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Crows and songs, on Audio Ecotone, Sept. 12, 2025

Eddy Owt allowed me (Pieter Pastoor) to fill in for him this week. I had to pick a theme, so a show was born about crows in song. Enjoy the journey in the spirit world of crows.

Crows in Song

Omens & death

Crows are often associated with death, darkness, or foreboding.

Wisdom & mystery

In many Native American, Celtic, and Norse myths (and retellings in literature), crows are seen as wise, shape-shifting messengers between worlds.

Transformation & the uncanny

Crows often appear in magical realism or gothic writing as liminal creatures — half in the human world, half in the supernatural.

Ted Hughes’ poetry collection Crow (1970) reimagines the crow as a trickster, creation figure, and survivor.

The Yolo County Breakdown for Sep 12, 2025

Rocky spins a mostly instrumental set this week. There are a few vocals in the mix, but listen to some of the best instrumentalists in the history of recorded music including Chris Thile, David Grier, Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, Mike Compton and many more. Check out the bluegrass version of the Jimi Hendrix classic - Little Wing!

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