It’s an Ancient Echoes when we look back on Michael Garrison. He was among the first American artists to pick up on the sound of German electronic music in the 1970s and 80s.
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Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2612B
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Monday, Apr 6, 2026 – A Trip to the Moon Spacescape
The Artemis II mission to the moon deserves a soundtrack and Echoes has it with An Echoes Journey to the Moon spacescape with space music from Pink Floyd to Transponder and beyond.
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Monday, Mar 23, 2026 – Echoes Program 2612A
Remember Modern English? Mara Katria does, and she has a new collaboration with the band called Modern M. The music is moody and anthemic, a modern extrapolation of a New Wave classic sound.
Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 4-5, 2026 – April CD: Unfolding Skies
Synthesist Craig Padilla and guitarist Marvin Allen take a trip into space on their fourth album, Unfolding Skies. It’s Echoes April CD of the Month.
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Weekend, Mar 21-22, 2026 – Programs 2611A & 2611B
Singer Joan La Barbara developed extended vocal techniques and imaginary languages long before Lisa Gerrard, Elizabeth Fraser or Azam Ali. John Diliberto talks to her on Echoes.
Coming Up
Friday, Apr 3, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Kenneth Hooper who plays Native American flute and we’ll go back to Chronos, an epic 1984 IMAX soundtrack by Michael Stearns that has been reissued.
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Friday, Mar 20, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s a meeting of electronic wires and acoustic strings when we hear the collaboration between the electronic artist, Four Tet and guitarist William Tyler.
Coming Up
Thursday, Apr 2, 2026 – Music from Anoushka Shankar
We’ll hear a track from the second EP in a trilogy by sitarist Anoushka Shankar: Chapter II – How Dark It Is Before Dawn. We’ll also hear a classic long track by Sally Oldfield.
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Thursday, Mar 19, 2026 – Echoes Program 2611D
A classic from one of the first electronic groups in America, Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company. They debuted in 1973 and we’ll hear from a new live compilation.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 1, 2026 – Echo Season
If a song or album has Echo in the title, it has to be played on Echoes. So if an artist records as Echo Season, well, that’s a slam dunk. We’ll hear from Echo Season’s album, Residual Signals.