It’s the sounds of Ireland on a Celtic Soundscape for St. Patrick’s Day. We head into the serene and mystic side of Ireland with music from Clannad, Enya, Afro Celt Sound System and more.
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Thursday, Mar 17, 2022 – Echoes Celtic Soundscape
Tag: New Age
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Trentemøller & Vonavi Interview
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 3, 2022 – Echoes Program 2209D
Two sides of deep ambience. We’ll hear from Billow Observatory (Danish guitarist Jonas Munk and American electronic artist Jason Kolb) and we’ll have new music by the Icelandic duo Hugar.
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Wednesday, Mar 16, 2022 – Tangerine Dream’s Raum
Tangerine Dream’s new album is called Raum, which means space. They’ve been exploring it for over 5 decades. This album is based on compositions left by the late founding member, Edgar Froese.
Playlists
Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022 – Echoes Program 2209C
It’s shamanistic pop from Siberia when we hear Otyken. Think of Bjork going tribal. We’ll also hear a new song by Sharon Van Etten who is continuing her electronic ways.
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Tuesday, Mar 15, 2022 – The Royal Arctic Institute
The Royal Arctic Institute: not a science organization, although one is a psychologist. This quintet creates atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic.
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Monday, Mar 14, 2022 – World Fusion on Echoes
World fusion was a big part of the Echoes sound in the 1990s, and while no one was looking it has returned with artists like Tropo, Liquid Bloom, Mamak Khadem and many others.
Playlists
Monday, February 28, 2022 – Echoes Program 2209A
Echoes’ March CD of the Month looks back on Memories. It’s called Memoria by Danish electronic artist Trentemøller. He mixes downtempo grooves, New Wave moods and dreampop vocals.
Coming Up
Weekend, Mar 12-13, 2022 – Hollan Holmes & Women in Wires
Texas-based artist Hollan Holmes paints southern landscapes and rusty artifacts by day, but he heads into electronic space at night, composing music like his CD of the Month, Emerald Waters.
Playlists
Weekend, Feb 26-27, 2022 – Programs 2208A & 2208B
Chieli Minucci talks about his instrumental outing into a more contemplative mode. He’s a guitarist and founder of fusion group Special EFX, but has a new solo album called Someone’s Singing.