Soundwalk

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com Ramona Falls lies within the Mt. Hood National Wilderness, near the headwaters of the Sandy River. Volcanic eruptions on Mt. Hood in 1780 created a mudflow. This event inspired the name of the Sandy river, as Lewis and Clark called it [in 1805], "Quicksand River." The name was later changed to the "Sandy River."...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com It would be interesting to parse out what we call “lakes” from what are in reality reservoirs. Most of the lakes around here that come to mind are actually reservoirs. After all, natural lakes are just meadow construction sites; their inlet rivers and streams eventually convey enough sediment to fill in the lake...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com Wow. Spring seems to have sprung here in the Pacific Northwest! The birds are singing. The sun is out. And while I wasn’t sure how this first soundwalk in a new series would land—given it was recorded last fall—it now seems quite timely! So, let’s start with the series: Over the next ten weeks, maybe more, we wil...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com The conclusion to the five-part Lower Columbia River soundwalk series brings us back to the Washington shoreline, three miles upriver from where we last visited, at a place called Frenchman’s Bar. Though it takes an hour by car to drive from Willow Bar to Frenchman’s Bar, they are literally just around the corner...

Our five-part experience on the Columbia resumes on the shoreline. We are still on Sauvie Island, walking along the beach of a wooded peninsula called Willow Bar Beach. It’s a cool late October morning. The wave action is the wake of small, medium and large ocean-going ships, their lumbering mechanical sounds out of earshot on the far side of the river where the channel runs deep. The wildlife is...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com On February 1st I took in the dual exhibition Africa Fashion & Black Artists of Oregon at the Portland Art Museum . I have to admit it was a darned good idea, particularly on First Thursday when the museum offered free admission. It was a nice change of pace for an outing, and the place was hoppin’! At 10am there...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com For an in-depth introduction to this soundwalk, please visit my blog post .

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chadcrouch.substack.com It started as a chore and quickly became a game. We have a magnolia tree in our yard. Five years old, maybe. Anyway, in the recent ice storm the broad leaves really piled up with ice, making the limbs droop in a scary way. My job was to go and pat the limbs with a broom before the melting ice re-froze, and in cas...

After a pause, and some introspection, The Soundwalk Podcast resumes with Kelley Point Soundwalk and a new home base at Substack alongside, or perhaps fusing with my nascent newsletter. Kelley Point Soundwalk distinctly captures the sound of the lapping Columbia River with ASMR-like sensitivity, forming a unique backdrop for piano, strings, and hushed, undulating synth drones.   My aim with this p...

This episode presents the raw Soundwalk field recording only, captured May 22, 2023 in NE Colorado. To hear the complete Pawnee Grassland at Dawn Soundwalk album by Chad Crouch (inclusive of the original musical score) find it wherever music streams, or on Bandcamp: artist.link/chadcrouch Meanwhile, as I consider whether this is a podcast format worth continuing please feel free to share any thoug...

This recording was captured in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii on August 31st, 2023. It concludes this 'bonus season' in Hawaii with an ambient-forward finale. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ch...

This soundwalk was captured in Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii on August 1, 2023. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

We begin our spontaneous short Season 4.5: Hawaii! Recorded on the island of Maui on July 29th, 2023. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 5 concludes Season 4 of our Pacific Ocean Summer Series. Recorded at Seaside Cove on The Oregon Coast on March 15th, 2023. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subsc...

A special edition of Soundwalk with source audio captured 10 days before the catastrophic Lahaina fire on Maui, Hawaii. I'm sharing this as part of a fundraising effort for Maui . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 4 of Season 4, Pacific Ocean, finds us at "Secret Beach" (Lincoln City, Roads End, Oregon) March 14th, 2023. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 3 of Season 4, Pacific Ocean, finds us at Oswald West State Park on the north Oregon Coast on March 14th, 2023. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Episode 2 of Season 4, Pacific Ocean, finds us at the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge on February 19, 2023. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Season 4: Pacific Ocean! Today we hike out to Cascade Head on the Oregon Coast on a rainy early Spring morning. For more Soundwalks and instrumental music with field recordings, find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

This is our last journey of Season 3: The Canadian Rockies, and much like season 2 in Florida, we come full circle back to where we started.  We are back in Banff! For more Soundwalks and field recordings with instrumental music find me wherever music streams:  artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...

This is an encore selection with a new written foreword on Substack reflecting on the news that a significant portion of the buildings and homes in Jasper have been damaged by wildfire... Welcome back to Season 3 of Soundwalk: We are in the Canadian Rockies. We find ourselves in Jasper again, a tourist town situated in Jasper National Park. We follow a creek for the first dozen minutes until we pa...

Welcome back to Soundwalk Season 3: The Canadian Rockies! This installment was recorded July 5th, 2022 in Jasper, AB Canada, along the banks of the wide and braided Athabasca River. For more Soundwalks and field recordings with instrumental music find me wherever music streams: artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...

Welcome back to Soundwalk Season 3: The Canadian Rockies! This installment was recorded July 4th 2022 in Jasper, AB Canada at the foot of Pyramid Mountain on the Patricia Lake Loop Trail. For more Soundwalks and field recordings with instrumental music find me wherever music streams: artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

Welcome back to Soundwalk Season 3: The Canadian Rockies. Recorded July 3rd 2022 in Banff, AB Canada on The Bow River Trail. For more Soundwalks and field recordings with instrumental music find me wherever music streams: artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Soundwalk Season 4: The Canadian Rockies. Recorded July 4th 2022 in Banff National Park, Canada on The Banff Cave and Basin Marsh Trail. For more Soundwalks and field recordings with instrumental music find me wherever music streams: artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chadcrouch.sub...