New recordings from Yellowstone

I am glad to be working with Yellowstone National Park to edit a series of recordings from their ongoing soundscape research. I just received a hard drive with hundreds of hours of remote recordings from locations around the park. I even had a chance to make a few recordings of my own last week near Pebble Creek Pond in the Lamar Valley. I'll post a few to my Soundcloud page soon.  Meanwhile, check out our Yellowstone collection at the Acoustic Atlas.  

Pebble Creek Pond in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley. Photo by Jeff Rice

Pebble Creek Pond in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley. Photo by Jeff Rice

A visit to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Late last year, the Republican-led Congress moved forward with plans to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. They see the Refuge as a "frozen wasteland." President Donald Trump refers to it as "one of the great oil sites." But the Refuge is critical habitat for millions of migratory birds and other animals, and conservationists say the proposed drilling could do irreparable harm to wildlife. In this sound portrait (below), Martyn Stewart describe what it's like to visit the Refuge. He travels the world recording nature sounds for the BBC and I caught up with him in-between trips. I produced this story back in 2006 for the NPR program Day to Day. 

Nature sound recordist Martyn Stewart describes his time recording soundscapes at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The interview was conducted and mixed by Jeff Rice. The piece features recordings by Martyn Stewart. Photo courtesy of USFWS.

And now for a brief intermission

I was going through some old tape and found this interview I conducted years ago with sound artist Christopher DeLaurenti. It's about his brilliant CD Favorite Intermissions. I mixed DeLaurenti's comments with recordings from the CD. The radio show I was going to sell it to folded and the piece never aired, but I am posting it online now. This is its grand world premier. For more information about DeLaurenti's work, you can visit his website at: https://delaurenti.net/favorite/. Thanks to Barrett Golding at Hearing Voices for tipping me off to the story way back when.

This is an edit of an interview I conducted several years ago with sound artist Christopher DeLaurenti about his 2007 compact disc "Favorite Intermissions" released on the GD Stereo label. The interview is mixed with some of the recordings from the CD. More information is available at: https://delaurenti.net/favorite/.