The groundbreaking 1970 album Songs of the Humpback Whale inspired a global movement to protect whales from hunting. Roger and Katy Payne were the bioacoustics researchers who recorded and analyzed these whale songs. Both were musicians and biologists who had long and distinguished careers in the field of animal communication. Roger Payne died in June, 2023. Learn about Roger and Katy Payne, and listen to music that incorporates whale songs by artists Kate Bush, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger.

Echolocation explores aspects of environmental art, especially the use of bioacoustics in sound art and musical composition. The show dwells at the junction between art, science and natural sound, and features works by artists working in the fields of soundscape studies, deep listening and acoustic ecology. Featured composers include R. Murray Schaffer, Doug Quin, Lisa Walker, Hildegard Westerkamp, Pauline Oliveros, and others. Each quarterly program includes news and updates from fields related to scientific and artistic studies of environmental sound. Submissions of locally recorded and produced pieces are encouraged. https://www.facebook.com/EcholocationWGXC