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Echoes (radio program)
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| Genre | Ambient music, Electronic music, New Age music and other related styles |
| Running time | 2 hours, nightly |
| Country |  USA |
| Language(s) | English |
| Host(s) | John Diliberto |
| Announcer | Kimberly Haas |
| Creator(s) | John Diliberto and Kimberly Haas |
| Writer(s) | John Diliberto |
| Producer(s) | John Diliberto and Jeff Towne |
| Executive producer(s) | Kimberly Haas |
| Air dates | October 1989 – Present |
| Website | www.echoes.org |
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Echoes is a daily two-hour music radio program hosted by John Diliberto featuring a soundscape of ambient, spacemusic, electronica, new acoustic and new music directions. The program features 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 12 CD collections from these performances. Distributed by Public Radio International, it is currently heard on over 130 radio stations from Maine to the Marianas 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 Diliberto, a music journalist whose works have appeared in Billboard, Pulse, Jazziz, Down Beat, Musician, and Amazon.com. He has also produced Peabody Award-winning documentaries for National Public Radio's Jazz 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 program, Star's End in 1976 and it remains on the air to this day.
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