SUSS is the tripped-out band that merges country, ambient, and psychedelic music and their side project, Numün. Are they ambient Americana or psychedelic country. We suss it out.
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Thursday, Apr 1, 2021 – SUSS Interview
Tag: synthesizer
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Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111D
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares-down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. Join us with Ólafur Arnalds on Echoes.
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Tuesday, Mar 30, 2021 – New Music from Lisa Gerrard
Lisa Gerrard returns in full force. She was barely on the last Dead Can Dance album, but her ecstatic sound is all over a new collaboration called Burn. We’ll also hear from All India Radio.
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Monday, Mar 29, 2021 – Kevin Keller Interview
Ambient chamber composer Kevin Keller goes spiritual when heart surgery stops his heart from beating. He contemplates that experience on his album, The Front Porch of Heaven.
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Monday, Mar 15, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111A
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
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Weekend, Mar 27-28, 2021 – Grandbrothers, Johnson/Keaggy
The German duo Grandbrothers, who play a grand piano hooked up with electronics and a machine for an orchestral sound. Then Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy take us on a trip to Ravenna.
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Friday, Mar 26, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Eric Hilton, one half of the brain trust of Thievery Corporation. His album, Infinite Everywhere is a laid-back ambient lounge release.
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Thursday, Mar 25, 2021 – Marya Stark Interview
Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.
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Wednesday, Mar 24, 2021 -Loreena McKennitt Icon/Constance Demby R.I.P.
Loreena McKennitt arises as the 14th Icon. We’ll hear a profile of this one-of-a-kind artist. Then we remember Constance Demby, a New Age Queen who died on March 20, 2021.
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Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 – Johnson & Keaggy Interview
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy take us on a trip to Ravenna. The two musicians take us inside their musical creation which has elements of folk, classical and even some rock slips in.