In honor of National Hispanic American Heritage Month, we’re going to the Latin side of Echoes. Not what you might expect: We’ll hear a different, more ambient part of the Latin aesthetic.
Playlists
Wednesday, Sept 29, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139C
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021 – Stephan Micus Interview
Before there was a genre called world music, Stephan Micus was taking instruments from around the globe and creating acoustic ambient soundscapes. We talk to Stephan Micus on Echoes.
Playlists
Tuesday, Sept 28, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139B
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the greatest unsung band of Progressive Rock, Jade Warrior. Launched in 1971, they created a quartet of the most brilliant world fusion albums.
Coming Up
Monday, Oct 11, 2021 – Liquid Bloom & PERE, Tigerforest
Liquid Bloom teams up with PERE from Israel for an album of tribal electronic moods called Afar. We’ll hear that, and Tigerforest’s album, Discovery remixed as Re:Discovery.
Reviews & Commentary
Alarm Will Sound Play John Luther Adams
Composer John Luther Adams has always placed nature at the core of his work. With Ten Thousand Birds, Alarm Will Sound take it into nature at the Morris Arboretum.
Playlists
Monday, Sept 27, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139A
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.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 9-10, 2021 – Kevin Keller & Hybrid
Weekend Listeners hear October’s CD of the Month, Shimmer by Kevin Keller. Hear that and an interview with Hybrid talking about their August CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Sept 25-26, 2021 – Programs 2138A & 2138B
Guitarist Will Ackerman, founder of Windham Hill Records, horn player Jeff Oster and multi-instrumentalist Tom Eaton have gotten together for a new age nostalgic album called Brothers.
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 8, 2021 – New Music from Anoushka Shankar
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, but she’s going even further afield than her father. We’ll hear a track from Love Letters PS, featuring her sister, Norah Jones.
Playlists
Friday, Sept 24, 2021 – Echoes Program 2138E
The sultry sound of Morcheeba with music from their album, Blackest Blue and new ambient chamber music by South American composer Sebastian Plano from his album, Agos.