Echoes

Your soundscape for Valentine's Day is here with Echoes of the Heart, a sensual drift though romance, passion and the afterglow. And no silly love songs. Dim the lights, fire up the candles and relax with Echoes of the Heart tonight from PRX . wp.me/p4ZE0X-xrQ

Wednesday, Feb 11, 2026 - Angels Descend Angels descend when we hear heavenly music as the spirits of angels fly through the soundscape with music from Jane Siberry, Iasos, Liminal Drifter and more heavenly bodies.

It's the sound of the heavens when angels descend on Echoes. Take wing with Popol Vuh, Iasos, Delerium and yes, Atomic Skunk tonight on Echoes from PRX wp.me/p4ZE0X-xrM #angels

Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 - Long Tracks IV More long tracks. We'll hear a classic from Eberhard Weber off his album, The Colors of Chloe, and an electronic artist out of Denmark, Klaus Schonning, from his album, Symphodysse.

We go Loooong again with side-filling tracks by Eberhard Weber, Klaus Schonning, Colin Rayment and one of our favorite ambient albums from ISHQ. It's Long Tracks on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xrK

Monday, Feb 9, 2026: Deepspace Interview Deepspace is Australian electronic artist Mirko Ruckels. His recent albums, Neon Blue Utopia and Water Planets, are immersive ambient albums wrapped in science fiction stories.

Journey to Water Planets and Neon Blue Utopias when we talk to Mirko Ruckels of deepspace. It's a trip through autism, opera, rock and science fiction in deep ambient music. Hear it tonight 02/09 on Echoes from PRX .
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Weekend, Feb 7-8, 2026: Jake Shimabukuro CD of the Month Jake Shimabukuro has done for the ukelele what Jimi Hendrix did for the electric guitar. His new album, Calm Seas, explores a more soothing, minimalist influenced sound combined with nature.

Weekend listeners experience the experimental ukulele chill of Jake Shimabukuro's Calm Seas, Echoes CD of the Month. Read the review and prepare rfor something unexpected and wonderful on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xrB

Friday, Feb 6, 2026 - Slow Flow Echoes Music from Vega Trails. It’s a group put together by Portico Quartet bassist Milo Fitpatrick and takes a jazz-inflected, chamber music approach to cinematic compositions.

On a Slow Flow Echoes music from Vega Trails. It’s a group put together by Portico Quartet bassist Milo Fitzpatrick and takes a jazz-inflected, chamber music approach to cinematic compositions. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xqB

Electronic Artist Ray Lynch R.I.P. 1943-2025 Electronic composer Ray Lynch, a New Age Star in the 1980s and 90s, has died at age 82. His album Deep Breakfast and song “Celestial Soda Pop” were hallmarks of the new age era.

R.I.P. Electronic composer Ray Lynch is drifting in a deeper land. The artist behind Deep Breakfast and "Celestial Soda Pop" has left the planet at 82. There has been no notice beyond FB and Insta, but we remember here. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xrm #raylynch

Thursday, Feb 5, 2026 - Music from Kasbo Kasbo is an electronic artist out of Sweden whose music hangs between ambient and EDM. He has a new album, The Learning of Urgency. We'll hear that, as well as music by Caoilfhionn Rose.

Music from electronic artist Kasbo and a a wonderful English singer, Caoilfhionn Rose who infuses her folk based sounds with electronic moods. Hear them tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xqz

Grammys Can’t Handle Death Why can’t award shows get In Memoriam right.

Grammy Awards Can't Handle Death. I just uploaded a new Echoesphere Substack about how the @grammyawards.bsky.social and Academy awards shows keeping screwing up the In Memoriam segments, forgetting that they are supposed to be about the dead. tinyurl.com/ysuwvvxn #grammyawards

Echoes February 2026 CD of the Month: Jake Shimabukuro Ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro’s Calm Seas is placid on the surface, but rewarding deep listening as Jake Shimabukuro takes you on this exploratory journey of uku-loops.

Echoes February CD of the Month: Jake Shimabukuro – Calm Seas. The ukulele master mixes nature sounds with the gentlest of ukulele playing. Read our review now and hear it tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xqk

Somebody decided to upload one of my old radio shows for Diaspar on @wxpnfm.bsky.social to archive.org. It's the progressive music show's best of 1984. Some great, high energy stuff and I don't sound too bad. 😉 These are the roots of Echoes. archive.org/details/1984...

Weekend, Jan 31, 2026: Azam Ali Interview The voice of Azam Ali is heard on TV and films, with the groups Vas and Niyaz, and on several solo releases in a mix of ancient Persian and modern styles. She talks about her latest album, Synesthesia...

Azam Ali, from Vas and Niyaz, has a new solo album, Synesthesia. She takes weekend listeners on her post-pandemic inner journey when we talk to her on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xpZ

Friday, Jan 30, 2026 - Slow Flow Echoes On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Anoushka Shankar who has released the third and final EP of her Trilogy. It’s called Chapter III: We Return to Light. We bring you to the light.

On A Slow Flow Echoes hear a couple of tracks from Anoushka Shankar's Chapter III: We Return to Light, as well as the space guitar of Erik Wøllo and Ancient Future's eastern take on Nirvana tonight from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xpv

Thursday, Jan 29, 2026 - Music from Arooj Aftab Music from Arooj Aftab, the Pakistani-American singer who wraps you in dark sultriness. We'll hear from her album, Night Reign. We'll also hear a psychedelic band called Magic Fig.

The sultry voice of Arooj Aftab will be heard tonight along with some retro psychedelic sounds from Magic Fig. Take a bite tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xpt

Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 - Long Tracks III It’s Long Tracks III as we dig into some more expansive sounds for you. It will include a deep ambient meditation, a lost classic of German space music, a world fusion journey, and more.

