Postcards in Sound: Field Recordings and Reflections

About Postcards in Sound: Field Recordings and Reflections

Bosnia Soundscapes: Listen to Bosnia is an immersive audio journey through the everyday sounds of Bosnia and Herzegovina. These are not studio recreations or polished travel guides. They are real field recordings from rivers, villages, markets, mountain paths, railway stations, cafés, streets, bells, birds, conversations and quiet corners of daily life. Each episode invites you to slow down, put on your headphones and experience a place through sound. Some recordings capture moments that are disappearing. Others simply preserve the atmosphere of an ordinary day: water moving over stones, footsteps on a village road, voices drifting across a market, distant traffic, birds at dawn or the hum of life in a small town. There is no rush here and no need to explain everything. Just listen. Created and recorded by David Pejčinović-Bailey, a British-born broadcaster and storyteller who has lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina for more than two decades, Bosnia Soundscapes offers a different way to discover the country — through its natural rhythms, everyday places and the sounds that usually pass unnoticed. If you are curious about Bosnia and Herzegovina, interested in field recording, slow travel, ambient audio or simply enjoy being transported somewhere else for a while, this podcast is for you. Put on your headphones. Press play. Be there. anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com (https://anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/s/bosnia-soundscapes?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

David Pejčinović-Bailey MBE

Category

society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Apr 2025

Latest episode

22 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Bosnian BBQ

   The sound of Banjalučki ćevap on the grill. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe (https://anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

2. 

   12 Jul 2026

   A Summer Afternoon in our Village | Rural Bosnia Soundscape

   Sometimes the simplest moments tell the biggest stories. This is twenty minutes from my office window in our village in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina: a gentle breeze, the occasional passing car and tractor, birdsong, and the quiet rhythm of everyday life. No commentary. Just a peaceful moment to slow down and listen. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe (https://anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

3. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Making Morning Coffee

   This morning begins in the kitchen, with coffee, the đžezva, and the small familiar sounds that ease the day into life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe (https://anenglishmaninthebalkanspodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2)

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