How do we find sound in nature? When was the first time you found sound in nature? Were you of the age where your innocence and sense of wonderment were at the dawn of endless possibilities, or were you deep enough into your years to revisit the passion that led you past the landmarks of longing, and bring you to actualizing the healing power of sound and music that speaks of the Earth?

On this of NOTES BETWEEN SESSIONS, I talk with Endless Field, a collaborative instrumental duo featuring guitarist Jesse Lewis and bassist Ike Sturm. Drawing on inspiration from nature, the duo seeks to bring an interflow of structured and improvisational music to outdoor spaces, encouraging audiences to explore their own frontiers. Their latest album, ALIVE IN THE WILDERNESS recorded in the vast expanse of Utah, was released in the Summer of 2020 on Biophilia Records. Using a solar battery-powered mobile recording studio and National Geographic photographers and videographers, they documented their epic adventure. Lending their works elemental titles like, “Moon,” “Wind,” “Creature” and “White Pond Sun,” or ushering all living beings into a meditative space, with “Prayer for the earth,” Ike and Jesse invite each of us to consider how we can collectively steward nature with our individual aptitude, and that leadership is but an interval for us to do our best work from inward, out.