Listen to 16 minutes of raw, unfiltered sounds of the Perseverance Mars rover traveling in Jezero Crater. The noise generated by the interaction of the rover’s wheels and suspension with the surface can be heard, along with a high-pitched scratching noise. Perseverance’s engineering team continues to evaluate the source of the scratching noise, which may either be electromagnetic interference from one of the rover’s electronics boxes or interactions between the rover mobility system and the Martian surface. The entry, descent, and landing microphone was not intended for surface operations and had limited testing in this configuration before launch.
 
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Sounds of Perseverance Mars Rover Driving – Sol 16 (16 minutes)

Every spring a 24 hour music festival takes place at the Trinity Episcopal Church on Jackson Avenue. Albinas and Manon Prizgintas, the festival's producers, talk about the first night they put on the show. 
Thanks to historian Mark Cave and photographer Eric Law.

Nola Life Stories: Bach Around the Clock at Trinity Episcopal Church

Alfred Sunseri shares his family's history in the oyster industry, including the challenges the business has faced in 140 years of operation.

P&J Oyster Company

Performed by David Bode on saxophone and Jesse Reeks on piano. 

Recorded by Thomas Walsh at the Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans on July 31, 2016 as part of their Trinity Artist Series.

Mics used: (2) Oktava MK-012 cardiods on the piano and (1) Shure KSM 32 on the saxophone, off-axis.

Horumi by Sulkhan Tsintsadze, transcribed by David Bode

The epicenter of the epicenter. Dystopian vibes. 
Capturing the new sound of Times Square during the coronavirus pandemic.
March 23, 2020 1am
46th St and Broadway, right next to the George M. Cohan statue

Aside from law enforcement, who were stationed every block or so from about 50th street down to 42nd street, and a few foot patrols, Times Square was empty for the most part.
A few homeless people wandered around, and a few people, curious like me, were roaming around as well.
At most, I counted around 10 people in Times Square at one point.


Gear used:
Sounddevices Mix-Pre 3M
Usi Pro mics with Bubblebee Windbubbles

Times Square Field Recording

Recorded in a forest outside of Luang Prabang, Laos.  The Khene is a free reed instrument that dates back to the Bronze Age.  Lao Khaen music is noted by UNESCO as "an intangible and irreplaceable aspect of humanity."

Khene

A very Jerry bonus episode explores Jerry Garcia’s early ‘60s years in the Palo Alto folk scene and his progression from guitar strummer to banjo picker during a prodigious half-decade before going electric with the Grateful Dead, including interviews with David Nelson and Bob Matthews, both one-time members of Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions.

Guests: David Nelson, Bob Matthews, Nicholas Meriwether, Dennis McNally

BONUS!  Jerry Garcia - American Folkie

On a very special bonus episode, we check in with Mickey Hart about his latest drones and hear high tales of Grateful Dead madness, from frying bacon onstage to using firearms as percussion, plus stories about his handcrafted instrument, the Beam, and a look into the Barn, his recording “crucible” in Novato and one of the great and oft-forgotten studios of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Nola Life Stories: Bach Around the Clock at Trinity Episcopal Church

Thomas Walsh

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