Aug 15

Found Sound for August: Hazel Gardiner

In August, Alice visits floral designer, writer and broadcaster Hazel Gardiner in London - where Hazel creates a joyful floral arrangement from her garden. Hazel Gardiner Design produces boundary-breaking floral experiences, blending sustainability with storytelling. Their bold, ... Show More

27m 4s

Aug 1

August

For August, revel with us in the final days of summer. We refresh ourselves by the sea, looking for giants, and wander the woods in quest of danger... In the orchard we celebrate the leavings of summer storms, while in the shortening twilights we brandish hazel wands. Meanwhile, ... Show More

37m 56s

Jul 18

Found Sound for July: Lara Maiklem

For July, Alice visits author and mudlark Lara Maiklem on the Thames foreshore in Wapping, London. Lara takes us on a mudlarking walk, to search for London’s forgotten objects. This episode was produced by musician and sound artist Alice Boyd, featuring music by herself and Sam L ... Show More

24m 36s

Jan 2024

Culture chat: Sleater-Kinney and where did angry music go?

This week, we talk about the longstanding American rock band Sleater-Kinney and their 11th album, Little Rope, which came out this month. The band rose out of the grunge and riot grrrl movements in the late 1990s with a raw, rage-filled sound and feminist lyrics. And they’re one ... Show More

20m 43s

Mar 2022

Sound Escape 57: relax to spring birdsong by a woodland pool deep in the New Forest

Where the heath meets the woods by a pool, deep in the New Forest, the warm spring sun stirs many birds into song. A marsh tit sings and then a stock dove repeats its prudish crooning to a backdrop of blue tits and robins. A Forest pony comes closer to investigate. Recorded by Fe ... Show More

13m 23s

Dec 2016

Windy Winter Evening

Welcome to episode 39 of Sleep and Relax ASMR! This episode features sounds on a very windy winter night. Plenty of footsteps crunching on snow, occasional city ambiance in the background, and plenty of howling winds. Enjoy! Visit our website: www.SleepandRelaxASMR.com to get upd ... Show More

26m 15s

Aug 2022

The art of sound design. Plus: summer hits of 2022

This weekend, we meet a British pioneer of sound design. Errol Michael Henry invites us to the Air-Edel studios in London to show us how a song gets made. Errol is one of the few black sound designers in the UK. He’s been producing music through his independent label, Intimate Re ... Show More

31m 46s

Aug 2023

Sounds of the Earth - The BBC Wild Isles mix

Relax with a calming mix of music and natural sounds. A special edition featuring the Sounds of the Earth mixes of music and the incredible sounds of the insects, birds and animals featured in BBC One's Wild Isles series.The nature sounds were captured by the audio team at Silver ... Show More

37m 32s

Jul 2021

Questlove made the music documentary of the summer | What to Watch

Summer of Soul revives the forgotten, groovy history of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a pivotal moment in Black culture sometimes dubbed “Black Woodstock.” This massive concert series spanned multiple weekends and featured everyone from Sly and the Family Stone to Nina Simon ... Show More

9m 12s

Jan 2022

The Weeknd drives through purgatory (with a little help from Jim Carrey)

Dawn FM is The Weeknd’s most narratively compelling album yet. More than just a collection of eighties-nostalgia single bait, Dawn FM is a concept album that picks up on a multi-year meta narrative. Abel Tesfaye, seemingly killed off his character at the end of his last album, Af ... Show More

37m 48s

Feb 2022

Shaking Out the Numb with Sylvan Esso

The last proper, blowout concert Charlie attended was devastatingly long ago, back in the winter of 2019. Bringing some funk to buttoned-up Walt Disney Concert Hall, the duo Sylvan Esso rocked Charlie’s world with epic performances of songs like “Die Young.” When live music, and ... Show More

30m 36s

Found Sound for February: Late winter bi...