Re:sound #228 The Sonic Wanders Show
This hour we're going on three soundwalks that meander at the pace of real life.
2016 / TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA
This hour we're going on three soundwalks that meander at the pace of real life.
4700 Liberty Heights Avenue [EXCERPT]
by Aaron Henkin & Wendel Patrick (Out of the Blocks, WYPR, 2015)
The 4700 block of Liberty Heights Avenue is a portrait of survival and adaptability. It's a self-governed, informal economy where the currency is respect. Space is shared by merchants, churches, longtime residents, and drug dealers. Immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, West Africa, and Korea have set up shops alongside a dwindling number of African American-owned businesses. Trust is earned here, not given lightly.
Meet Me At the Cemetery Gates [EXCERPT]
by Susanna Grant & Jo Morris (Shuffle Festival, 2015)
Neglected for years, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a registered charity mainly run by volunteers. Originally one of London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries, it stretches for 31 acres and is the city's largest urban woodland. From cemetery to nature reserve, the park mirrors the East End’s long history of providing a refuge and haven for (im)migrants. We meet those who played there long ago, Serbian foragers, bird-watchers and to children who visit the park now, who all create a portrait of this bewitching space.
Shaktoolik Soundwalk [EXCERPT]
by Josie Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum & Joaqlin Estus (Frontier of Change for KNBA and Localore: Finding America from AIR Media, 2016)
The village of Shaktoolik, Alaska, is 400 miles from Anchorage, on a spit of land between the Bering Sea and the Tagoomenik River. Climate change threatens to wash the village away within the next few decades. But what's it like to live there? This immersive audio tour will transport you to Shaktloolik. You'll walk the length of the village, go into homes, and meet a few of the people who live there.
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk
TRACKLIST
Artem Bemba, 'Red Shore', Basscoast (Southern City's Lab, 2015)
Adriana Krikl, 'Every Way, Sonic Escapes (self-released, 2016)
Adriana Krikl, 'Glitch, Sonic Escapes (self-released, 2016)
Seba Lay, 'Directions', In search of (self-released, 2008)
So I'm an Islander, 'Æ Kirk'bak (The Church Hill)', Stelheij (self-released, 2016)
Seba Lay, 'Colors', In search of (self-released, 2008)
produced by
Aaron Henkin is a radio producer in Baltimore, Maryland where he creates and produces original radio programs for WYPR.
Wendel Patrick is a hip hop, electronica and jazz producer who currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland.
Susanna Grant has worked in the world of recorded sound and collective listening events, primarily in a commissioning and curatorial role, for the past twenty years.
Jo Morris, makes radio docs and works with BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. She also creates social and audio projects with For Now.
Josie Holtzman is co-creator of “Frontier of Change” with KNBA. She is a Brooklyn-based multimedia storyteller and radio producer.
Issac Kestenbaum has worked as a lobsterman, a farmer, a newspaper reporter, a robotics instructor, and most recently General Manager at Cowbird.
Joaqlin Estsus is the News Director at KNBA in Anchorage, Alaska.
Dennis Funk was formerly Third Coast's senior producer.