30 years ago, Loreena McKennitt released her breakthrough album, The Visit. We talk to this influential musician who turned Celtic music into world fusion while telling epic tales.
Playlists
Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 – Echoes Program 2149C
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 21, 2021 – An Echoes Winter Solstice
Join us for an An Echoes Winter Solstice, a different kind of seasonal show. We’ll hear music inspired by the season in all its quiet majesty and interior warmth.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2149B
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.
Coming Up
Monday, Dec 20, 2021 – Smoke Fairies Wild Winter
It’s a wild winter with Smoke Fairies live. This English duo calls up the nostalgic side of Christmas, but one after too many eggnogs on their album, Wild Winter.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 6, 2021 – Echoes Program 2149A
We visit the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project, EMEAPP. It’s a museum of electronic instruments from the earliest devices through Keith Emerson’s keyboard rig and beyond.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 18-19, 2021 – Best of Echoes 2021
It’s the Best of Echoes 2021. In a tumultuous year, John Diliberto finds albums that will bring you peace, joy and adventure. Then we’ll hear from our 12 CDs of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 4-5, 2021 – Programs 2148A & 2148B
The Holidays are coming and we have your soundtrack with a new collection called Winter Tales, the Echoes December CD of the Month. Enjoy new works for the season from artists you already love.
Coming Up
Friday, Dec 17, 2021 – Slow Flow with David Wright
On A Slow Flow Echoes, a space music epic by David Wright. The Lost Colony is a soundtrack for a graphic novel by Matt Howarth. We’ll also hear something by Comit from An Ocean of Thoughts.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 3, 2021 -Echoes Program 2148E
We’ll hear music by Immersion. Colin Newman from Wire and Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact collaborate with the likes of Ulrich Schnauss and Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 November 2021: Marconi Union on Top
Echoes Top 25 for November 2021. Marconi Union’s, Signals, the November CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by frostlake, Mark Dwane, Rufus du Sol, and 21 other great CDs.