''Echoes'' is a daily two-hour music radio program hosted by John Diliberto featuring a soundscape of ambient,

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, and

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. The program features in-depth artist interviews and intimate "living room" performances. Interview subjects have included

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Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...

Laurie Anderson Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson (born June 5, 1947) is an American avant-garde artist, musician and filmmaker whose work encompasses performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and sculpting,Amirkhanian, Cha ...

, and

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

. Live performers have included

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Pat Metheny Patrick Bruce Metheny ( ; born August 12, 1954) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side pr ...

Loreena McKennitt Loreena McKennitt (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who writes, records, and performs world music with Celtic music, Celtic and Middle Eastern music, Middle Eastern influences. McKenni ...

, Steve Roach,

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and many others. ''Echoes'' has produced sixteen CD collections from these and other in-studio performances. Distributed by

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, Echoes is currently heard on about 80 radio stations. ''Echoes'' can also be heard on the web, with 24/7

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and on-demand audio available. ''Echoes'' was created in 1989 by Kimberly Haas and John Diliberto, a music journalist whose works have appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Jazziz'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Amazon.com''. He has also produced

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-winning documentaries for

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'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 to 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. ''Echoes'' has also produced 23 CDs of live performances from the program. The latest is ''Victoria Place: Echoes Live 23''.

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* {{official website Ambient music radio programs Public Radio International programs 1989 radio programme debuts

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