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Echoes is the nightly chillout music, interview and performance radio show hosted by John Diliberto
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
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.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Weekend listeners get a visitation from space with Bluetech talking about his CD of the Month, Spacehop Chronicles 2. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xp7
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.
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January 24, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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
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.
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January 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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
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.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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
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.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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
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.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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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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.
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January 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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
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.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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
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.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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
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.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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
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.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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
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.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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
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.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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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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.
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January 8, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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
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.
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January 7, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Four days of anniversary shows begins with Mike Oldfield 's Ommadawn at 50. Mike talks about this epic work and its sequel, Return to Ommadawn tonight on Ecoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xlP
Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026 - Ommadawn's 50th
Tubular Bells’ composer Mike Oldfield talks about Ommadawn, his two-sided epic from 1975. It’s partly an homage to his mother, who died during the recording, and her Irish roots.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Weekend listeners hear our interview with dub-legend, Adrian Sherwood and we'll hear music by Abby Sage. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xlt
Weekend, Jan 3-4, 2026 - Music from Abby Sage
Music by Abby Sage. Her debut album is called The Rot. She says “The Rot album focuses on the decomposition and reconstruction of everything she was taught growing up.”
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January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
On a Slow Flow Echoes, hear multi-instrumentalist Michelle Qureshi who can go from pastoral acoustic guitar to space electronics and more. We'll hear music from her album, Be In This World tonight on Echoes from PRX
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Friday, Jan 2, 2026 - Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Michelle Qureshi. Sometimes she plays solo acoustic guitar. Sometimes she fires up the synthesizers. On her album, Be In This World, she does it all.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Start the year right with The Best Albums of 2025 on Echoes Rewind. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xkJ
Thursday, Jan 1, 2026: The Best of 2025
We look back at The Best Albums of 2025 on Echoes. It's a list unlike any other, which you should probably realize if you listen to Echoes.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
All systems are a go-go as we dial up the bpm and surge into space for an Echoes Ambient Trance New Years Eve. Celebrate with us to welcome the 2026. Echoes Online listeners can dial it. Echoes Online subscribers can start their New Years Eve right NOW! wp.me/p4ZE0X-xkH
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 - Echoes New Year's Eve
Dance in 2026 with An Echoes Ambient Trance New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hear the dubbed-out mind of Adrian Sherwood, the acclaimed British producer who recently released the album, The Collapse of Everything. We talk to him tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xkF
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025 - Adrian Sherwood Interview
A legend of dub on the next Echoes when we talk to producer Adrian Sherwood. He’s worked with artists like Creation Rebel, Keith LeBlanc, and more. His new album is The Collapse of Everything.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Music from 2015 by Magic Sound Fabric, ambient chamber music by Luca D’Alberto and Abby Sage off her album The Rot. It's all coming your way tonight on Echoes from PRX. wp.me/p4ZE0X-xkB
Monday, Dec 29, 2025 - Music from Abby Sage
Music by Abby Sage. Her debut album is called The Rot. She says “The Rot album focuses on the decomposition and reconstruction of everything she was taught growing up.”
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December 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Weekend listeners hear a remembrance of Barry Stramp of Coyote Oldman the ambient flute duo who took Native American flutes and more into ambient space. We'll also hear new music from STS9 on Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, December 27-28, 2025
New music by STS9. they have a new album called Human Dream — A Journey Through the Human Condition and Cosmic Connection. We also remember Barry Stramp.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Violinist Michal Urbaniak gone at 83. Lost track of him after 1980, but he made some wonderful recordings in the 70s and I remember an especially great concert with him and his then-wife, Urzula Dudziak at the Main Point near Philly. #michalurbaniak tinyurl.com/5zkkjxwf
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM