Laura Dedelow presents Mysterious Mycelium, dedicated to mycelium, mushrooms & all fungi, exploring the fungi above ground plus the mycelium working behind the scenes underneath.
This show is dedicated to the Northern Hemisphere's turning from Summer to Autumn and the Autumnal Equinox.
As floods inundate and wildfires consume a planet that seems to be running a fever, we move through multiple spiritual traditions to confront the twin elemental forces reshaping our world, from Jamaican rocksteady to Haitian Voudou, from Celtic flame to Hawaiian volcano.
From the peat bogs of Australia to the bayous of Louisiana and the fog-haunted folklore of the Old World, Episode 0122 — "Will o' the Wetlands" — wades deep into the music, mystery, and teeming life of the world's most liminal landscapes.
Host Laura Dedelow, still slightly damp from a real Indiana deluge, celebrates summer precipitation in all its forms — rain, heat lightning, hail, and even virga — threading a field recording by Bart Everson through an hour that moves from London indie-pop through Kentucky country and deep into the gospel and R&B soul of New Orleans.
From Jimetta Rose's gospel choir invocation of the Los Angeles sun to Lilli Lewis's firefly closing the New Orleans evening, host Laura Dedelow gathers thirteen artists from three continents to celebrate summer in all its aspects: the light, the storms, the flowers, the fledglings, and the brief, luminous dark.
Host Laura Dedelow dedicates an hour to the music of national parks and public lands, in the days surrounding the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.
A pilgrimage in music through the physical and spiritual places where we go to connect — from the rivers and rooftops of New Orleans to the Rocky Mountains, the Slovenian hills, the redwood groves of Muir Woods, and the "Gaia Place" for each of us.
Timed to World Environment Day, host Laura Dedelow announces Kate Daisy Grant and Nick Pynn as the inaugural recipients of the Earth Eclectic Music Award — then surrounds their work with an hour of tree songs, two pre-release tracks from their forthcoming album Songs from the Grove, and closes with an unexpected emotional gift in honor of the award-winners' ailing rescue dog Lemon.
Dedicated to our inaugural Earth Eclectic Music Award. This episode features great nominations that were released prior to the 2024-2026 parameters. We think they deserve Honorable Mention!