It was 50 years ago that The Beatles released their psychedelic masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Echoes John Diliberto looks back on the impact of this album.
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Sgt. Pepper’s 50th Anniversary of Blown Minds
Tag: psychedelic
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Thursday, June 1st, 2017-Echoes Program 1722D
Fall into a dream on the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We’ll explore this psychedelic classic with originals and a covers recreation.
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2017-Echoes Program 1721C
Mike Oldfield is best known for his 1973 epic, Tubular Bells, but one of his most beloved recordings is his third album, Ommadawn. After 4 decades, Oldfield talks about his Return to Ommadawn.
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Suzanne Ciani Wins Moog Innovation Award
The 2017 Moog Innovation Award will be presented to Suzanne Ciani at Moogfest 2017, the annual music, art and technology festival in Durham, North Carolina. She’s profiled Monday, May 22 on Echoes
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Weekend, May 13 & 14 2017 – Echoes Program 1719A
On their seventh album, Silver Eye, the English duo, Goldfrapp tackle themes of musical and sexual transformation. They talk about their metaphysical and electronic journey on Echoes.
Reviews & Commentary
Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts Video
The Decemberists & Olivia Chaney are both steeped in folk traditions. They take it in a trippy rock direction on a new album “The Queen of Hearts.” They’ve just released a video for title track
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Thursday, May 11th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1719D
As we continue our celebration of music from 1967, we come to a little curio with a great title, Electric Music for the Mind and Body. Sounds like something a Techno or Trance act should’ve used. But it was the sound created by these folkies turned psychedelic troubadours.
Reviews & Commentary
Fifty Year Flashback: Country Joe & the Fish
Country Joe and the Fish’s debut, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, remains a defining artifacts of the psychedelic era. It turns 50 on May 11, still tripping after all these years.
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Monday, May 8th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1719A
On their seventh album, Silver Eye, the English duo, Goldfrapp tackle themes of musical and sexual transformation. They talk about their metaphysical and electronic journey on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Delia Derbyshire’s 80th Birthday in Echoes Podcast.
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She created the theme for Doctor Who, tripped out with the White Noise, and inspired a few generations of British electronic musicians to plug in. Delia Derbyshire remembered in Echoes Podcast