SUSS is the tripped-out band that merges country, ambient, and psychedelic music and their side project, Numuen. Are they ambient Americana or psychedelic country. We suss it out.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 – SUSS Interview
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Wednesday, Dec 30, 2020 – Echoes Program 2052C
Andreas Vollenweider has been out of sight for 11 years, but now the acclaimed Swiss harpist has returned with a new album, Quiet Places. We go there and talk to him on Echoes.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 – Remembering David Darling
We remember David Darling, the cellist and pioneer of Ambient Chamber music. He plucked his last note on January 8, 2021. He was a pioneer of ambient chamber music.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2020 – Echoes Program 2052B
Michael Rother, legendary guitarist of German progressive music, has played with Kraftwerk, Neu, and Harmonia. We talk to Rother about his new album, his first in 16 years called Dreaming.
Coming Up
Monday, Jan 11, 2021 – Marya Stark Interview
Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a more celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 28, 2020 – Program 2052A
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
Coming Up
Weekend, Jan 9-10, 2021 – Steve Roach CD of the Month
Today is Tomorrow as we start 2021 with our January CD of the Month, Steve Roach’s Tomorrow. Then an interview with early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, Amon Tobin.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 26-27, 2020 – Programs 2051A & 2051B
Bundle up for a Winter Solstice Soundscape of snow shrouded trees, silent saguaro cactus and white out conditions. We create a winter fantasy taking you into the chilled side of the season.
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 8, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Iona, the English group who specializes in an ethereal form of progressive rock. They have a collection out called The Book of Iona.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 25, 2020 – Echoes Program 2051E
The presents are unwrapped, stomachs are stuffed, and everyone is drowsy. It’s time to chill with a Christmas Soundscape. It’s the sounds of the season sculpted in snow shrouded serenity.