Snow has many characters, depending on a number of factors. Light and fluffy, wet and heavy, cutting, comforting... Today we stand in the first snow of the season (yes, I know, it's already snowed in many places) on this edition of I Scream Sunday from RadioSpiral.net. Join us at 2pm Pacific!

The autumn and winter months are the time to slow down, rest, and recharge before spring. Growth begins underground. Take the time to breathe slowly and move slowly during the cooler months. Join us at 8am Pacific for "Slow" on Morning Cup of Calm from RadioSpiral.net, hosted by ʞu¡0ɹʞS.

On this episode of I Scream Sunday, we explore the underworld, darkness, hell (and they're not always the same), and more. The live set in the second hour is called "Persephone".

Today we fly! This episode is designed in hopes of inspiring dreams of flying. Bing Satellites: "Flying Dream" (Twilight Sessions volume 11) Christopher Short - Guitartronic: "Flying Leisurely in the Sunshine" (Winter Soundscapes 2014) Cousin Silas: "I Often Dream of Flying" (The Silas Sampler 2 - The Twang Projects) Meg Bowles: "Nocturnal Flight" (

The Full Moon in April is named the Pink Moon for the flowers that bloom in spring. It is also called the Breaking Ice Moon, Budding Moon, Awakening Moon, Egg Moon, and Paschal Moon. This episode of I Scream Sunday honors them all. Greet the moon as the harbinger of hope and growth.

This time of year, the weather is wildly unpredictable: there can be snow or sun, cold or heat, or anything in between. Today we’ll explore many forms of spring and new growth. I’ll take a break from playing live today. Conni St. Pierre: “Snow on Lilacs” (Flower Spirits) Mäläskä: “Dialogue Between Birches & Oaks” (First Day of Spring…

“Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.” - Hildegard von Bingen Music can help us achieve a kind of stillness that's elusive in the modern world.

Days and nights are in balance for a moment, and the season tips toward spring and new growth. After a difficult winter, the change is welcome. Time for spring cleaning! We’ll hear from a variety of artists today who honor the Spring Equinox in different ways. Shane Morris: “Equinox” (Equinox) Kuutana: “Equinox” (Waking Sun) Lucette Bourdin: “Crossing the Equinox” (

Last week’s show about water inspired me to put together one about the Ocean. It is the subject of poetry, prayer, and music, and our artists have often taken the subject and run with it. We’ll hear tracks from Lexixon of Sound, Re-Think, Dave Riddell, Sheleah Nahshon, Gregg Plummer, Max Corbacho, Robert Rich & Markus Reuter, and Daniel Robert Lahey, plus as usual a live set in the second hour.

The water has many voices: gentle, turbulent, deep, shallow, restorative, destructive... On this edition of I Scream Sunday, we explore some of those voices. In the second hour there will be a live set exploring the sounds and voices of water. Altus: "Overture for Water" (Water) Christopher Short: "Reflections on Moonlit Water" (Narration of Butterflies and a Crystalline Sky…

Step into the light on this week’s I Scream Sunday episode, with music of Phillip Wilkerson, Jaime Munárriz, Thom Brennan, Robert Carty, and then a live set in the second hour: Phillip Wilkerson: “The Light Becomes You” (Highlands) Jaime Munárriz: “Fragile Filaments of Light” (Gardens in Candy Land — a tribute to the late Candy Lozier) Thom Brennan: “Cavelight” (

We learned this week that the excellent composer Tantroniq (Tanya Thielke) passed away earlier in the month, succumbing to cancer (🤬 cancer!). So instead of playing live, we’ll listen to a sampling of tracks from her canon. You can find her works on Bandcamp ( Mantra Machine “Proclaimer’s Dream“ “A Brief History of Our Future” “Nothing Is Wrong (Just Dance)”

Whispers, murmurs, silent expressions of emotion, even our inner voice: we communicate quietly as often -- perhaps more often -- than we do out loud. On this edition of I Scream Sunday, we listen for those voices. Phillip Wilkerson: "While Silence Sings" (Complex Silence 23) Meg Bowles: "A Quiet Light" (A Quiet Light) Karl Fury: "quiet and chaos" (

The wind carries stories of life, of our home on this earth, and of our own joys and sorrows. This episode of I Scream Sunday finds us standing in the winds and experiencing their infinite variety. Headzic: "Wind Breath" (Time Lapse) Juta Takahashi: "Fair Wind" (Angel) Anantakara: "Intuition's Breeze" (Momentum Lapses) James Shain: "The Wind Sings Softness" (

This weekend is Imbolc. Even though winter is still in full voice, we celebrate the very first hints of spring -- maybe crocuses are starting to poke their little heads up; maybe we'll see animals preparing nests for new births. So we continue our theme of voices in the natural world this week with an episode focusing on the critters around us: horses, dogs, cats, elephants, sea horses, insects, and more.

It might seem strange to create a show around the green world in the dead of winter, but nature has her own wisdom. Deep underground, spring is already starting, even as winter lies across the frozen land. So in this episode of I Scream Sunday, we'll get to know the green world a little bit. In the first hour, we'll hear tracks from the RadioSpiral library:

Throughout history, humans have tried to capture our images of heaven — paradise — in many forms, through music, art, dance, film, and so much more. Today’s episode of I Scream Sunday is the second of two exploring musical visions of heaven. On today's episode, we take a different look at the heavens of some of our artists. Audraulic: "Dreaming Heavens" (

Visions and impressions of human interpretations of heaven abound. Throughout history, we have imagined paradise in many forms, through music, art, dance, and more. Today's episode of I Scream Sunday is the first of two exploring musical visions of heaven. We'll hear from Cousin Silas, Fiesel & Hertz, Juta Takahashi, and Lucette Bourdin, and of course a live set in the second hour.

As the technology becomes ever more sophisticated, electronic music can cover or emulate a nearly infinite variety of sounds, including classical instruments and practices. The RadioSpiral library includes quite a number of tracks that have a classical or neo-classical flavor, whether in instrumentation or because the composer comes from a classical background, so on this edition of I Scream Sunday…

The Solstice is upon us. On the Northern Hemisphere, anyway, the days begin lengthening, though we're still in for a long season of cold and dark for a time. The deep of winter is a time for introspection, gathering internal resources to prepare for change and growth. Underground, spring is already being prepared. On this episode of I Scream Sunday…

In this episode of I Scream Sunday, we explore the darkness. In winter, and in space, the days are short and the nights are long. In the darkness, we hear voices... Cousin Silas: "Voices" from Twang 007 Dan Pound: "Thunder Voices" from Door Beyond Time Cotton Blossom Band: "Voices in Outer Bass" from Soulshining Jim Ottaway: "Astral Voices" from Deep Space Blue…

After a four year (!!) hiatus, I decided that it was high time to restart a RadioSpiral program. Rather than repurposing old show titles, we came up with I Scream Sunday. The name, as you might imagine, refers to the fact that I focus on vocals when I play live -- and I plan to do that for this program!