- Echoes (radio program)
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show_name = Echoes
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format =Ambient music ,Electronic music ,New Acoustic music and other related styles
runtime = 2 hours, nightly
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language = English
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presenter = John Diliberto
starring =
announcer = Kimberly Haas
creator = John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas
writer = John Diliberto
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producer = John Diliberto and Jeff Towne
executive_producer = Kimberly Haas
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first_aired = October 1989
last_aired = Present
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website = [http://www.echoes.org www.echoes.org]
podcast = [http://echoes.org/podcasts/feed]Echoes is a daily two-hour music radio program hosted by
John Diliberto featuring a soundscape of ambient, spacemusic,electronica , andnew age music . The program features in-depth artist interviews and intimate "living room" performances. Interview subjects have included Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson and Philip Glass. Live performers have included Yo-Yo Ma, Pat Metheny, Loreena McKennitt, Steve Roach and many more. Echoes has produced 13 CD collections from these performances. Distributed byPublic Radio International , it is currently heard on over 130 radio stations fromMaine to theMarianas Islands . Echoes can also be heard on the web, with streaming 24/7 and on demand audio.Echoes was created in 1989 by
Kimberly Haas and John Diliberto, a music journalist whose works have appeared in "Billboard", "Pulse", "Jazziz ", "Down Beat ", "Musician ", and "Amazon.com ". He has also producedPeabody Award -winning documentaries forNational Public Radio 'sJazz Profiles . Haas and Diliberto had previously produced the award-winning documentary series "Totally Wired" (1982-1989) which won Columbia University's Major Armstrong Award, the Ohio State Award, and the National Federation of Community Broadcaster's Award.Both Haas and Diliberto began their careers at
WXPN while students at the University of Pennsylvania. Diliberto was Music Director from 1974-1976. Haas was Program Director from 1980 until 1986. Diliberto founded the space music programStar's End in 1976 and it remains on the air to this day.ee also
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Hearts of Space , a US-based ambient radio programme produced since 1973 by Stephen Hill.
*Musical Starstreams , a US-based commercial radio program produced and hosted byF. J. Forest (a.k.a. “Forest”) since 1981.
*Star's End , a weekly ambient music programme broadcast on public radio in Philadelphia since 1976, hosted by Chuck van Zyl.
*Ultima Thule Ambient Music , a weekly ambient music radio show broadcast on community radio in Australia since 1989.External links
* [http://www.echoes.org/ Echoes official Site]
* [http://jrabold.net/radio/2ech.shtml Echoes via streaming audio]
* [http://www.myspace.com/echoesspace Echoes official Myspace site]
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