We talk to singer-songwriter Marya Stark about her celestial approach to lyrics and her new album, Saphhire. Then we remember cellist David Darling, who left the planet on January 8th.
Coming Up
Weekend, Jan 16-17, 2021 – Marya Stark & David Darling
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 2-3, 2021 – Programs 2052A & 2052B
Ryan West is Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. Michael Rother is a legend of progressive rock and electronic music.
CD of the Month
Echoes January 2021 CDoM: Steve Roach – Tomorrow
Steve Roach is an Icon of Echoes. His 2020 release Tomorrow is the Echoes CD of the Month. Hear this analog modular sequencer dervish from the master of that sound.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2052E
Echoes has gone through the hundreds of recordings that we’ve played and picked out the Top 30 albums for 2020, a horrible year in life, but a great year in music. We count-down the top 20.
Coming Up
Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Loga Ramin Torkian, one half of the Persian fusion group, Niyaz. He has a new solo album out of micro-tonal guitar and cello called Brink of Absolute.
Playlists
Thursday, Dec 31, 2020 – Echoes Program 2052D
Stomp on 2020 and blow it out of your mind when we dance in 2021 with Downtempo New Year’s Eve Soundscape. The chill is turned up to 11 as we swing in on electronic sounds.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 – SUSS Interview
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.
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.