Episodes
Field Recordings
A podcast where audio-makers stand silently in fields (or things that could be broadly interpreted as fields).
Episodes
Wind chimes and bells, Provincetown, Massachusetts on the Winter Solstice after the light fades 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
“I’d arrived in Provincetown three nights before the solstice, just after a storm had knocked out power to part of the town. Finding my way down a pitch-black Commercial Street, […]
The Sound of 2023
A slow weave of some of the past year’s Field Recordings, from a church in Vilnius to a floating choir in Copenhagen. Orthodox Christmas service, Catholic Church of St. Johns, […]
Radio with Palestine by Soundcamp, streamed from London, Bruxelles and Chania on 11th November 2023 – by Cat Byrne, Nele Möller, Inne Eysermans, Emily Moore and Maria Papadomanolaki
Radio With Palestine is a series of live transmissions. The broadcast on 11 November 2023 included streams from: London (Cat Byrne) Bruxelles (Nele Möller, Inne Eysermans) London (Emily Moore) Chania, […]
Edith purring, Glasgow, Scotland in December 2023 – by Steve Urquhart
Santa Lucia kayak parade, Copenhagen, Denmark on 13th December 2023 – by Kara Oehler
“Paddling in the Copenhagen harbor with hundreds of people and looking up at thousands of people lining the shores singing together…”
Chimes outside the monastery, Stanstead Mill Stream, after dark on Sunday 10th December 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
“17mph winds rattled these chimes so much that their sound rose up over the noise of the road and the nearby canal. Suspended on top of a tall metal pole, […]
Frog song, Mount Wilson, New South Wales, Australia in July 2022 – by Alexander Moffatt
“Limnodynastes Peronii, Litoria Verreauxii and a mystery frog one evening near the water tank.”
Palestinian Solidarity March, London, UK on 11th November 2023
“On 11th November 2023, hundreds of thousands of people marched peacefully through London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Chanting “ceasefire now” and “stop bombing children”, organisers estimated 800,000 people […]
Midnight Soundscape, Sedona, Arizona, USA on 5th October 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
“A strong wind blows across the canyon, rustling trees. The sound of crickets can be heard all around.”
Metal drum by the sea, Sint-Idesbald, Belgium on the morning of 16th October 2023 – by Sara Maino
“Through this sound, I was trying to find a connection to the historical context of the beach, and to link it with the idea of the distant groan of glaciers.”
Nighttime chorus by the pool, Westchester, New York, USA on 25th August 2023 – by Jon Moskowitz
“Recorded on a late night in August, up at my brother-in-law’s house in Westchester, north of NYC. Heavy cricket and cicada season, but also on a flight path for a […]
Spanish Point (Rinn na Spáinneach), County Clare, (Contae an Chláir), Ireland on 8th June 2023 – by Kalli Anderson
Crown green bowling club in Macclesfield, England, UK in June 2022 – by Geoff Bird
Argentino Lake shores in front of Spegazzini Glacier, Santa Cruz, Argentina in April 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
“When I went to Los Glaciares National Park in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, I had the chance to leave my recorder by the shore of Argentino Lake for […]
Summer dusk with birds near Vedia, Buenos Aires province, Argentina in January 2023 – by Joaquín Conde
“I recorded this landscape on a summer afternoon, in a pasture land where a canal and a country road intersect; around 5 kilometers away from the center of town. Over […]
Alcudia Beach in the morning, Mallorca, Spain on 18th September 2023 – by Sam Clements and Louise Owen
“We woke up at 6am on our last day in Mallorca to squeeze one final sea swim into the trip. We were the first ones in at the local beach […]
Gaggles of geese, River Thame, England, UK on 23rd September 2023 – by Paul Ridout
“I was out in the fields by the River Thame yesterday morning and the geese were clearly excited by the amount of water across the meadows and were making a […]
Electrical storm, East London, UK on 18th September 2023 at 1am – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
“A binaural recording of an electrical storm followed by heavy rain from a back garden in East London at 1am” Image credit: The Rebecca Project
Tywardreath ringing the bells of St Barts, Lostwithiel, UK on 9th August 2023 – by Celia Robbins
“These are the church bells of St Bartholomew in the town of Lostwithiel around 8.30pm on a still evening. The next morning I put my foot in it by congratulating […]
Delta del Tigre, Argentina on 4th August 2023 – by Eva Moeraert
“The Tigre Delta is among the world’s largest, and it is one of the only major deltas in the world that does not empty into a sea or ocean. It flows […]
Whippoorwill and bullfrogs, St-Pierre-de-Wakefield, Quebec, Canada on 30th June 2023 – by Laura Nerenberg
Demonstration at the Italian Embassy, London, UK on 2nd August 2023 – by Lisa Hack
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/07/24/italys-mounting-attack-lesbian-parents “In January, Italy’s right-wing government ordered state agencies to cease registration of children born to same-sex couples. Now they’ve taken it a step further: a state prosecutor in northern […]
Moncrieffe Island, Perth, Scotland at midday on 12th June 2023 – by Eleanor McDowall
Loons of Lac Forbes at Sunset, Mont-Tremblant National Park, Québec, Canada on 19th July 2023 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Competing fireworks, Hamilton Heights, Harlem, New York City, USA on 4th July 2023 – by Jon Moskowitz
“Every 4th of July in my neighborhood, there is an hours-long competition to see which corner can launch the most illegal fireworks. It gets quite intense, and I recorded it […]
Frogs of Lac Labelle at 1am, Saint-Adolphe-d’Howard, Quebec, Canada on 4th July 2023 – by Mira Burt-Wintonick
Via Balilla, Rome, Italy on 17th June 2023 – by Cosmin Sandu
“Via Balilla is a small street in Rome where people gather together once a year to celebrate the local community. Back in the days the street was famous for containing […]
Dawn, stone circle drums at Glastonbury, Worthy Farm, Shepton Mallet, UK in June 2023 – by Joe Harvey-Whyte
“About 20 drummers and hundreds of festival goers gathered around the fire at the centre of the stone circle and played throughout the night. This recording was made at 4am […]
Early evening by Lake Michigan, Northport, Michigan, USA on 20th May 2023 – by Roger Amundsen
“at a friend’s cottage on lake michigan. it was early evening & i wanted to capture the sounds of water breaking on the shore, and of our kids playing—singing to […]