Have you ever heard the sounds of the sea, of whales and dolphins, snapping shrimp, boat noise, and military sonar? Welcome to the On Sonorous Seas Podcast Series, hosted by Iona artist Mhairi Killin. Join her as she encounters vastness, complexity and wonder in the sounds of the seas that surround the chain of Scottish islands known as the Hebrides. On Sonorous Seas is s a story told with the voices of science, art, music, and poetry, and it explores the impact of military sonar on the ecol ...
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In this final episode, Mhairi talks with Dr Denise Risch from the Scottish Association for Marine Science. Denise is a marine mammal ecologist who studies underwater sounds and sonic marine enviroments to investigate how marine species use and are impacted by sound. During the conversation Denise plays a number of marine animal sounds and explains …
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Am bi luchd-ealain ag èisteachd ann an dòigh eadar-dhealaichte o luchd-saidheans? Gu dearbha, am bi gach neach againn ag èisteachd ann an dòigh eadar-dhealaichte o chèile agus, am bi sin a’ toirt buaidh air mar a chì sinn an saoghal agus mar a thuigeas sinn e? Bidh sinn ag èisteachd gus brìgh a thoirt às an àrainneachd againn agus tuigse fhaighinn;…
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Mhairi meets Alasdair Whyte, musician, writer, singer and academic from Mull and hears all about local place names, songs and stories relating to the seas around Mull, Iona and the Hebrides.By Mhairi Killin
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An episode in Gaelic, with a bonus track in English. Mhairi meets Alasdair Whyte, musician, writer, singer and academic from Mull and hears all about local place names, songs and stories relating to the seas around Mull, Iona and the Hebrides.By Mhairi Killin
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Do Artists listen Differently from Scientists? In fact, do we all listen differently from each other, and how does this affect our perception of the world and our shared understanding of it? What happens when we can hear sounds but are separated visually from their source? For example, when listening to the sonic underworld of the sea via a hydroph…
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Iona artist Mhairi Killin meets Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust director Alison Lomax and Jenny Hampson of HWDT to discuss the amazing ecology of the seas around the west coast of Scotland, and how the work of the Trust, in collaboration with the public, has created 20 years of data on cetacean behaviour in these waters. The conversation will cov…
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Mhairi meets Glasgow composer Fergus Hall, and they talk about his composition for On Sonorous Seas, his creative process and the acoustic material collected by Mhairi when she was at sea with the Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust, which Fergus used in the composition. You’ll hear about Fergus’ background in music and his ongoing love of watery thing…
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Mhairi Killin introduces the podcast series with the story of the ‘North End Whale’ on Iona and how it led to a 10-day sea voyage, and an exploration of the cryptic worlds of whales and the military. Find out what happened in late summer 2018 when 118 beaked whales stranded across the shores of the Hebrides, Ireland, Iceland and the Faroes, and how…
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