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In a time where religious gatherings are discouraged, a collection of historic instruments is making music as a spiritual salve to the coronavirus pandemic. The carillons in the towers of four Northeast Ohio churches are due to ring out every weekend for the foreseeable future with sounds that listeners can experience with appropriate social distancing, sitting in their cars or standing on the sidewalks below.
Story by ideastream
Ice harvesting was a thriving industry in the 19th century, employing tens of thousands of workers in New England alone. Big blocks of ice were removed with jagged-toothed saws from frozen rivers, lakes and ponds, packed in sawdust, and shipped around the world.
Having access to ice year-round changed the way people kept and ate food. Then came the advent of electric refrigeration. Cutting natural ice by hand became virtually obsolete. But there are still a few places where the tradition is carried on, like in South Bristol, Maine.
Contact sheets provide a peek at how photographers select images and work with their subjects. “PROOF: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet” at the Cleveland Museum of Art features dozens of contact sheets collected by the late Clevelander and museum trustee Mark Schwartz.
Luz María Sánchez's “V.[u]nf_4”, is the latest in a series of sound pieces by the sound and visual artist that address the “unnecessary force” and everyday violence that affect many Mexicans.
Sánchez and her assistants Josué Martínez Alcántara and Fernando Gonzalez Buenrostro shadowed the civilian group Las Rastreadoras de El Fuerte, or The El Fuerte Trackers, as they searched the desert for “clandestine graves” of missing loved ones.
In this stereo excerpt of the sound installation, you can hear the audible crunch of the group's footsteps and the metallic clangs of shovels hitting the dirt.
Audio provided by Luz María Sánchez.
A live webcast will mix recorded readings and live tributes to the northeast Ohio native, who would have been 89 years old this Tuesday.
When the Grammy awards ceremony happens later this month in Los Angeles, former Clevelander Irwan Awalludin will be sitting in the audience, hoping to hear his name called to take home one of those gilded gramophones.
However, he’s not a musician.
The graphic designer is nominated for best recording package for “Intellexual,” an experimental collaboration by Nico Segal and Nate Fox.
Ohio's ideastream spoke with the designer ahead of the Grammy Awards later this week.
At The Lost Kitchen, just reserving a table is an event. Last year, about 20,000 people sent postcards to Erin French’s famed restaurant, all seeking a chance to eat at the 40-seat dining destination in rural Maine.
For 12 nights this month, searchlights illuminated the sky on the U.S.-Mexico border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. They don’t have anything to do with border enforcement. Instead, they’re part of a binational art installation that aims to connect people on both sides of the Rio Grande.
Story by KERA
Five years ago, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot and killed in a public park by a Cleveland police officer. The incident quickly became a rallying point for a growing national conversation about violence against black people at the hands of the police, and Rice continues to be a source of inspiration for artists.
Story by ideastream. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2KI9Qot
More than a century ago, an anthropologist recorded songs, words and stories from members of the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine. For years, these field recording were largely hidden from public view. But now, they have been digitally enhanced and shared with the tribe.
Winston Schneider is just a typical Omaha, Nebraska, fifth grader who likes Legos, insects, "Star Wars" -- and composing classical music. This year, he won the National Association for Music Education composer’s competition for his piece, “Scherzo of the Feather Stars.” And yes, insects inspire the music he creates.
Winston Schneider is just a typical Omaha, Nebraska, fifth grader who likes Legos, insects, "Star Wars" -- and composing classical music. This year, he won the National Association for Music Education composer’s competition for his piece, “Scherzo of the Feather Stars.” And yes, insects inspire the music he creates.
Winston Schneider is just a typical Omaha, Nebraska, fifth grader who likes Legos, insects, "Star Wars" -- and composing classical music. This year, he won the National Association for Music Education composer’s competition for his piece, “Scherzo of the Feather Stars.” And yes, insects inspire the music he creates.
Recorded by KERA during one of the rehearsals for "El Pasado." Performed at Fort Worth Opera.
Recorded by KERA during one of the rehearsals for "El Pasado." Performed at Fort Worth Opera.
"A sestina for a black girl who does not know how to braid hair" by Raych Jackson by PBSNewsHour
Sonic Kayak turn underwater data into music, known as sonifications. Audio by FoAM Kernow
The crested pigeon’s flight feathers create a high-pitched whistle that could pass as any old bird “vocal call,” but it’s not! Audio by Robert Magrath of ANU.
Singer-songwriter Marcus Oglesby wrote "White Coat Man" in May 2015 while listening to the news at home in Beckley, West Virginia. He was struck by reports of the toll the opioid crisis had taken. Fifteen minutes later, he had written this song.
Phrases of adult-directed and infant-directed speech from a participant of Piazza et al., 2017, Current Biology. www.cell.com/current-biology/fu…60-9822(17)31114-4
Phrases of adult-directed and infant-directed speech from a participant of Piazza et al., 2017, Current Biology. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(17)31114-4
"The Dream," by Knud Sørensen, translated from the Danish by Michael Goldman by PBSNewsHour