Soundwalk

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...

Today’s recording was made on April 25th, 2022 in Molino Canyon, just a few miles up the Catalina Highway Scenic Drive from the outskirts of NE Tucson, Arizona.  My most spartan and spacious soundwalk yet!  Do me a favor and save this for headphones or a quiet room, or a relaxing bath.  For more music and field recordings find me where ever you get your music online at artist.link/chadcrouch . Thi...

This soundwalk was recorded April 24th, 2022 on the South Fork Cave Creek Trail in the beautiful, remote Chiracahua Mountains of SE Arizona.  For more music + field recordings visit: 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

Today’s soundwalk was made on April 23, 2022 at Ramsey Canyon Preserve in the Huachuca Mountains of SE Arizona.  For more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch . All music ©2023 Chad Crouch. 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

Today’s soundwalk was made on April 22 2022, at Patagonia Lake State Park in SE Arizona.  To hear a stationary recording of this area, check out my other podcast, Soundscape , wherever you listen to podcasts or at: pods.link/soundscape .  Lastly, for more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch .  All music ©2023 Chad Crouch. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this w...

Welcome to Season 2 of Soundwalk: Arizona!  Today’s Soundwalk recording was made on April 22 2022, in Tubac, AZ on the historic Anza Trail, which meanders here along the Santa Cruz River. Also, to hear a meditative recording of The Mexican Whip-poor-will in the nearby Madera Canyon area,  check out my other podcast, Soundscape, wherever you listen to podcasts or at: pods.link/soundscape .  Lastly,...

Recorded January 3, 2023 in Portland Oregon's Forest Park (Along Firelane No. 2, Wildwood Trail, and Maple Trail).  This is a bonus episode presenting the field recording without an original musical score.  For more music + field recordings visit: 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 chadcrouc...

Recorded January 22, 2022 at Dharma Rain Zen Center along the various footpaths open to the public.  This is a bonus episode presenting the raw field recording without an original musical score.  For more music + field recordings visit: 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...

Recorded August 25th, 2022 at Cape Disappointment on the Pacific Coast in Washington. This is a bonus episode presenting the raw field recording without an original musical score.  For more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch . Enjoy! 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/subs...

We conclude Season 2 where we began, at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, just outside of Naples Florida. This is the Lettuce Lakes area, the beating heart of the ancient bald cypress grove. The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary boardwalk leads visitors through a gentle and pristine wetland wilderness.  Recorded April 11, 2022.  For more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch This is a public epi...

Today’s Soundwalk was taken April 8th 2022 along the Palm Hammock Trail at Merritt Island NWR in Florida.  A palm hammock is an elevated plane in wetland environments where where Oaks, wild tamarind, cabbage palms, maple, and saw palmetto thrive.  Also, for a field recording from nearby Apopka Lake North Shore check out my other podcast Soundscape wherever you listen to podcasts or at: pods.link/s...

Today’s Soundwalk was taken April 10th 2022, at Lovers Key State Park near Fort Meyers Beach, Florida.  The area experienced catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ian on Sept 28th 2022. May these sounds of people enjoying Lovers Key Beach return soon!  Also, for a field recording from nearby Sanibel Island check out my other podcast Soundscape wherever you listen to podcasts or at: pods.link/soundsca...

Today’s Soundwalk was taken April 11th 2022, at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, in SE Florida. Kissimmee Prairie is a breathtaking and tranquil grassland that inspired Crouch's most melodic and gentle score yet in the series. For more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch .  For more pure field recordings follow my other podcast Soundscape at: pods.link/soundscape .  This i...

Season 2: Florida!  Today’s Soundwalk was taken April 9th, 2022 on The Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park.  The Anhinga Trail meanders though a sawgrass marsh bustling with wildlife.  For more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch .  For more pure field recordings follow my other podcast Soundscape : pods.link/soundscape .  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

Season 2: Florida!  Today’s Soundwalk was taken April 11, 2022, at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, just outside of Naples Florida.  The Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary boardwalk leads visitors through a gentle and pristine wetland wilderness.  For more music + field recordings visit: artist.link/chadcrouch . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

Today’s Soundwalk was taken June 10 2022, at Hoyt Arboretum in Portland Oregon. This is a bonus episode: No original musical score. A field recording only. Season 2 of Soundwalk will begin September 16th, featuring six soundwalk recordings from Florida with my original musical scores. I’m very excited to share these with you! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subsc...

This soundwalk was taken June 1, 2022 at Cougar Canyon in Vancouver, Washington.  It features the manifold sounds of water moving through a unique sandstone landscape.  This is a field-recording-only (no musical score) bonus episode of Soundwalk.  For links to more field recordings visit: artist.link/fieldsound .  For links to my music find me at artist.link/chadcrouch .  Thanks for listening! Thi...

Today’s Soundwalk was taken June 16, 2022, at Ancient Forest Preserve, a 40 acre non-contiguous annex to the 5200 acre Forest Park of Portland, Oregon, one of the largest urban parks in the US.  Reminder: we are on a break until Season 2 this fall.  There is no original musical score for this soundwalk.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access t...