Impact

Sound Archaeology Research Group activities have produced a wide range of impacts in the wider community. In particular there has been a huge range of press and media interest in projects related to Stonehenge, which has allowed our researchers to share broader work on sound archaeology and the creative work it has inspired.

Links to some of these interviews, documentaries, and newspaper articles are provided below.

Stef Conner’s Leverhulme Early Career Fellow research

• Stef’s piece “Singing Strings” was premiered by the Ligeti Quartet in December 2017: https://ligetiquartet.com/work/stef-conner/singing-strings
• Stef performed with Rachel Unthank’s band for a special one-off reunion show: http://narcmagazine.com/news-home-gathering-hoults-yard/
• Stef Conner’s research in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/sep/24/lyre-ensemble-union-chapel-babylonian-language-stef-conner

 

The European Music Archaeology Project

• New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/09/arts/international/bringing-ancient-sounds-back-to-life.html?_r=1
• Quietus piece: http://thequietus.com/articles/24158-carnyx-ancient-horn-european-musical-archeology-project
• Discussion of the EMAP exhibition: https://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/exhibit-tracks-europes-ancient-music-journey
• Comprehensive list of EMAP impact: http://www.emaproject.eu/component/content/article.html?id=78:press-reviews

The Soundgate app

• Megalithic Website: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146414310
• Reuters news story: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-tech-stonehenge/researchers-give-voice-to-historic-sounds-of-stonehenge-idUKKBN17D1RO?il=0
• The Japan Times covers the research: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/04/13/world/science-health-world/researchers-give-voice-historic-sounds-stonehenge/#.WquqlSOcaL4
• The New Scientist story: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19276-acoustic-archaeology-the-secret-sounds-of-stonehenge/
• Daily Mail coverage: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4401758/Researchers-voice-historic-sounds-Stonehenge.html
• Daily Telegraph coverage: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/4108867/Stonehenge-was-giant-concert-venue.html
• Bradshaw Foundation article: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/stonehenge/stonehenge_sounds/index.php
• Huddersfield Examiner article: https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/new-app-takes-you-back-12928102

 

Music archaeology press and discussion

• Profile of Rupert’s work in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/506158a
• UK BBC2 TV and USA PBS TV Civilisations. Rupert appeared on this show discussing the soundscapes of prehistoric painted caves: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05xxsmp
• BBC World Service documentary Symphony of the Stones: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvq4j
• A documentary project for national German radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur: http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/ursendung-klingende-fruehgeschichte-archaeoakustik.1022.de.html?dram:article_id=317222
• ABC Radio National’s Volume Without Sparks, a two-part exploration of acoustic sound amplification: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/radiotonic/volume-without-sparks-part-one/6390990
  http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundproof/volume-without-sparks-part-two/6375296
• Gizmodo coverage: https://gizmodo.com/using-subterranean-acoustics-to-explore-ancient-cave-ar-1522307469
• The Daily Express discusses Prof. Till’s research, showing how sound is routinely now being discussed when talking about Stonehenge: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/853987/Stonehenge-tunnel-plan-project-Bath-UK-facts
• BBC Radio 4 Documentary Hearing the Past: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b014f9q5
• France Inter radio programme on prehistoric music: https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/sur-les-epaules-de-darwin/sur-les-epaules-de-darwin-22-fevrier-2014

 

Stonehenge research

• BBC Radio 4 Today interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ZO6JYlVVI
• BBC Radio 4 PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQXAsgoaXgs
• The Sky At Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0uszITKmF4
• BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38530755
• BBC Breakfast: https://www.facebook.com/bbcbreakfast/videos/vb.127439507270196/1565240246823441/?type=2&theater
• The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/stonehenge-home-of-early-rock-music-3phhphw2bdf
• Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/06/07/researchers-find-mysterious-wooden-pagan-circles-are-actually-800-years-older-than-stonehenge.html
• NBC USA: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28540927/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/stonehenge-one-totally-awesome-rave-location/

 

Reviews of music archaeology-related creative work and compositions

The Edge of Time

• Daily Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/42000-year-old-instruments-still-making-noise-classical-world/
• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/30/the-edge-of-time-palaeolithic-bone-flutes-from-france-and-germany-review-potengowski-wagner
• https://andrewbensonwilson.org/tag/rupert-till/
• http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2017/Aug/Edge_time_DCD34185.htm
• http://www.planethugill.com/2017/06/the-edge-of-time-exploring-historic.html

Ice and Longboats

• The Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/14/ice-and-longboats-cd-review-ensemble-mare-balticum-egevad-delphian
• Yorkshire Post:https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/music/music-from-the-vikings-gets-into-the-chart-with-a-helping-hand-from-huddersfield-1-8136730

Spellweaving

• Sheer magic: ancient music from the Highlands of Scotland: http://www.planethugill.com/2016/07/sheer-magic-ancient-music-from.html
• The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/02/spellweaving-ancient-music-from-the-highlands-of-scotland-cd-review-tries-to-break-out-of-the-piping-ghetto