Sound Perimeter

Today's Sound Perimeter features excerpts from "Nightscape" and "No-Man’s-Land Lullaby", both written by Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga, works that linger at the edge of place and memory, where atmosphere gives way to deeper histories carried quietly in sound.

Pianist Gabriela Montero and salsa legend Willie Colón share a stage on Sound Perimeter — two artists from different worlds united by presence, improvisation, and music as a vehicle for truth.

On today's show, we learn about a group that aims to build more queer community on the University of Arkansas campus, 50 years ago and today. Plus, we also remember a nearly 40-year-old movie made in Arkansas with a now-familiar cast. Plus, we dive into classical music on a new edition of Sound Perimeter.

Today's Sound Perimeter explores musical transformation through Philip Glass's "Metamorphosis I" and Terri Lyne Carrington's "Unconditional Love," featuring performances that shift gradually.

Today's Sound Perimeter spends time with two bassoon pieces that have stayed close to host Lia Uribe over the years. Music holding memory, shifting shape and meeting us differently each time we return to it. Past and present, coexisting.

On today's show, a group out of Fayetteville is advocating for nine bond measures on the ballot this spring, plus sounds from a snowy Gulley Park in Fayetteville.

Today's Sound Perimeter features two pieces of music, one by French composer Gabriel Fauré, and the other by American composer Meredith Monk.

Today's Sound Perimeter features Metacosmos by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, a contemporary piece inspired by the idea of crossing into unfamiliar territory, taking listeners inside a universe where forces are felt more than explained.

In today's show, the Human Library, a global initiative and assemblage of real people waiting for anybody to ask them questions about their experiences, returns to the Fayetteville Public Library. Also today, northwest Arkansas-based Autism Involves Me leads a campaign to provide area businesses with items like noise-reduction headphones and fidget toys to offer to customers who might be susceptible to sensory overload.

Today's Sound Perimeter listens to two different versions of “Motherless Child”, one by Jubilant Sykes, and the other by Cécile McLorin Salvant. Each rendition holds the same spiritual at its center, yet each opens a distinct emotional world.