Recorded March 29, 2021. Location: Kokosing Gap trail, approximately 2 miles northeast of Kenyon College.

Art Of Trees: Spring Peepers 02

Art Of Trees: Spring Peepers 01

Art Of Trees: Hydrophone on the Kokosing River

Art Of Trees: Hydrophone in the Kokosing River, No. 2

From the forthcoming album, "Words and Silences," a music portrait of Thomas Merton (1915-68), a Cistertian monk and prolific writer living in Kentucky. Here, Merton records the birds outside his hermitage and discusses Samuel Beckett, Paul Klee, and the "flatness" of their work.

01 Sound Of An Unperplexed Wren

07 Breath Water Silence

10 New Years Eve Party Of One

Wildcat Hollow: Early Morning Birds, May

Performed live at the Wexner Center in October, 2013. From the album "The Star-Faced One," with samples from the Sun Ra/El Saturn Archives. With Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Jeff Kimmel (bass clarinet), Jeremy Woodruff (flutes), Aaron Butler (vibes), and myself (Rhodes piano).

"Sunset in the East, Sunrise in the West" (Live at the Wexner Center)

"Marshall" (Live at the Wexner Center)

01 The Night Is Quite Advancing

Henry Plays Piano, age 6

From the forthcoming album "Rawhead and Bloodybones" (2015) on Dust-to-Digital Records. Field Recordings courtesy of the Berea College Appalachian Sound Archives. Voice: Jane Muncy Fugate. Banjo field recording: Hiram Stamper. Additional performers: Jeremy Woodruff, Matt Ogborn, Alex Murphy.

Merrywise

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Art Of Trees: Postcards - Caples Hall

Recorded October 21, 2020. Sounds heard: all kinds of birds & insects, light breeze, industrial drone to the north.

Art Of Trees: Givens' Grove Boardwalk

Recorded on October 24, 2020. Sounds heard: birds, squirrels, breeze, industrial drones.

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