The electronic pop band, Decouplr, tackles themes of pandemic and isolation. The Philadelphia duo have released their 80s inspired album of electro-pop called Digital Bonfire.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Apr 6, 2021 – Decouplr: The Echoes Interview
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 – Echoes Program 2112B
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy take us on a trip to Ravenna. The two musicians take us inside their musical creation which has elements of folk, classical and even some rock slips in.
Coming Up
Monday, Apr 5, 2021 – Carl Weingarten’s Ember Days
The April CD of the Month, Ember Days, is an album of intricate and pastoral excursions by Carl Weingarten. He weaves multiple guitars into the sound of country-meets-heaven.
Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 3-4, 2021 – Kevin Keller Interview
Ambient chamber composer Kevin Keller goes spiritual when heart surgery stops his heart from beating. He contemplates that experience on his album, The Front Porch of Heaven.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 20-21, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111A
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
Coming Up
Friday, Apr 2, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
It’s a Slow Flow with new music by Lisa Bella Donna from The World She Wanted, Native flutes and Peruvian pan-pipes from Pamela Whitman & Cesar Villalobos, and the chill of Gold Lounge.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 19, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111E
We declare winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the cycle of celestial events to drive winter away.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: The Shunia Interview
Coming Up
Thursday, Apr 1, 2021 – SUSS Interview
SUSS is the tripped-out band that merges country, ambient, and psychedelic music and their side project, Numün. Are they ambient Americana or psychedelic country. We suss it out.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111D
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares-down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. Join us with Ólafur Arnalds on Echoes.