Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.
Steve Roach has just released Into the Majestic, which taps his more celestial electronic side. We’ll also hear music from Mark Dwane off his new album, Atlantean Apparitions.
Loreena McKennitt arises as the 14th Icon. We’ll hear a profile of this one-of-a-kind artist. Then we remember Constance Demby, a New Age Queen who died on March 20, 2021.
Pat Metheny in an intimate solo-guitar concert in his home studio. He’s the 13th Icon of Echoes and is featured on our 3/10 show and 3/11 Podcast. Hear this live performance from 2011.
The 13th Icon of Echoes is guitarist Pat Metheny who has influenced generations of musicians with his wide ranging sound. In a special show we’ll sample Metheny’s music from across his career.
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.
New electronic pop from Decouplr, a pair of musicians from Philadelphia who are tapping a deep vein of soulful synthesis. We’ll also hear music from Scotland’s Moqwai.
Leandrul creates beautiful electro-pop music with deep psychological implications. Psychosis of Dreams is not a metaphor. It’s about real trauma with mental health and recovery.
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.
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.