John Diliberto

1 week ago | wshu.org | John Diliberto

It’s a journey with an Icon when we celebrate the 105th Birthday of Indian sitar master, Ravi Shankar. His music spanned from classical Indian ragas to films to world fusion. We’ll hear an interview with the legendary sitarist talking about an ancient sound and spirit that helped transform modern music. Shankar died in 2012, but we remember him today on Echoes, starting at 6 p.m. on 91.1, 89.9, and wshu.org.

2 weeks ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

by John Diliberto 4/4/2025My journey to Big Ears Festival was unlike any of the other five I’ve attended in the last decade. It was the most Echoes-centric festival ever with Steve Roach, SUSS and Immersion, Explosions in the Sky, Laraaji, Flore Laurentiene, William Tyler, Mary Lattimore, Anoushka Shankar, Julia Holter and more performing. EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKYLet’s begin at the end. The last performance of the festival was the one that left me wanting more.

3 weeks ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

by John Diliberto03-30-2025Major labels have jumped full bore into the ambient chamber music frontier although they may market it as neo-classical, new classical or post-classical. Artists like Max Richter, Olafur Arnalds and Peter Gregson have found homes at Sony, Decca and other label imprints. While critics have extolled this music, I rarely see Ludovico Einaudi mentioned in this context.

4 weeks ago | echoes.org | John Diliberto

by John Diliberto 3/26/2025The sold out Big Ears Festival 2025 takes place this weekend March 27-March 30 in Knoxville Tennessee and it is always a cornucopia spiral wrapped in electronic wires, overflowing with folk strings and free jazz horns. And that’s before you pour it out and find more. This year in particular is a feast of ambient, electronic and post-rock sounds, including Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky, Immersion, SUSS, Michael Rother, Anoushka Shankar, and topping it all, Steve Roach.

1 month ago | wshu.org | John Diliberto

declares winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. No matter how cold it is, we have a soundscape to put you in a Spring-like mood. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the turning of celestial events to drive winter away. Join John Diliberto for tonight, 6-10 p.m. on 91.1, 89.9 and wshu.org.