Acclaimed Space Musician Vic Hennegan Play Live on Echoes You can sort of blame me for Vic Hennegan. He grew up in Philadephia in the 1970s listening to me spinning space music albums by Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and Jean Michel Jarre on WXPN back then. That, and the fact that his mother took him…
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Living Room Concerts
Last Spaceship Before Christmas: Vic Hennegan Live on Echoes
You can sort of blame me for Vic Hennegan. He grew up in Philadephia in the 1970s listening to me spinning space music albums by Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream and Jean Michel Jarre on WXPN back then. That, and the fact that his mother took him to psychedelic ballrooms like the Electric Factory as a…
Interview Podcast
From Beach Boys to Tangerine Dream: Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters in Echoes Podcast
Hear Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters Interview in the Echoes Podcast. It’s been an Ulrich Schnauss year here at Echoes. He had a CD of the Month in February this year with A Long Way to Fall and we interviewed him as well. Then he played live for us in early September and now he’s…
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Dreams and Machines, Autoharps and Sequencers tonight on Echoes.
Tonight on Echoes you can hear a singer-songwriter who could’ve been recording 50 years ago and another who is strickly 21st century. And I have electronic music that could’ve been made forty years ago and another born from contemporary aesthetics. Basia Bulat is a singer who has just released her third album, Tall Tall Shadow. …
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Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters on Echoes
Hear Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters Interview Tonight on Echoes. It’s been an Ulrich Schnauss year here at Echoes. He had a CD of the Month in February this year with A Long Way to Fall and we interviewed him as well. Then he played live for us in early September and now he’s back…
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Echoes 24 Years Ago Today!
In 1989 the World Wide Web was invented The Berlin Wall fell. The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Denmark legalized civil unions between same-sex couples They were all ahead of the curve. And so was Echoes which launched on this day 24 years ago, on October 2, 1989 Today on Echoes, you’ll hear…
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Celtic Returns, Prog on the Side, Experiment into Ambient
We’ve got a lot of new music from old friends today on Echoes. Clannad, the legendary Irish band and one of the groups that launched the Celtic renaissance in the 1980s, returns with their first album in 15 years. It’s called Nádúr, Gaelic for nature, and it brings the core members of Clannad back together,…
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Philadelphia Electronics & English Dream-Pop
Tonight on Echoes, Music recorded live in Philadelphia when we hear music from Ian Boddy’s Liverdelphia. The title sounds a bit like a disease, but it’s an awkward amalgamation of Liverpool and Philadelphia where this album was recorded live in concert. We’ll also hear new music by the English dream-pop band, Still Corners off their…
Living Room Concerts
Living Room Concert: Radio Massacre International
Hear Radio Massacre International in a Living Room Concert on Echoes tonight. It’s a trip into deep space when the English electronic trio Radio Massacre International comes into the Echoes living room and elevates us into the cosmos with a live performance. Below, watch the electronic music video of Radio Massacre International’s “Small Frozen North”…
Interview Podcast
Jah Wobble & Marconi Union Echoes Podcast.
Hear the Echoes Podcast with Marconi Union & Jah Wobble In a surprising collaboration, English ambient band Marconi Union teams up with dub bassist Jah Wobble, best known for his work with Public Image, Ltd. They talk about their album of deep-dub space music called Anomic. Highlights include: Jah Wobble on Marconi Union: I was…