I Scream Sunday

Food is sustenance, and so much more. It provides comfort, warmth, perhaps memories of home. Today let’s play with our food! In the second hour, the live set — somewhat abbreviated — is called Telicherry Heat. An homage...

Today is Mother’s Day in the United States. Our relationships with our mothers can be complex, or beautiful, or comforting, or even nonexistent. But one fact remains: we are only here because of them. We often take that...

This long overdue episode highlights the music of Norwegian composer Erik Wøllo, whose album Snow Tides was released in early March of this year. He has been composing and performing since 1980, and his musical range is...

It takes an extraordinary team of people, with technology that defies imagination, along with exceptional courage, to send humans into space. Each time we do, we contribute to something greater than our individual...

Wind finding its way through and under doors, window, and other gaps, can be incredibly eerie. This episode explores the wind. ʞu¡0ɹʞS: “Ghosts” (Over. Tone.) This track was crafted from the sound of high wind through...

Fear and hope often live together in an uneasy collaboration. Today we explore both emotions, and the boundaries between the two. John DuVal: “River of Fear (slight reprise)” (Heavy Water) Nettless: “The Lurking Fear”...

Last week we did a show called Cold Sun, and in the course of the show I was asked if I were going to play anything by the project called Cold Sun. I confess I had forgotten about this particular project (shame on me!)...

It’s interesting how random remarks in life cause crazy inspiration. This past week I read a weather update from our local (very skilled) meteorologist who referred to the “cold sun” — and that hooked me. So here’s a...

Today is the full “Snow” moon, shining its cold light on the winter world. Loneward: “Hush Upon the Wind” (Moongate) Conni St. Pierre: “Setting Moon” (Between the Branches: Legends Of The Wild) Roy Mattson: “Melancholy...

A large swath of the US is covered in dangerous ice and freezing rain this weekend. The ʞu¡0ɹʞS household has taken refuge outside the worst of it, but we know that some others of the RadioSpiral family are stuck in it...

January and February tend to feel disproportionately long after the lights and anticipation of the winter holidays. But there is beauty in the bleakness, too — the quiet and stillness a good reminder that we can slow...

It’s an odd thing: the title of the live set for today came to me in a dream, with no other guidance. So I’m making today’s show about vibrancy, electricity, vitality, and joy. Bing Satellites: “Electricity” (The...

The twelve nights of Yule begin around the solstice, which was last Sunday. These days are a liminal time when the veil between worlds is thin, and spirits, gods, and ancestors should be honored. It is also the time to...

Today is the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. During these darkest days (and that has more than one meaning of late), it is easy to forget that the sun will return, that the light will come again. We’ll hear...

We continue the theme of snow for this week’s I Scream Sunday, with lots more great tracks from the RadioSpiral library. George L. Smyth: “A Snowflake, A Cobweb” (Haiku Music Volume 5) Conni St. Pierre: “Snowfields”...