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 ecology of the seas surrounding the Hebrides.
The story begins with a stranded whale and takes us deep into another world of human and non-human sounds, come listen to the sea and what it can reveal to us.
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.
23 Sept 2022
On Sonorous Seas - Na Fuaimean
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?
9 Sept 2022
On Sonorous Seas - The Gaelic, English Version
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.
9 Sept 2022
On Sonorous Seas - The Gaelic
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.
26 Aug 2022
On Sonorous Seas - The Sounds
Close your eyes and lose yourself in the sonic underworld of the Hebridean seas. Listen to dolphin whistles and snapping shrimp, and hear about the concept of Deep Listening, pioneered by composer and musician, Pauline Oliveras
12 Aug 2022
On Sonorous Seas - The Science
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 hear more about their citizen science programme, and research into the impact of Joint Warrior on cetacean behaviour.
22 Jul 2022
On Sonorous Seas The Music
Mhairi meets Glasgow composer Fergus Hall and they talk about his composition for On Sonorous Seas.
6 Jul 2022
The North End Whale
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 this event relates to military activity in the seas around the UK.
Hear about the Mull based Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust and the amazing ecology of the seas around the west coast of Scotland, and the human and non human sounds that are hidden in these beautiful waters.
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