Listening to the Land — The Mystical Turn of St. Silva
The Vermont musician behind 'Forager' talks foraged field recordings, a boyhood spent in Indiana megachurches, and why he wants no part of the wellness playlist.
Field Recording
Patricia Wolf — The Sound of All Creatures Great and Small
The ambient composer on her cassette release 'Yarrow,' frog taxis, the power of dormant seeds, and the dread of leaving one's recorder out overnight in the rain.
Deep Listening, Deep Soil — Lisa Ann Schonberg's Myrmecological Music
The Brooklyn-based composer and percussionist discusses her field expeditions with myrmecologists in Brazil, the feedback loops she builds between insect recordings and organic substrates, and what it means to make music from sounds too small for human perception.
Paying Attention is Wonderful — Listening Along With Lia Kohl
The cellist and composer discusses her album 'Various Small Whistles and a Song,' a collection of field recordings that transform voting lines, train stations, and strangers' whistles into intimate sonic portraits of daily life.