EVERMORE! THE RAVENS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA broadcast on KNAU Arizona Public Radio, 2007

 

Photo by Eyal Shochat http://picasaweb.google.com/eyal.shochat

 

WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS - BBC Radio 4, 1 x 15 minutes, repeated on Friday 13th April 2007, first broadcast on Monday 18 December 2006 at 3:45pm (GMT) The program first aired on BBC Radio 4 at 3:45 pm (GMT) on Monday 18th December 2006

This programme is a portrait of the iconic sound of the American freight train horn. It was recorded in surround sound on location in the railroad town of Flagstaff, Arizona and is a collaboration between Diane Hope and Matt Thompson of Loftus Productions (UK). Listen to a BNSF freight train horn echoing around Flagstaff, Arizona late at night... Presented mostly as montage, it features: - writer Jonathan Raban (Badland, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Old Glory) - Smithsonian Museum transportation curator Bill Withuhn - BNSF railroad train driver and regional safety officer David Agee - Federal Railroad Admistration spokesperson Warren Flatteau - Susie Mehen of the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce - Geoff Norcross reading from Ray Bradbury's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' - musical excerpts e.g. Freeman Stowers, Cream, James Carter, Steve Reich, Bob Dylan and Esquivel

Critical plaudits in the UK press:

"Diane Hope and Matt Thompson capture the magic of the story, the musical influence of those long low notes" The Daily Telegraph

"..a rich endearing slice of atmosphere from Flagstaff, Arizona." The Guardian

".. a little gem of a programme.." The Times

 

 

ACROSS THE ANDES ON HORSEBACK; AN AUDIO DIARY - Resonance FM, June 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROMANCING THE HORN - KNAU  (Arizona Public Radio), Arizona Public Radio, 2004 

 Winner: Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for 'Best Use of Sound'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODERN JAZZ FROM THE MESAS - KUYI (Hopi Indian Community Radio), 30 x 2hrs, Ist Sunday of the month, 7 - 9 pm, from June 2003 to December  2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

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