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An sound familar to the childhood of many! The recorder is one of the oldest instruments known to man. Learn about how it has created a whole new life for itself in our current century.  Presented and Produced by Tamara Kohler Guest: Ryan Williams Music:  MythirdEar Theme Song- Tamara Kohler/Allison Wright/ Pete Kidson Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in C Major, TWV 41:C2: I. Cantabile" by Tripla Concordia & Lorenzo Cavasanti - Georg Philipp Telemann  Banchetto Musicale: Intrada  – Johann Hermann Schein  Hamlet: Act 3 - Scene 2, "Oh the Recorders, Let Me See One" (Hamlet) [Part IV] - William Shakespeare  Concerto for Recorder, 2 Violins and Basso - Michel Blavet  The glow from the embers- Tierra Breathe - Charlie Sdraulig The Earle of Essex Galiard - John Dowland Sinfonia Terza Sghemma – Bartolomeo Mont' Albano Elegbara Bembe Lari-o & Barasuwayo - Ryan Williams and Matthew Horsley Weaver of Fictions- Liza Lim Seascape - Fausto Romitelli Free Improvisation - Hunter Long Contracts - Hunter Long Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin Eternal Child - Chick Corea The Fellowship of the Ring (Final Theme) - Howard Shore Guest House - Jerboah Judy and the Dream of Horses - Belle and Sebastian Image: Carmonn FrenchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It looks like a keyboard, and according to many of our listeners, sounds like a group of electronic flutes. The Ondes Martenot, while not commonly seen, actually infiltrates your ear holes on a fairly regular basis! Presented and Produced by Tamara Kohler Guest: Jacob Abela Music:  MythirdEar Theme Song- Tamara Kohler/Allison Wright/ Pete Kidson Lude 9.6- Thomas Bloch Sweet Suite for Nine Ondes – Thomas Bloch Where or When- Bryan Ferry Turangalila Symphony, Mvt VII- Olive Messiaen Ondes Free Improvisation- Jacob Abela Four Piece for Percussion, Ondes and Strings- Jared Yapp 4 Feuillets inedits per ondes Martenot e pianoforte- Oliver Messiaen Les Miroirs Etendus – Tristan Murail Ghostbusters, Opening Theme- Elmer Bernstein Star Trek TOS Original Intro- Alexander Courage Where I End and You Begin- Radiohead How to Disappear Completely- Radiohead Touch- Daft Punk Fetes de Belle Eaux- Oliver Messiaen Ne me quitte pas- Jacques Brei Orison- Tilman Robinson Image: Carmonn French  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A sound world unknown to many- explore the wacky, beautiful, creepy, inspiring and sometimes altogether bizarre world of vocal improvisation!  Presented and Produced by Tamara Kohler Guest: Jenny Barnes Music:  Aria by John Cage- Tim Munro I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa- Vincenzo Bellini Gun Has No Trigger- Dirty Projectors Free Scat- Ella Fitzgerald To Faust: A Footnote- Connie Beckley  Preposition Proposition- Jenny Barnes Footpath Astronomy- Jenny Barnes Sta Tictights- Jenny Barnes Walt's Words (Voice with Tin Foil)- Jenny Barnes ö.. .. .. maria- Jenny Barnes Ripples (With Music Boxes)- Jenny Barnes  Nickeltoe- Sidsel Endresen Beneath (Caleb Burhans)- Roomful of Teeth Joy- Maja Ratkje What Comes After Love (excerpts)- Carolyn Connors Traveling- Meredith Monk   On Behalf of Nature- Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble Turtle Dreams- Meredith Monk Lucette Stranded On the Island- Julia Holter Image: Carmonn FrenchSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Silver Thumb Piano or The Tines of Africa... Whatever you like to call them; come with us into Episode Two and explore the sparkly world of the Kalimba.  Presented and Produced by Tamara Kohler Guests: PHIA and Kaylie Melville Music:  Opening Theme- Tamara Kohler, Allison Wright and Pete Kidson Kalimba- Laaraji Dande- ZIMBABWE Shona Mbira Music Black-White Calypso from Wait A Minim! (1966) Do You Ever- PHIA 15 Step- Radiohead (PHIA Cover) So Far, So Close- PHIA Hold On (feat. Sampha)- SBTRKT I Ching; The Gentle, The Penetrating- Per Norgard Macrocosmos III/ Music for a Summer Evening- George Crumb Earth Intruders- Björk Skip- Mick Stewart Kalimba Story- Earth, Wind and Fire Image: Carmonn French  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode One explores the various sound worlds of the Irish Uilleann Pipes.  Presented and Produced by Tamara Kohler Guest: Matthew Horsely  Music:  My Heart Will Go On- Innisfree Ceoil Slip Jig/Jig/Fling- Matthew Horsley The Bright Lady- Willie Clancy Tin Whistle- The Deighton Family Slow Air- Matthew Horsley Slow Air- Roisin Dubh Three Jigs- Hasse Ljungdahl The Rolling Wave- Matthew Horsley Hello Earth- Kate Bush Tomorrow- U2 Friends Episode "The One with Ross's Wedding; Part Two"  Rock the Boat- The Boclé Brothers A`Ghrian- Shaun Davey & Rita Connolly Free Improvisation- Matthew Horsley You're The Voice- John Farnham Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)- ACDC I Want My Tears Back- Night Wish Stavropol Krai- Olga Bell Image: Carmonn French  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.