It’s the 36 strings of The California Guitar Trio and the Montréal Guitare Trio. These two virtuoso groups get together to play music from their 2019 CD of the Month, In a Landscape, live.
Hawaiian ukulele lion Jake Shimabukuro comes in with his trio to lay down the dreamy ambient textured music of his new album, including a cover of a Pink Floyd classic.
Cellist Hans Christian talks about his heavily electronic album, After The Fall. It took him back to his roots which include Pink Floyd, Space music, and his father’s church.
An Echoes Summer Solstice. We mark the beginning of summer with a soundscape drawn from Aukai, Jake Shimabukuro, Angel Olsen and the man for all seasons, George Winston.
New music by dream pop singer Sohn & the Metropole Orchestra who turn his electronic pop into pop symphonies. We’ll also hear music from Aukai off their new album of world fusion, Game Trails.
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Tonight’s Echoes includes music from Emancipator surrounding his interview as well as new music by Moby, Atomic Skunk and Steve Roach as well as a classic from Sun Ra.
We talk with Taimane. Her ukulele fusion that takes the instrument out of the luau and into the world. We also talk to Danish singer Agnes Obel about her haunting ambient chamber pop music.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear new music by Sonic Yogi. He’s actually an acoustic guitar player, Jonathan Adams and his album of meditative guitar is called Be the Love You Seek.
Hawaii’s Taimane takes the ukulele and brings uncanny virtuosity and melody to it If you think the ukulele is a novelty instrument for Luaus, then you need to hear Taimane live on Echoes.