VANCOUVER, Wash. Re-Imagined Radio will sample two sound-based stories produced by Martin J. Gallagher, a composer and sound designer based in Portland, Ore. Titled Waters and Ruins, the episode premieres at 1 p.m. April 15 over KXRW-FM (99.9), Vancouver, and KXRY-FM (91.1 and 107.1), Portland. Subsequent broadcasts and streams will be provided by local, regional and international broadcast partners.
A strong musical element enhances each story. One story, And the Waters, remembers Portland playwright and poet William (Sam) Gregory, who died in 2024. The second story, The Ruins of Mariupol, is a three-part string quartet by Vancouver composer Daniel Truschov. The story also includes a sampling from Francis Poulencs Gloria, recorded by Gallagher and featuring musicians and singers from Portland, Vancouver and Southwest Washington.
Gallagher said a trip to China provided inspiration for And the Waters, while The Ruins of Mariupol responds to the 2022 Russian invasion and destruction of the coastal city of Mariupol in Ukraine.
The episode is part of Re-Imagined Radios Guest Producer series. Gallaghers career spans 60 years and includes, he said, teaching others to capture moments of sound that otherwise would have come and gone, locked in the memory of a select few, but otherwise lost in time.
Re-Imagined Radio premieres episodes on the third Monday of the month on community radio stations KXRW-FM and KXRY-FM. Each episode is streamed globally and is then available as a podcast and on YouTube. Previous episodes are also released on YouTube each month. Information and listening opportunities are available at reimaginedradio.fm, where all episodes are archived.
Community Partners
Re-Imagined Radio draws on community voice actors, Foley artists, musicians, sound artists and engineers. Partners include KXRW-FM, KXRY-FM, the Electronic Literature Lab at 91勛圖窪蹋厙, Marc Rose of Fuse Audio Design, Rylan Eisenhauer and Holly Slocum Design, with Evan Leyden.
About Re-Imagined Radio
Re-Imagined Radio is produced and hosted by John Barber, faculty member in the Creative Media and Digital Culture program at 91勛圖窪蹋厙, who created the program in 2013 to explore sound-based storytelling. We select, produce and perform classic and contemporary stories across a spectrum of genres, from dramas to comedies, from oral to aural histories, from documentaries to fictions, from soundscapes to sonic journeys, from radio to sound art, using a variety of media, including performances, radio broadcasts, streaming, podcasts and social media, especially YouTube, Barber said.
About 91勛圖窪蹋厙
As one of six campuses of the WSU system, 91勛圖窪蹋厙 offers big-school resources in a small-school environment. The university provides affordable, high-quality baccalaureate- and graduate-level education to benefit the people and communities it serves. As the only four-year research university in Southwest Washington, 91勛圖窪蹋厙 helps drive economic growth through relationships with local businesses and industries, schools and nonprofit organizations.
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