It’s a wild winter with Smoke Fairies live. This English duo calls up the nostalgic side of Christmas, singing about beauty and conflicts with intricate guitar melodies and vocal harmonies.
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Weekend, Dec 25-26, 2021 – Programs 2151A & 2151B
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Fri, Jan 7, 2022 – Michael Rother & Vittoria Maccabruni
An icon of German electronic music returns. guitarist Michael Rother from Harmonia, and Neu! has a new album with Vittoria Maccabruni called As Long As the Light.
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Friday, Dec 24, 2021 – Echoes Program 2151E
On An Echoes Christmas, it’s a Christmas of the imagination. We create a soundscape for that long winter’s nap; or for wrapping presents and putting together those last-minute toys.
Coming Up
Thursday, Jan 6, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by The Album Leaf, revisited. Jimmy Lavalle has gone back to his 2001 album, One Day I’ll Be On Time, and reworked it as One Day XX
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Thursday, Dec 23, 2021 – Echoes Program 2151D
A Nordic Cosmic Christmas with ambient guitarist Erik Wøllo live. He composed a suite that evokes his childhood home in the Norwegian mountains, with gorgeous melodies & evocative atmospheres.
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Weds, Dec 22, 2021 – Echoes Program 2151C
Join us for a Celtic Christmas with Moya Brennan. The famed singer from Clannad plays music from her album, An Irish Christmas live on an Echoes Celtic Christmas from PRX.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022 – Music from Lunar Noon
We’ll hear music by Lunar Noon, a choral dream pop project of Michelle Zheng. Her debut album is Symbolic Creature. We also have music from Robot Koch’s Sand And Foam project remixed.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 4, 2022 – Best of Echoes 2021
Before diving into 2022, we take a look back at the Best of Echoes 2021. We’ll hear the top 20 from our 30 best albums of last year.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 21, 2021 – Echoes Program 2151B
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.
Coming Up
Monday, Jan 3, 2022 – The Great Northern CD of the Month
The January CD of the Month is Nocturnes by Ben Jackson recording as The Great Northern. He usually produces country and pop in Nashville, but we’ll hear him as an electronic ambient composer.