I Scream Sunday

This weekend we celebrate the Summer Solstice! The days are long, nights are warm, wildlife is active…and so are the tourists. We’ll hear from a variety of RadioSpiral artists in the first part of today’s program: Darkened Soul: “Sublime Summer” (Seasons of Dark and Light)George L Smyth: “Summer Sleep” (Haiku Music Volume 7)Lucette Bourdin: “Twilight”... Read More

In this edition of I Scream Sunday, we travel along possibilities elsewhere and elsewhen. We’ll visit dreams and imagination, and travel across time, space, and universes, starting with the immortal track that got your host started in electronic and experimental music. In the second hour, the live set is called Else, performed live by ʞu¡0ɹʞS.

We highlight women creators on this episode of I Scream Sunday. The voices are as varied as the composers themselves. As part of Sci-Fi Con in Second Life, we were challenged to create a sci-fi mashup theme around “Eragon vs. Alien”. I decided to create a live set for the second hour honoring the smart... Read More

On this episode of I Scream Sunday, we explore the underworld, darkness, hell (and they're not always the same), and more. The live set in the second hour is called "Persephone".

Today we fly! This episode is designed in hopes of inspiring dreams of flying. The live set in the second hour is called Dream Flight.

Given that the radio station where these shows originally air is called RadioSpiral, and is run by Mr. Spiral himself, this episode pays homage to the spiral, with tracks that include "Spiral" in the name, or by acts that include it. The live set in the second hour is called "Spiral of Fifths", and is built around the circle of fifths, both major and minor.

Finding the balance between head and heart can sometimes be a challenge — in either direction. But on this episode of I Scream Sunday, we focus on the heart and all it has to say. In the second hour, the live set is called Songs of the Heart:

The Full Moon in April is named the Pink Moon for the flowers that bloom in spring. It is also called the Breaking Ice Moon, Budding Moon, Awakening Moon, Egg Moon, and Paschal Moon. This episode of I Scream Sunday honors them all. Greet the moon as the harbinger of hope and growth.

This time of year, the weather is wildly unpredictable: there can be snow or sun, cold or heat, or anything in between. Today we’ll explore many forms of spring and new growth. I’ll take a break from playing live today.

“Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.” (Hildegard von Bingen)

It's time for spring cleaning! Winter has been challenging in so many ways, and now it's time for new growth.

Last week’s show about water inspired me to put together one about the Ocean. It is the subject of poetry, prayer, and music, and our artists have often taken the subject and run with it. We’ll hear tracks from Lexixon of Sound, Re-Think, Dave Riddell, Sheleah Nahshon, Gregg Plummer, Max Corbacho, Robert Rich & Markus... Read More

The water has many voices: gentle, turbulent, deep, shallow, restorative, destructive… On this edition of I Scream Sunday, we explore some of those voices. In the second hour there will be a live set exploring the sounds and voices of water. In the second hour, I’ll play a live set called Into the Deep:

Step into the light on this week’s I Scream Sunday episode, with music of Phillip Wilkerson, Jaime Munárriz, Thom Brennan, Robert Carty, and then a live set in the second hour: The live set is called Shine, and is in four parts:

We learned this week that the excellent composer Tantroniq (Tanya Thielke) passed away earlier in the month, succumbing to cancer (🤬 cancer!). So instead of playing live, we’ll listen to a sampling of tracks from her canon. You can find her works on Bandcamp (https://tantroniq.bandcamp.com/).

Whispers, murmurs, silent expressions of emotion, even our inner voice: we communicate quietly as often — perhaps more often — than we do out loud. On this edition of I Scream Sunday, we listen for those voices. In the second hour, I’ll play a live set of music, called Voices in the Stillness.

The wind carries stories of life, of our home on this earth, and of our own joys and sorrows. This episode of I Scream Sunday finds us standing in the winds and experiencing their infinite variety. In the second hour, I’ll play a live set I’m calling Wind Symphony. See what I did there?

This weekend is Imbolc. Even though winter is still in full voice, we celebrate the very first hints of spring — maybe crocuses are starting to poke their little heads up; maybe we’ll see animals preparing nests for new births. So we continue our theme of voices in the natural world this week with an... Read More

It might seem strange to create a show around the green world in the dead of winter, but nature has her own wisdom. Deep underground, spring is already starting, even as winter lies across the frozen land. So in this episode of I Scream Sunday, we’ll get to know the green world a little bit.... Read More

Throughout history, humans have tried to capture our images of heaven — paradise — in many forms, through music, art, dance, film, and so much more. Today’s episode of I Scream Sunday is the second of two exploring musical visions of heaven. On today’s episode, we take a different look at the heavens of some... Read More