We ring the Tubular Bells of the 11th Icon of Echoes, Mike Oldfield. Oldfield made one of the signpost works of the 1970s, but he’s done so much more. We explore his vast career on Echoes.
Playlists
Wednesday, Feb 24, 2021 – Echoes Program 2108C
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021 – Echoes Program 2108B
The ambient sounds of the African Diaspora. As part of Black History Month, we navigate the world for the sounds of Afro-futuristic jazz, world fusion, Detroit techno and space music.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 22, 2021 – Echoes Program 2108A
It’s the sound of the spirit when we talk with Shunia, the duo of Lisa Reagan and Suzanne Jackson. The two operatic singers turn Hindi chants into serene dream pop.
Coming Up
Weekend, Mar 6-7, 2021 – CD of the Month: Ravenna
Echoes March CD of the Month is Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s latest pastoral opus, Ravenna. Then Thievery Corporation’s Eric Hilton & Rob Garza talk about a music born in dub and sampling.
Playlists
Weekend, Feb 20-21, 2021 – Programs 2107A & 2107B
The ambient chamber music of A Winged Victory for the Sullen, a collaboration between Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie, explores darker terrain on Invisible Cities.
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 5, 2021 – Music from Nils Frahm
If you caught Nils Frahm live in 2018 and 2019, you saw one of the most spectacular solo performances of the millennium. Now it’s been released as a live album, Tripping with Nils Frahm.
Playlists
Friday, Feb 19, 2021 – Echoes Program 2107E
New music by Alex Maas, lead singer of the psychedelic band The Black Angels. He goes more pastoral on an album called Luca. We’ll also hear from Time Traveler, the new persona of Eleon.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 4, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music that’s not so slow by Martin Gore from Depeche Mode from his album, The Third Chimpanzee. We’ll also hear electronic music by S1gns of L1fe from the album, Cymatic.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Enya-The 10th Icon and Desensitized
Playlists
Thursday, Feb 18, 2021 – Echoes Program 2107D
Two guitarists with expansive sounds: Carl Weingarten, from a new album of rustic chamber music, Ember Days, and Robert Jurjendal with a more ambient approach on Water Finds a Way.