Wilderness Tracks

Musician Erland Cooper hails from the Orkney Islands, a landscape untouched and exposed. Each of Cooper’s choices comes with unique stories about his time growing up there.

The author-explorer talks about the duality of climbing to incredibly perilous heights.

Radio 3's Elizabeth Alker discovers how a folk song can travel across the Atlantic, stretching across two fishing communities.

Beloved comedian, Phill Jupitus talks about the strange wondrous micro-climate of his home in the East Nuke of Fife.

One of the most talented music writers, Laura Barton muses on the idea that a place takes on new meaning, only after you've visited it.

Instead of recording live at our events, Geoff Bird made a switch to recording of video-calls. The space scientist and BBC presenter of The Sky at Night, joins Geoff Bird to discuss her six tracks.

The author of ‘Grief is the Thing with Feathers’ and ‘Lanny’ talks about how to the desire to be in a certain place shouldn't always be fulfilled and the importance of yearning.

Here the beloved actress and children’s TV presenter waxes lyrical about her bucolic childhood home.

Author and music/nature writer, Melissa Harrison on how one band got their fans outdoors when they released their music.

Ocean-advocate/adventure seeker, Cal Major on the moving power of music.