Wilderness Tracks // Timber Festival

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Geoff Bird presents the Wilderness Tracks; an hour long discussion with a selection of writers, artists, scientists and thinkers asking them to choose six tracks which soundtrack their relationship with nature.

  1. Raymond Antrobus

    01/15/2024

    Raymond Antrobus

    Raymond Antrobus is a writer, poet, and broadcaster. He is the author of poetry collections, To Sweeten Bitter; The Perseverance and All The Names Given, as well as children’s picture book Can Bears Ski?, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. In 2022 three of his poems were added to the UK’s (GCSE) National Curriculum. At Timber 2023, he sat down with Geoff Bird to discuss his six nature-related tracks as part of Wilderness Tracks, recorded live at the festival.

    50 min

  2. 10/06/2023

    Janet Ellis

    Actress, presenter and author Janet Ellis joins Geoff Bird for a live recording on our Wilderness Tracks podcast. Janet discusses the six pieces of music that connect her to nature. Janet Ellis trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Best known for presenting Blue Peter, she stars in numerous radio and TV programmes and in 2018 appeared at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2016 Janet was awarded an MBE for services to charities and theatre. A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing course, her debut novel, The Butcher’s Hook, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize.

    54 min

  3. 06/14/2023

    Raynor Winn

    Raynor Winn, author of the international bestsellers The Salt Path and The Wild Silence, talks to Geoff about her six nature-related tracks.  Sharing the inspiration behind her 'Wilderness Tracks', Raynor takes us on a journey through her childhood, into an adulthood peppered with adventure, fulfilment, hardship, and the constant pull of the natural world. Raynor Winn’s first book, The Salt Path, became an international bestseller and sold in twenty countries. It was shortlisted for the 2018 Costa Biography Award; shortlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018 and was the winner of the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize 2018. The Wild Silence was shortlisted for the 2021 Indie Book Awards and the 2021 Wainwright Prize. The Salt Path has also been optioned for a film. Raynor Winn is a regular long-distance walker and writes about nature, homelessness, and our relationship to the land. She lives in Cornwall with her husband Moth.

    50 min
  4. Calm - Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    01/10/2023

    Calm - Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    Immerse yourself in the soothing sounds of the great global wildwood in order to ease your mind and calm your senses. Slow down, breathe deeper and find tranquility as you tune in to the harmonies of the natural world. This is the Sounds of the Forest podcast — three episodes welcoming you into a unique soundworld using a carefully selected range of recordings taken from our soundmap, created by hundreds of people all around the world. Another time, perhaps, you can listen to our other tracks - ‘focus’ and ‘meditate’. To find out more about the Sounds of the Forest project — timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest/ Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes was supported by The Space and Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery.

    25 min
  5. Focus - Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    01/10/2023

    Focus - Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    Use the forest as a place to find focus, whether that be for study, work or a sense of clarity. Find inspiration in the vibrant and fresh sounds of nature with this beautiful soundscape as the trees sway, the leaves rustle and the birds sing. This is the Sounds of the Forest podcast — three episodes welcoming you into a unique soundworld using a carefully selected range of recordings taken from our soundmap, created by hundreds of people all around the world. Another time, perhaps, you can listen to our other tracks - ‘calm’ and ‘meditate’. To find out more about the Sounds of the Forest project — timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest/ Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes was supported by The Space and Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery.

    25 min
  6. Meditate - Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    01/10/2023

    Meditate - Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    Place yourself gently amongst the sounds of the world’s woodlands and the caressing tremor of ambient gongs in order to centre your mind, improve mindfulness and find inner peace. This is the Sounds of the Forest podcast — three episodes welcoming you into a unique soundworld using a carefully selected range of recordings taken from our soundmap, created by hundreds of people all around the world. Another time, perhaps, you can listen to our other tracks - ‘calm’ and ‘focus’. To find out more about the Sounds of the Forest project — timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest/ Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes was supported by The Space and Arts Council England with funding from the National Lottery.

    25 min
  7. Introducing... Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    01/01/2023

    Introducing... Sounds of the Forest Soundscapes

    From the January 10th, Timber Festival will be bringing you three unique tracks featuring sounds of forests and woodlands from around the world. Harness the power of nature to calm your senses, focus your mind and guide you in quiet meditation. These soundscapes have been created using audio recordings from our project Sounds of the Forest, the first ever forest soundmap of the world. Listen to the map and upload your own sounds at timberfestival.org.uk/soundsoftheforest

    1 min

  8. 12/14/2022

    Natalie Haynes

    Natalie Haynes, an award-winning comedian, author, journalist, and broadcaster talks to Geoff Bird about her six nature-related tracks. Although, Natalie claims not to know much about music, her selections paint a vivid picture of her influences. From Tom Waits’ ‘Shiver Me Timbers’ inspiring her writing about Classical Greek characters who live by the sea, walking in nature to find clarity in her writing process, to Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band’s ‘The Mountain’ evoking grandeur, solace and peril all at the same time. Throughout, she takes us on a whistle-stop tour of Greek mythology in between each track and shows us just why she’s one of our most exciting authors standing up for the Classics.

    47 min
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Geoff Bird presents the Wilderness Tracks; an hour long discussion with a selection of writers, artists, scientists and thinkers asking them to choose six tracks which soundtrack their relationship with nature.

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