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
Monday, Sept 27, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139A
Tag: New Age
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.
Coming Up
Thursday, Oct 7, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from French 79, whose new album, Joshua takes a retro-electronic spin. We’ll also hear new music by Phil Keaggy‘s Acoustic Sketches 3.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster, Tom Eaton
Playlists
Thursday, September 23, 2021 – Echoes Program 2138D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from the Myndstream Collection Volume 1, featuring Mark Isham, Rick Wakeman and more. We’ll also hear from Steve Roach & Michael Stearns.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021 – New music from Vangelis and E.Vax
Space is the place this year and Vangelis has the album for it. It’s called Juno to Jupiter and it is in the classic Vangelis mode. We’ll also hear music from E.Vax, which is Evan Peter Mast.
Playlists
Wednesday, Sept 22, 2021 – Echoes Program 2138C
Summer’s over and Autumn has officially arrived, in an Echoes Autumnal Equinox Soundscape. We paint sound in Autumnal colors with George Winston, Fiona Joy Hawkins, Digitonal, and more.