The weekend’s rains have washed away the last vestiges of summer, bringing with it the dramatic turn to fall. On this episode of Music in Time, host Evan McCormick rides the seasonal tides, playing an assortment of songs that resonate with the onset of autumn. From soundtracks to iconic fall-set films and TV shows (Rushmore, Twin Peaks) to the autumnal ambience of Eno & Budd and the suspenseful notes of Halloween-time, this episode explores whether there’s *something* special captured in sound about this time of year. Tune in!

1. Rue Saint-Vincent - Yves Montand
2. Kite Flying Society - Mark Mothersbaugh
3.The Lad With The Silver Button - Mark Mothersbaugh
4. Margaret Yang’s Theme - Mark Mothersbaugh
5. Wind in Lonely Fences - Harold Budd & Brian Eno
6. The Chill Air - Harold Budd & Brian Eno
7. Half Heart - Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch
8. The Chair - Angelo Badalamenti
9. Floating Cube - S U R V I V E
10. Tick Of The Clock - Chromatics
11. The Purpose of Peace - Abul Mogard
12. Replacement Sky - SQÜRL
13. The Taste Of Blood - SQÜRL, Jozef Van Wissem

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Music does not just exist. It exists in specific times and places and in the sonic world of each individual listener who engages with it. That’s the basic idea behind "Music in Time," which explores the social and political context in which songs and albums emerge, are listened to, and reflected on over the years. Host Evan McCormick uses different formats to play with the idea of music in time—sometimes focusing on a single album and detailing the social and political circumstances surrounding its release, sometimes putting together playlists that explore a theme or concept in songs through the years. Each broadcast asks: how is music shaped by its own historical moment, and, in turn, how does music shape the histories that we remember?

By day, Evan McCormick is a historian at Columbia University, where he uses oral history interviews to understand how people remember and make sense of the past. By night, McCormick is a music lover and singer-songwriter, recording under the stage name Egan Caufield. For most of his life these two worlds remained separate, but after relocating to Catskill in 2020, he chose to bring history and music together over the airwaves, and "Music in Time" was born.