano playing went well beyond that. He died on May 23, 2026
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Monday, May 25, 2026 – Echoes Program 2621A
We remember on an Echoes Memorial Day Soundscape with music to contemplate the carnage of war. We’ll hear songs from Loreena McKennitt, The Zombies, Hammock, Hans Zimmer and more.
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Weekend, June 6-7, 2026 – June CD of the Month
An album inspired by an acid trip, the rising moon and religious oppression. It’s The Second Coming Was a Moonrise, and it’s the new release by Hammock. It’s Echoes June CD of the Month.
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Weekend, May 23-24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2620A
50 years ago, guitarist Will Ackerman’s modest release In Search of the Turtle’s Navel launched a movement. We hear founder Will Ackerman talk about the genesis of a revolution.
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Friday, May 22, 2026 – Echoes Program 2620E
It’s a trip to the red planet when we hear music by Thaneco from his album, Structures from Mars. It’s an album of deep Berlin school sequencers. We’ll also hear something from Sine.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026 – New Music from Shearwater
New music from Shearwater, the dreamy alt-rock project of Jonathan Meiberg. The new album is The New World. We’ll also hear the first single from Love Spirals Downwards singer, Suzanne Perry.