World Piano Day was created by German keyboardist Nils Frahm to celebrate music created on 88 keys, created with objects embedded in strings, or electronics manipulating strings.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 – Echoes Program 2413D
Tag: piano
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2024 – Long Tracks II
It’s another Journey into Long Tracks on the next Echoes. We’ll be hearing the title track to Michael Hoenig’s Departure from the Northern Wastelands, some Mike Oldfield, Nils Frahm, and more.
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Thursday, Apr 4, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Misticeti. He comes to us from Colombia via Denmark where he currently composes some very dynamic electronic music. We’ll also hear from Jeremiah Fraites.
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Friday, March 29, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music by Jeremiah Fraites. He’s a member of the alt-rock group, The Lumineers, but on his own he’s making a neo-classical sound with a rough edge. He has a new album, Piano Piano 2.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 – World Piano Day
World Piano Day was created by German keyboardist Nils Frahm to celebrate music created on 88 keys, created with objects embedded in strings, or electronics manipulating strings.
CD of the Month
Echoes December CD of the Month: David Arkenstone
David Arkenstone has crafted an album that captures the mysticism, weather and sound of the season with Winterlüde with all original tone poems. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.
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Thursday, Dec 7, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Haushka. The German pianist likes to insert strange objects on the strings of his piano, in the tradition of John Cage. His latest album is Philanthropy.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: Jeff Pearce – 30 Years of Ambient Guitar
Hear ambient guitar, live, when Jeff Pearce comes in to play music from across his 30-year career, including covers of music by two of his influences, Harold Budd and Vangelis.
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Weekend, Oct 28-29, 2023 – Darkside Revisited & Carla Bley RIP
Darkside is the trippy electronica duo of Nicolas Jaar & Dave Harrington who released their debut album 10 years ago. They talk about that and we remember Carla Bley, a true iconoclast.
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Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023 – Remembering Carla Bley
We remember Carla Bley. The jazz composer provocateur created one of the most varied and exploratory body of works in jazz, spanning seven decades. She passed away at 87.