It’s Long Tracks III side-long/disc-long/digital-long tracks from Jeff Johnson & John Van Deusen, Eberhard Schoener, Hans Christian, and a masterpiece by Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays. Hear it tonight on Echoes. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xpo

Weekend, Jan 24-25, 2026: Bluetech's Spacehop Bluetech’s album, “Spacehop Chronicles 2” is an homage to Laika, the canine cosmonaut who died in space on Sputnik 2. Bluetech tells the tale of Laika and this headtrip of an album.

Weekend listeners get a visitation from space with Bluetech talking about his CD of the Month, Spacehop Chronicles 2. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xp7

Friday, Jan 23, 2026 - Slow Flow Echoes On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Robot Koch. This musician who has been on the edges of electronica and EDM for years goes full new age on an album of drifting moods called Allow.

robot koch is going deeper and deeper into ambient/new age terrain. Hear it on his album, Allow, tonight on a Slow Flow Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xo6

Wednesday, Jan 21, 2025 - Ralph Towner Live Ralph Towner was an inspiration for the sound of Echoes with his solo work and world fusion group, Oregon. He died on January 18. We remember him with a live 2006 Echoes performance.

Today, we remember guitarist and composer Ralph Towner who died on January 18. He played on Echoes three times and we will hear one of those live performances of his spectacular playing tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xoj

Ralph Towner - A Generational Influence From the Paul Winter Consort to Oregon to a vast solo career, guitarist Ralph Towner altered the landscape of acoustic guitar and ensemble playing. We remember this innovative artist.

A Remembrance of Ralph Towner: The wonderful guitarist, composer and a founding member of the group, Oregon, died this past Sunday at 85. John Diliberto remembers him, his music, and his wide influence. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xop #ralphtowner

New music by Khruangbin who have recorded their debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You. We'll also hear from Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore from Tragic Magic. Smiles and tragedy tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xoc

Monday, Jan 19, 2026: Bluetech's Spacehop Bluetech’s album, “Spacehop Chronicles 2” is an homage to Laika, the canine cosmonaut who died in space on Sputnik 2. Bluetech tells the tale of Laika and this headtrip of an album.

Bluetech talks about Spacehop Chronicles 2, improvising on electronic music and imagining life in space for a canine cosmonaut, Laika. It's a trip with @bluetechonline.com , tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xo2

Weekend, Jan 17-18, 2026 – Marissa Nadler Interview Marissa Nadler is something beyond a singer-songwriter. Her seductive voice is wrapped in elaborate stories and bathed in psychedelic overtones and reverb.

Weekend listeners hear The Diva of the Downer, @marissanadler.bsky.social . She talks about her brilliant album, New Radiations, this weekend on Echoes from PRX.
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Friday, Jan 16, 2026 - Slow Flow Echoes On a Slow Flow Echoes, Ian Boddy teams up with German drummer and electronic musician Harold Grosskopf. Grosskopf played on several Klaus Schulze albums and in Ashra and Wallenstein.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, a meeting of generations on the altar of Krautrock with two tracks from Doppelganger by Ian Boddy and the storied German drummer/synthesist Harald Grosskopf. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xnu

Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026 - Music from QNTAL The Medieval electronics of Qntal. This brilliant German group, fronted by vocalist Sigrid Hausen, turns medieval texts into electronica songs that seem to come from a cosmic cathedral.

If you haven't experienced the transcendent sound of Qntal then you are in for ecstasy tonight when we hear from their album Time Stands Still tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xnq

Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 - New Music from Falling You New music from Falling You. It’s the brainchild of producer John Michael Zorko who creates evocative, haunting themes with a collection of dream pop divas on the new album, Metanoia.

New music by Falling You, the brainchild dream-pop project of John Michael Zorko. The new album is Metanoia. Is that fear of Meta, aka Facebook? Just joking. Hear it tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xnm

Monday, Jan 12, 2026 – Marissa Nadler Interview Marissa Nadler is something beyond a singer-songwriter. Her seductive voice is wrapped in elaborate stories and bathed in psychedelic overtones and reverb.

The Diva of the Downer, Marissa Nadler is on tour. Hear her talk about her brilliant album, New Radiations tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xmT

Weekend, Jan 10-11, 2026 – Deborah Martin & Jill Haley Jill Haley and Deborah Martin orchestrate a time-bending meeting of electronics, oboe and piano on Rendering Time. It was on the Echoes Best of 2025 and is the January 2026 CD of the Month.

Weekend listeners hear the first CD of the Month for 2026, Rendering Time by Deborah Martin and Jill Haley. It sends ambient chamber music into space. hear it this weekend and read the review on the Echoes website. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xmR #ambientchambermusic

Friday, Jan 9, 2026 - Ancient Dreams We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Patrick O’Hearn’s debut album, Ancient Dreams. This signature release was a road map of mood and mystery and set the tone for the Private Music label.

For our final anniversary show of the week we only go back 40 years to Patrick O'Hearn's Ancient Dreams. Hear this influential masterwork tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xlV

Thursday, Jan 8, 2026 - Epsilon in Malaysian Pale We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, the second solo album by Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese. It’s hailed as a masterpiece of ambient and electronic music.

For our third anniversary show this week, the 50th of Edgar Froese's Epsilon in Malaysian Pale. It's the second solo by the Tangerine Dream founder and a definitive Mellotron album, at least one side. We'll hear both tonight on Echoes from PRX
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Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026 - Synergy Electronic Realizations Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra by Synergy (Larry Fast) was released 50 years ago. There were no guitars or drums on the album, just synthesizers creating epic, orchestral tracks.

Synergy at 50. We talk to Larry Fast of Synergy about his groundbreaking debut album, Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra, released on May 1, 1975. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xlR