PRX: Echoes Interview Podcast

Echoes Podcast: Chances Are You Will Love Chances Energized Dreampop

In the Echoes Podcast we take Chances. Chances is the name of a Canadian trio who are making a powerful electronic pop music with a vocal sound that draws from Indian singing as well as electronica. Their debut album is Traveler. Join us when we travel with Chances who talk about their music in the Echoes Podcast.

Liminal Drifter in Echoes Podcast

In the Echoes Podcast, Liminal Drifter . That’s the name taken by Dr. Simon Order to create an electronic music that is often born of nightmares. The West Australian-based artist has been living “Stranger Things” his entire life. He sees his music as a kind of therapy and you can hear him work it out aon a new album called The Dreams. Join us with Liminal Drifter when we talk about dreams and music on Echoes.

Philalectric Sound: The Nightcrawlers and Chuck Van Zyl in Echoes Podcast

It’s a double shot of Philadelectric Sound in this weeks Podcast as we look at one of the early pioneers of Philadelphia’s electronic music and one of its children.

On the fifth anniversary of the passing of Tom Gulch (8/28/2013)  we hear about the group he co-founded, The Nightcrawlers. The Nightcrawlers were the reluctant leaders of a Philadelphia music scene that tapped the sounds of German space music. Electronic music had its first real explosion in the 1970s with European artists like Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze, Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis exploring an entirely new music born from the new technology of synthesizers. The second generation of that sound were artists like England’s Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy, Michael Garrison from Oregon and The Nightcrawlers from Philadelphia. Of all these artists The Nightcrawlers were the most enigmatic and mysterious. You couldn’t add to that mystery more than with the new collection, The Biophonic Boombox Recordings, a double CD/LP comprised of boombox cassette recordings the band made between 1981 and 1991, most in their garage. John Diliberto interviewed the Nightcrawlers extensively in the 1980s for WXPN’s Diaspar program and the radio series, Totally Wired.  We go back to one of those interviews, when the Nightcrawlers were at the height of their impact and creativity.

Post-Windham Hill Guitarist Adam Werner in Echoes Podcast

In the Echoes Podcast,  a child of Windham Hill Records when we talk with Adam Werner. He’s a former heavy metal guitarist who secretly fell in love with Windham Hill Records and performed a Michael Hedges tribute show.. Now he’s an exceptional finger-style musician and harp guitarist with a conceptual approach to his compositions.  John Diliberto talks to Adam Werner on Echoes.

Guitarist John McLaughlin in Echoes Podcast

In the Echoes podcast, an interview with a giant of the guitar. John McLaughlin announced his retirement from regular touring and last year, returned to the seminal music he made with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the 1970s. He toured last year with Jimmy Herring and in September, they’ll release a live album, Live in San Francisco. We look back with John McLaughlin, who talks about a music born of the spirit, psychedelia, jazz and raw power. “I want to see blood on the floor.”  John McLaughlin, a musician who was always going forward, looks back.

Michelle Qureshi's : From Classical to Ambient in Echoes Podcast

We unfold the music of Michelle Qureshi. She’s a classically trained guitarist but she’s gone far beyond that in her ambient landscapes that mix multiple instruments and electronics. She calls her work, Music as Metaphor. We talk musical symbols and allegories with Michelle Qureshi in the Echoes Podcast.

Sherry Finzer's World with Majestica, Cass Anawaty and Tom Moore in Echoes Podcast

Sherry Finzer is a multi-faceted flute player who creates New Age dreamscapes as a solo artist, progressive rock moods with Cass Anawaty in the duo Majestica and intuitive flute and percussion duets with Tom Moore. We talk with Sherry Finzer, Cass Anawaty, and Tom Moore in the Echoes Podcast.

FLOW and The Moody Blues In Search of the Lost Chord at 50 in Echoes Podcast.

In the Echoes Podcast an interview with the band FLOW, an acronym for pianist Fiona Joy, guitarist Lawrence Blatt, trumpeter Jeff Oster and Windham Hill Records founder and guitarist Will Ackerman. We explore the intuitive chamber moods and inspirations of this supergroup on Echoes.

Then, we take a Flashback 50 to The Moody Blues’ 3rd album, In Search of the Lost Chord, released on July 26, 1968.It was one of the most cosmic rock albums of the time, exploring mind-altering drugs, space travel, and spiritual journeys. John Diliberto examines the themes and importance of this album that provided the first transition from psychedelic music into Progressive Rock. You can hear influences from Pink Floyd and the Beatles, but you can also hear how The Moody Blues influenced Genesis, King Crimson and Yes. 

Lisa Gerrard and The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices in Echoes Podcast

Dead Can Dance Singer Lisa Gerrard has been in love with Bulgarian singing ever since she heard the choir behind the album, Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares in 1986.