It’s clear blue skies, flowing brooks and chirping crickets along with synthesizers, guitars and voices when we explore the landscapes of the planet on an Echoes Earth Day Soundscape.
Playlists
Friday, April 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1716E
Tag: psychedelic
Playlists
Thursday April 13th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1715D
On the next Echoes we look to the skies with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly when we hear music from their album, Planetarium. We’ll also hear music from singer-songwriter Lexie Roth, daughter of guitarist Arlen Roth.
Interview Podcast
Electronic Icon Morton Subotnick in Echoes Podcast
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Morton Subotnick was a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 album, Silver Apples of the Moon, signaled a new way of making music that only used electronics. He talks about the early days of electronic music in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Tuesday March 28th, 2017-Echoes Program1713B
Morton Subotnick was a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 album, Silver Apples of the Moon signaled a new way of making music that only used electronics. He talks about the early days of electronic music on Echoes.
Playlists
Friday, March 24th, 2017-Echoes Program 1712E
New music from Bonobo’s “Migrations” and The Flaming Lips with Miley Cyrus.
Interview Podcast
Jean-Michel Jarre in Echoes Podcast
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In the Echoes Podcast French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre talks about oxygene then and now.
Reviews & Commentary
The Velvet Underground and Nico at 50.
The Velvet Underground and Nico was a seminal album released in 1967. Even before the Summer of Love got going, VU took a darker approach to modern alternative culture with music that pioneered experimental rock.
Playlists
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017-Echoes Program 1711C
We look back to the velvet side of the Velvet Underground and their debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, which was released 50 years ago on March 12, 1967.
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Weekend, March 11 & 12, 2017-Echoes Program 1710A
Mike Oldfield is best known for his 1973 epic, Tubular Bells, but one of his most beloved recordings is his third album, 1975’s Ommadawn. Like Tubular Bells it was two, side-long journeys, this time into a sound that was pastoral, Celtic and African.
Interview Podcast
Mike Oldfield in Echoes Podcast
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In the Echoes Podcast, Mike Oldfield takes us inside two of his epic works, 1975’s Ommadawn and 2017’s Return to Ommadawn. Tragedy and nostalgia beset both of these wonderful works.