This is the second of a four-part mini-series celebrating the classical elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air.

This week on Earth Eclectic Radio Hour, dive deep with host Bart Everson into “Element of Water”—a soul-quenching journey through music that honors our planet’s most essential substance. From the prayerful “Water Song” by Suns of the Earth to Bruce Clarke’s cover of Van Morrison’s “And It Stoned Me,” this episode flows through traditions that recognize water as both physical necessity and spiritual teacher. You’ll journey across languages and continents with Colombia’s Misak people in “Hijos del Agua,” feel the presence of Nordic lake spirits in “Sjöfru,” and celebrate Yemaya, the Yoruba ocean goddess. As rain falls outside the studio window, these songs remind us of water’s paradoxical power—both gentle enough to sustain the most delicate life and mighty enough to shape continents. In a time of intensifying droughts and floods, these artists call us back to right relationship with the liquid miracle that connects all living beings.

Listen on our site, Mixcloud, PRX — complete track list

PSA: We wanted to take a moment to tell you about the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition. It was founded in 2004, and today it’s more than 120 non-governmental organizations, fishers’ associations, and law and policy institutes, worldwide. They have two main goals: to remove and mitigate the greatest threats to life in the deep sea, and to safeguard the long-term health, integrity and resilience of deep sea ecosystems. You can find them on the web at Deep-Sea-Conservation.org. There’s a lot of interesting information there. We recommend you hit the Explore tab.