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Look for the light. ✨

Before the birds begin their morning chorus, before the leaves open to the sun, before the ocean turns silver... light arrives first.

It wakes the forest.

It warms the soil.

It feeds the flowers.

It guides wings across the sky.

For International Day of Light, we’re celebrating the quiet force that makes life possible...and the natural world glow, grow, shimmer and sing.

So today, pause for a moment.

Look for the light.

In the trees. On the water. Across the sky.

And listen to what it brings to life.

🌍 Little Listens - Where Little Ears Go on Big Adventures

🎧 Find us on your favourite podcast platform.

Please listen, share, and help us bring nature’s sounds to more children and families.

🌊 Episode 4 Songs of the Sea

Little Listens Podcast

The ocean is not silent.

It crashes, whispers, fizzes, clicks and sings.

In this episode of Little Listens, children travel from the edge of the shore into the deep blue sea — listening for waves, bubbles, hidden underwater sounds, and the extraordinary songs of whales.

Whale song is the heart of this episode: strange, beautiful, powerful, and full of wonder.

Little Listens is a gentle nature-sound podcast for curious children and families — helping little ears slow down, listen closely, and discover that the living world is full of voices.

🎧 Songs of the Sea is available now.

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Today is World Migratory Bird Day. A day to look up, listen closely, and remember that the sky is full of journeys.

Every year, birds travel across countries, oceans, forests, wetlands, cities, and deserts - following ancient flyways written in wind, stars, memory, and song.

Some arrive with the first light.
Some call in the dark.
Some pass over us while we are sleeping.

This year’s theme is Every Bird Counts. Your Observations Matter. A reminder that even a single sighting, a single song, a single moment of noticing can help us better understand and protect these extraordinary travellers.

So today, step outside for a moment.
Listen for wings.
Look for movement in the trees.
Notice who is passing through.

Because the world is always speaking and sometimes, it sings as it flies.

Little Listens
Where little ears go on big adventures.

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Episode 2: Howl in the Jungle

Little Listens Podcast

Deep in the rainforest, something begins to rumble.

Before the birds are fully awake, before the leaves are warm with sun, the howler monkeys call across the trees — low, wild, and louder than you’d ever expect from such small bodies.

This week on Little Listens, we’re heading into the canopy to hear one of the most extraordinary voices in nature.

A gentle listening adventure for curious little ears.

🎧 Listen to Little Listens wherever you get your podcasts.

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This week on Little Listens, we’re tuning in to the world of penguins — the shuffle of tiny feet, the call across the ice, the hush of snow, and the wild music of a place most of us will never stand.

A gentle listening adventure for curious children, nature-loving families, and anyone who still believes the world is full of wonder.

🎧 Listen to Little Listens wherever you get your podcasts.

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I spent the day in Miami with Jacob Collier, and I am still feeling the energy of it.

I was introduced to Jacob through the Sounds Right initiative, with the simple idea of working together for the benefit of nature. But what I witnessed was something far beyond that. His talent is extraordinary, but more than that, his curiosity and openness to the natural world felt completely genuine.

We talked about how music can reconnect people to something they have lost. Not just appreciation, but a real relationship with the living world. And I truly believe we are going to find a way to do that together.

Through this work, we helped establish something that once seemed impossible. Nature has been recognised as an artist. Hundreds of millions of streams have already followed. But this is not a novelty or a gesture. It is something real.

Artists who credit Nature are sharing their royalties. That money is going directly into biodiversity and conservation projects around the world. For the first time, the natural world is being treated not as a resource, but as a collaborator with a voice and a value.

This is only the beginning.

I hope you will continue to support The Listening Planet, because what is coming next, what we are about to create with Jacob, has the potential to move people in a way that truly matters.

Here’s a snippet of my solo set, live from Warsaw, supporting @yanntiersen on his European tour

Throughout the set, I weave the voice of audio naturalist Martyn Stewart (@mijdog) in and out of my music. Through his words, and comparisons between both of our sound recordings taken in the same locations approximately 50 years apart, we learn how much we’ve impacted the natural world, and how important it is to remember that we are a part of it. I feel so proud to have worked with Martyn and his organisation @the_listening_planet

The full 30 minute set is now available to watch on my YouTube channel - @aliceboydmusic

Thank you to @brittenpearsarts & @aceagrams for funding the development of my solo show

Thank you to @fallingtreeproductions and @bbcradio4 for commissioning the original radio documentary I made about Martyn’s work and me revisiting places he’s recorded in. You can listen to the documentary, ‘Shifting Soundscapes, on BBC Sounds

Hard to believe my grandkid, Brooklyn is now 18!!!
I bet he still takes a piss off the deck when no one is watching xxx

Happy birthday spider monkey xx

Tomorrow is Earth Day! Here’s a snippet of my solo set, live from Warsaw, supporting @yanntiersen on his European tour

Throughout the set, I weave the voice of audio naturalist Martyn Stewart (@mijdog) in and out of my music. Through his words, and comparisons between both of our sound recordings taken in the same locations approximately 50 years apart, we learn how much we’ve impacted the natural world, and how important it is to remember that we are a part of it. I feel so proud to have worked with Martyn and his organisation @the_listening_planet

The full 30 minute set is now available to watch on my YouTube channel - @aliceboydmusic

Thank you to @brittenpearsarts & @aceagrams for funding the development of my solo show

Thank you to @fallingtreeproductions and @bbcradio4 for commissioning the original radio documentary I made about Martyn’s work and me revisiting places he’s recorded in. You can listen to the documentary, ‘Shifting Soundscapes, on BBC Sounds

“I’m living with cancer. It’s — it’s hard to talk about that stuff,” says naturalist Martyn Stewart.

He says his illness is why he decided to preserve his archive of animal recordings by sharing it with rock star Stewart Copeland and turning it into the new album, “Wild Concerto.”