Birdsong and carillon, outside Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, USA on Sunday 19th December 2021 – by Eleanor McDowall

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Birdsong and carillon, outside Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, USA on Sunday 19th December 2021 – by Eleanor McDowall

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“I’d wanted to hear this sound again for years. On an autumnal day, nearly a decade ago, it had caught me by surprise – reverberating off the surrounding buildings, filling […]

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A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields).

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Fireplace, West Coast of Ireland on 11th February 2021 – by Nick van der Kolk: “My favorite place in my house, at least sonically, is the fireplace. Its chimney was constructed in such a way as to pull sounds from the outside with both a […] by Field Recordings
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First snow of the year, London, UK on 24th January 2021 – by Eleanor McDowall: Walking up the best local hill for sledding, the snow still falling. by Field Recordings
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Sorting shells, Ilha de Armona, Portugal on 27th February 2021 – by Audrey Gillan: “Ilha de Armona is one of five barrier islands in the Ria Formosa that protect the Eastern Algarve from the full force of the Atlantic. I have been living here […] by Field Recordings
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Early morning, Piddlehinton, Dorset, UK on 20th December 2020 – by Nada Smiljanic: “One morning, during a visit to Dorset, I awoke to the sound of birds outside my window. I hadn’t left the city all year and don’t normally have much greenery […] by Field Recordings
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Labyrinth Walk, Franciscan Center in Tampa, Florida, USA on 28th January 2021 – by Theresa Collington: “About 60 people all walking/meditating/praying silently through our labyrinth, lit up with the full moon and small tea lights. The path is made of crushed shells so the crunch of […] by Field Recordings
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Thin ice, Salmon Falls River, on the border between Maine and New Hampshire, USA in February 2021 – by Katie Semro: “Here’s a recording from a few weeks ago. It’s taken on the banks of the Salmon Falls River (a tidal river) which forms the border between Maine and New Hampshire. […] by Field Recordings
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Standing in the yard, Lewiston, New York, USA in February 2021 – by Sean Johnson: “A cold and windy day in the yard with my dogs.” www.capturedsound.com by Field Recordings
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Lamp post, Shoreham Port, Sussex, UK on 18th December 2020 – by Simon James: “The tall lamp posts oscillate in the wind on this exposed bit of industrial coast, making the cables inside move rhythmically against the metal.” www.thesimonsound.bandcamp.com by Field Recordings
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Sefton Park at the dawn of a new Lockdown, Liverpool, UK on 5th January 2021 – by Flora Zajicek: “Living in the middle of a concrete, urban environment the news of another lockdown was bleak. I went at dawn on the first day to find stillness and a bit […] by Field Recordings
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Rain and thunder, Boungingi, Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994 – by Louis Sarno: “This recording of thunder and rain was made in Boungingi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, in 1994, by musicologist Louis Sarno (born in Newark, New Jersey, 1954), who lived in […] by Field Recordings
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Winter roost, Halesworth, Suffolk, UK in December 2020 – by Tom Fisher: “Recorded just after dark in a muddy wood, a day after solstice on the outskirts of Halesworth, Suffolk in December 2020. An awe-inspiring spectacle of thousands of corvids, mainly rooks […] by Field Recordings
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Lone blackbird at dusk, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia on 22nd December 2019 – by Jaye Kranz: “A lone blackbird singing on the TV aerial, on the roof next door, at dusk. I had no idea they did mash-ups of their own song. Tiny, sonic motifs switched […] by Field Recordings
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Sunset at Belmont Harbor, Chicago, Illinois, USA on 26th December 2020 – by Claire Tighe: “On the day after Christmas, I spent the afternoon walking along the lakefront in Chicago. As the winter sun went down, I stopped to witness the last hour of daylight […] by Field Recordings
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Dreaming dog, the Wirral, UK on 26th February 2021 – by Caroline Crampton: “At the end of a long lockdown week, my husband, dog and I collapsed on the bed and dozed for a while. Morris, a Clumber spaniel who takes sleep very […] by Field Recordings
16 min listen
Snow melt, Pearsall Avenue, Bronx, NY, USA on 5th February 2021 – by Ariana Martinez: “It was such a resonant, hollow sound, I started to hear it even before I reached the street corner. I sometimes forget that there’s this whole underground world of urban infrastructure […] by Field Recordings
2 min listen
Ice thumping against the hull, Svalbard in 2020 – by Dickon Bonvik-Stone: “The ice layer thickened up in some parts of the fjord and as the ship’s bow ploughed through it, the clamour of ice against steel grew louder. Fragments were propelled […] by Field Recordings
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Dawn chorus, Mallacoota, Australia in January 2021 – by Camilla Hannan: “The area was struck by massive bushfires in January 2020. Its starting to grow back in that amazing way that bushland does. There are still swathes of burnt bush, mainly […] by Field Recordings
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Common Eastern Froglets, Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia in April 2021 – by Jason L’Ecuyer: “It’s autumn in the Blue Mountains in Australia. For many, this is the time to pick mushrooms in the planted pine forests. I was walking through a pine forest in […] by Field Recordings
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Waves crashing the frozen shore, Lake Ontario, Wilson, NY, USA on 14th February 2021 – by Sean Johnson: “My wife and I took a ride along Lake Ontario today and I was able to get a short recording of the waves crashing the frozen shore. I would’ve liked to have […] by Field Recordings
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Kill the Bill, Parliament Square, London, UK on 16th March 2021 at 6.52pm: Protest organised by Sisters Uncut outside the Houses of Parliament as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill passes its second reading by 359 votes for to 263 against. The […] by Field Recordings
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96 Tram Ride from Acland St, St Kilda, to St Kilda Station in Melbourne, Australia on 21st March 2021 – by Lee Davis-Thalbourne: “It was Sunday afternoon, I had to be out to gather some foley for a project, it was wet and miserable, but while I was out I ended up with […] by Field Recordings
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25 de Abril Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal in May 2020 – by Fabio Fusillo: “Waves, cars and metro.” by Field Recordings
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Early evening, Jayuya, Puerto Rico on 18th February 2021 – by Daniel Guillemette: “This was recorded on a farm outside the mountain town of Jayuya in Puerto Rico. It was early evening and the coquí frogs were buzzing.” by Field Recordings
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Waking up the neighbours, a dawn chorus in Glenshee, Scotland in June 2019 – by Neil Verma: “A dawn chorus of birds I recorded during Murmurations, a field recording retreat in Scotland in 2019 hosted by Jez Riley French and Chris Watson. Halfway through you hear a […] by Field Recordings
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Primrose Hill, London, UK on Sunday 17th January 2021 – by Serena Braida: “On top of Primrose Hill in Tier 4 London. Two puppies are playing. People move and talk. A saxophone track is played on a boom box. The hill is animated.” by Field Recordings
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Birdsong and carillon, outside Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, USA on Sunday 19th December 2021 – by Eleanor McDowall

Birdsong and carillon, outside Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, Chicago, USA on Sunday 19th December 2021 – by Eleanor McDowall

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