Binaural recording of the Vancouver crow roost in Burnaby near Still Creek. I've been wanting to witness the roost and record there for a long time! I'm grateful to my friend Kirsten for making it happen. I love crows and every evening I see them flying off to the roost about 30 minutes before sunset depending on the weather. They gather in a few spots before departing. One of my favourite spots to see them depart is by the Coast Guard station near the Burrard Bridge. They go suddenly in big exuberant waves of black flapping and cawing. Their roost is in a very urban area which has been encroached in recent years. I'm told at one time there were an estimated 30,000 crows there, likely the biggest roost in North America. But over the years it has shrunk. I'm not sure how many there are there now...maybe 12 to 15 thousand. It was something to behold, the waves of them coming in and the chatter. When we moved around they were clearly disturbed and would find another tree to perch on. So we stayed still as much as possible and apologized when we had to move. 

Because it's an urban area, you'll hear lots of car and plane traffic. From the research I've done, the crows like the safety of the urban infrastructure. I'm sure it includes annoyances too but I guess it's a good trade off for them.

Recorded on April 1, 2025 from 19:59 to 20:06

Vancouver Crow Roost - April 1 2025 (binaural)

A Subdued Dawn Chorus

from the album ~~~
https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/-

Ana Roxanne is an intersex Southeast Asian musician based in Los Angeles. Born & raised in the Bay Area to immigrant parents, Ana's love for music and singing began through her mother's cd collection of 80's/90's R&B divas. Raised in the catholic church, she became a devout choir nerd and found any opportunity to sing, whether for religious mass, the jazz ensemble of her catholic high school, or karaoke at family gatherings. Her commitment to singing led her to a brief stint at a vocational jazz program in the cornfields of the midwest; in a remote town of 7,000 people, she began a formal study of jazz and classical music. During these years she would tour with her jazz and chamber ensembles to beautiful old cathedrals in nearby cities and became enamored with the sacredness of choral music, as well as the enveloping sound of harmony. 

A near death experience, too, served as a connection between music and spirituality, and music as a healing art after facing tragedy. 

In 2013, Ana was also fortunate enough to spend a few months in Uttarkhand, India where she met an incredible voice teacher who introduced her to classical Hindustani singing. Living and studying with this teacher deeply impacted her outlook on the voice as art. It was there that she began to see the singer - the Diva - as a symbol of divinity; that the unique power of one's voice comes from the vulnerability of using the body as an instrument. Be it romance, love, or worship of a deity - in order to access such depths of emotional expression, one must be willing to be intensely vulnerable, lay one's heart in the open air, expose what is kept hidden. This brief study was the catalyst that led her to finish her music study at the experimental Mills College in Oakland, CA, where she began to combine all of these influences into her current self-titled project. This album ~~~ was created during her last years residing in the Bay Area, a tribute to the great musicians who inspired her and the landscape where she spent her formative years. 

In addition to the worship of R&B and pop divas, Ana's current practice explores themes of gender & identity. In October of 2018, she decided to come out publicly as intersex, and is dedicated to being a voice for her community and speaking out about social justice for intersex youth.

Ana Roxanne - Nocturne

Zazoo Bar Shalom
Original Songs from inside

All Recorded By Ori Bankhalter- Maut Ha'haim Radio

live in Olam Katan

Every day

In The Real World

So Free

02 41.100558, -73.838989

from the album 'because of a flower' available 11/13

Vancouver Crow Roost - April 1 2025 (binaural)

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