Tuesday, January 31st
Interview: Bryan Carrigan
Bryan Carrigan has worked on dozens of films, TV shows and albums, but mostly as a behind-the-scenes engineer or producer.  He also created the smoky soundscapes of Jeff Oster’s Surrender and has released two electronic albums in the last year, both marked by catchy melodies and riveting grooves.

Wednesday, February 1st
Interview: Jeff Oster
The influence of Miles Davis is all over these days and none bear it more than Jeff Oster.  He takes the electric sound of the jazz icon into the 21st century on a CD of ambient lounge music called Surrender.  Jeff Oster talks to John Diliberto about his new CD and life-changes that shaped its mood on Echoes.
Read an in-depth review and listen to samples on the Echoes Blog

Thursday, February 2nd
Music from Brian Eno and One Alternative
Brian Eno teams up with poet Rick Holland on a new EP called Panic of Looking.  We’ll also hear the latest by the acoustic world fusion trio, One Alternative and their album, Air Sculpture.

Friday, February 3rd
Music from Darshan Ambient and Low Roar
Darshan Ambient goes in a more jazz inspired electronic direction on his CD, Dream In Blue.  We’ll also hear Low Roar, a seductive and atmospheric rock band tuned in to Sigur Ros as much as Nick Drake.

Monday, February 6th and the weekend of Feb. 11th
Echoes CD of the Month for February
Forastiere: From 1 to 8
Wed gorgeous melodies to post-Michael Hedges techniques, add an impassioned sense of style, and you have Pino Forastiere.  His album From 1 to 8 has generic titles, but powerfully deep music.
Read an in-depth review and listen to samples on the Echoes blog
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Tuesday, February 7th
Living Room Concert: Montreal Guitar Trio and California Guitar Trio
It’s a meeting of monster guitar ensembles when CGT and MG3 face each across the Echoes Living Room for a set of acoustic guitar wizardry.

Wednesday, February 8th
Living Room Concert: Christopher O’Riley
We hear a live performance by the classical concert pianist noted for covering the idiosyncratic side of rock music.  In this performance it’s Tori Amos, Jon Hassell and Radiohead.
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Thursday, February 9th
Interview: Jon Durant
Jon Durant is a veteran modern music composer with progressive rock roots.  His latest album, Dance of the Shadow Planets, is an exploration of electric improvisation for guitar, violin and percussion.  Durant talks about his music and his 15 year old son Harrison, who plays guitar with his dad, and cites Sigur Ros as his idols.

Friday, February 10th
Echoes at the Grammys
Echoes takes another spin of the gramophone as we move through nominees in the 54th Annual Grammy Awards including music from Pat Metheny, Radiohead, The Civil Wars and Daft Punk’s Tron: Legacy score.

Monday, February 13th and the weekend of Feb. 18th
Interview: Liftoff
With links to the eclectic downtempo strategies of Thievery Corporation, Liftoff brings the spirit and harmonies of Sixties psychedelic pop into a downtempo electronic mode.  We talk to all four members of the Washington, DC based band.

Monday, February 20th and the weekend of Feb. 25th
Interview: Gary Numan Part I
He was both an icon and source of parody for his 1970s synthi-pop hit singles like “Cars.”  We go beneath the surface to hear a musician who created a sound that still resonates today.

Tuesday, February 21st
Interview: Gary Numan Part II
We look at Gary Numan’s latest album, Dead Son Rising, and how it links back to the dystopian themes of his ground-breaking 1978 recording, Replicas.

Friday, February 24th
Echoes at the Oscars
It’s another walk down the red carpet of the 2012 Oscars as we survey music that’s both nominated and sounds that were snubbed by the Academy including the score to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Monday, February 28th and the weekend of March 3rd
Living Room Concert: Low Roar
Low Roar is Ryan Karaziya, a San Franciscan musician transplanted to Iceland.   He brings the haunting and introspective songs of his debut as Low Roar into the Echoes Living Room.

Tuesday, February 29th
Living Room Concert: Glenn Jones
Glenn Jones traded in his electric guitar for an acoustic and became an icon of American Primitive guitar playing, a style pioneered by John Fahey who was both a mentor and a metaphorical ward for Glenn Jones.