Idiosyncratic folk-rocker Sufjan Stevens has a five volume set of deeply ambient compositions called Convocations. It’s partly a response to deaths in the family and the pandemic.
Coming Up
Thursday, July 29, 2021 – Sufjan Stevens Interview
Tag: New Age
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Hybrid and George Winston
Playlists
Thursday, July 15, 2021 – Echoes Program 2128D
New music by Mirabai Ceiba. This duo of Markus Sieber and Angelika Baumbach from Aukai started as a chant group but have evolved considerably on their new album, The Quiet Hour.
Living Room Concerts
George Winston – Live on Echoes in 1999
Pianist George Winston, the 30th Icon, came into the Echoes Living Room in 1999, and performed tunes from his latest album at the time, Plains, his classic December and more.
Coming Up
Wednesday, July 28, 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 with her sister, Norah Jones.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 – Echoes Program 2128C
George Winston is the 30th Icon for 30 years of Echoes. We’ll survey the music world of this pianist who brought contemporary instrumental music to popularity in the 1980s.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021 – Harold Budd and Eric Hilton
We hear some of the last music created by Harold Budd. The ambient artist passed last December, but he left his soundtrack to HBO’s I Know This Much Is True. We’ve got a track from that.
Coming Up
Weekend, July 24-25, 2021 – Robot Koch Interview
German Composer Robot Koch has gone from death metal to deep ambient chamber music in his career. And Sphongle began in hallunciation and makes hallucinations. Their stories on Echoes.
Playlists
Weekend, July 10-11, 2021 – Programs 2127A & 2127B
The perfect CD for the Month for July, Lanterna’s Hidden Drives. Lanterna cranks up the country twang, digital delays and atmospheres for an album of open-spaced Ambient Americana.
Coming Up
Friday, July 23, 2021 – Music by Ian Boddy, Jon Durant, Digitonal
Electronic artist Ian Boddy’s new album, Axiom features a classic retro-space music sound. We’ll also hear ambient piano by Jon Durant and ambient chamber music by Digitonal.