Meadowlark song
The writer Ivan Doig was a keen observer of the natural environment, especially the birds of the West. “None of us spoke while the songs of the birds poured undiluted,” remembers a character in Doig’s...
View ArticleSummer road trip: White sand and white heat
What does 115 degrees in New Mexico sound like? White Sands National Monument seemed to sizzle as insects called from the side of the road last weekend. The gypsum sand looked like fresh snow. People...
View ArticleIn search of English Creek
Ivan Doig’s second novel English Creek introduces one of Doig’s best-known literary creations, the McCaskill family. Its main character, Jick McCaskill, is a 14-year-old boy negotiating small-town life...
View ArticleSummer road trip: Olympic Marmot
The Olympic marmot is one of three marmot species found in the United States. It is endemic to Olympic National Park in Washington, where this particular one was recorded today for the library’s...
View ArticleSummer road trip: crashing surf in Santa Cruz
Since the 1970s, recordings of ocean waves have been the stock and trade of nature recordists and new age musicians. This is due in large part to the success of one man named Irv Teibel, who all but...
View ArticleNPR features Acoustic Atlas Yellowstone recordings
The NPR program Here and Now interviewed Acoustic Atlas team member Jennifer Jerrett last week about some of the sounds she is recording in Yellowstone National Park. Jennifer is recording in...
View ArticleCounting sheep in Doig country
The library celebrates the launch of the Ivan Doig Archive later this month, and the Acoustic Atlas is pairing audio recordings with some of the collection’s digital content. This summer we have...
View ArticleSounds for new film at Sundance
If you had a chance to see the movie Walking Out at the Sundance Film Festival last week, you would have 1. been pretty lucky (the tickets were sold out far in advance), and 2. heard an incredibly rich...
View ArticleSounds of the prairie
The library’s Acoustic Atlas just returned from an incredible recording trip to the American Prairie Reserve in north-central Montana. If you haven’t heard of the American Prairie Reserve, it is part...
View ArticleAcoustic Atlas at the State Fair
Audio recordings from the Acoustic Atlas will be featured at the Big Sky Country State Fair in Bozeman from July 19 – 23. Soundscapes of rodeo events, livestock and the natural environment will...
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