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When they came to Australia, my convict and settler ancestors relied on the natural environment of their new country to survive, but found the landscape, its trees and soils unfamiliar and hostile. There are trees alive today in Wellington (New South Wales Australia) that bore witness to the injustices of colonisation and settlement in the early 1830s, surviving to mark the generations who followed. 

Yarngun explores this history in a composition of field recordings from the junction of the Wambuul Macquarie and Bell Rivers—a site of cultural and historical significance to the traditional owners of the land, the Binjang people of the Wiradjuri Nation, as well as to those who later lay claim. The story is told through the crackles, rumbles and creaks deep inside a majestic River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) that has stood over the river junction for at least 200 years, and the voice of water, wind, leaves, birds, frogs and insects that give this place its sonic identity; and the recorded words of a descendent of one of Wellington’s first families. Yarngun is a traditional Wiradjuri word meaning the roots of a tree—the foundations of living beings that grow, branch, flower and seed new generations.

My deepest gratitude to proud Wiradjuri woman, Kerryann Stanley for sharing her family history journey with me in the creation of this work and giving voice to the importance of knowing your roots to a deep sense of identity and belonging.

Yarngun

In this conversation with Australian farmer, Bruce Maynard and multi-disciplinary artist, Kim V. Goldsmith, the background and decades of connection between Bruce and Kim is explained to create context for the SOIL+AiR creative future landscapes project that they began collaborating on in earnest in July 2024. Prior to this, Kim and Bruce had worked on a feasibility of the farm residency project and how it might work for them both. SOIL+AiR is a collaborative project that brings the creative minds of the farmer and artist together to explore agrarian culture and landscapes of inland New South Wales Australia.

As Kim explains, she first met Bruce when she was working as an ABC Radio (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Rural Reporter in the early 1990s. As a rural journalist, Kim worked a region from Central West New South Wales, to the Far West of the State and north to the Queensland border.

More about SOIL+AiR including soundscape samples at https://eco-pulse.art/soil-air/

Soundtrack: ‘Resonant bass flute and viole air aayer’ by Milo through Creative Commons 0

SOIL+AiR creative future landscapes mid-project update (December 2024)

February 7th, 2025,  Mandolinist, songwriter arranger, and performer Chris Moore came into WMPG on Us_Folk to talk about his new release "Changing Union" (which comes out Feb 14th, recorded in Nashville with Tim O'Brien producing. Here he talks about the tune "Sister" a poignant song that he explains was rooted in Shaker history for inspiration. (Words & Music  Chris Moore / Luminous Bloom Music . The band is  comprised of Chris Moore: mandolin, octave mandolin, lead vocals, Tim O’Brien: guitar, harmony vocals
Brittany Haas: fiddle, Allison DeGroot: banjo, Samson Grisman: bass
Note; there is a local CD release show @ 317 Main St in Yarmouth, Maine  7 p.m. on February 28th for more info;  ChrisMooreSongs.com

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More than half the life on Earth is in the soil beneath our feet. It’s the most biodiverse habitat on the planet. As humans we assume this world is silent. Miniscule and microscopic species shuffle, scuttle, scamper, wriggle, and burrow between particles and pores, shifting and reshaping with the seasons and time—time we cannot fathom.

Soil fauna, fungi, bacteria and plants live symbiotic, intimately connected lives attuned to circadian and circannual rhythms, interrupted by climate change and human activity. Anywhere on Earth demands we lean in and listen to earthworms, ants, crickets, slaters, and beetle larvae, and the microscopic life we can only imagine challenging anthropocentric views of time, scale, and value. This multi-layered, often acousmatic composition of field recorded sound is the soundtrack to a more collaborative and resonant dance of life, where the heartbeats of humans and more-than-humans are in sync with Earth’s cyclical rhythms.

Anywhere on Earth

This is a rough mix of the memorial service for Peter V. M. Darling, father, uncle, and grandfather, held at the beautiful Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on a date in the summer of 2025. Organized by daughter, Annie Darling, and son Peter Darling.
About 50 Family members and friends attended. 
Early in the memorial, Peter's niece, violist Sarah Darling, remembered her uncle and played a beautiful piece on her viola, which set the tone for a beautiful memorial celebration of Peter's life with family members and friends joining in and sharing memories and stories about Peter's impact, rapport, humor, and puns.  This recording captures 98% of the celebration and runs approximately 1 hour 38 minutes.

Peter was my uncle ( his identical twin brother was my father, who passed in 1984) 

The event was recorded with a matched pair SO.3 Cardioid Microphones to a F3 zoom.
edited lightly in Hindenburg PRO

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