Radio Avalon

Radio Avalon earns its name. This is music for the mythical island, not the hustle of the mainland. The programming has a patient, meditative quality that most US stations can't pull off. It's not background noise. It's foreground music, and that's a deliberate choice. The ambient side leans into textural work: Brian Eno's Music for Airports, the slow-burn drones of Stars of the Lid. Classical picks stay contemplative too, with Arvo Pärt and Philip Glass getting airtime. The jazz is where things get interesting, leaning dark and cosmic. Alice Coltrane's harp-heavy spiritual pieces sit next to…