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“It left the audience feeling truly humbled, while reminding me of the continuing power of birdsong to inspire and move us.”

“It left the audience feeling truly humbled, while reminding me of the continuing power of birdsong to inspire and move us.” - The Guardian

“An extraordinary musical experience, it opens your ears to nature in a completely new way.”

“An extraordinary musical experience, it opens your ears to nature in a completely new way.” - BBC Music Magazine

“It’s a magical exchange between a human and an animal, with each riffing off of the other’s melodies and diving into the collaboration.”

“It’s a magical exchange between a human and an animal, with each riffing off of the other’s melodies and diving into the collaboration.” - No Depression

"It’s a live-music experience unlike any other."

"It’s a live-music experience unlike any other." 5 stars - Evening Standard

“A meditative trek into the mud and moonlight and a communion with nature, Lee’s performances are also designed to extol mindful presence and the power of deep listening.” 

“A meditative trek into the mud and moonlight and a communion with nature, Lee’s performances are also designed to extol mindful presence and the power of deep listening.” - The Guardian

“The strangest and most wonderful concert…magical and spontaneous.”

“The strangest and most wonderful concert…magical and spontaneous.” - The Observer

Print & Online

News, Journals, Magazines & Online Features

Press
The Guardian
The Guardian

Guardian full-page spread, March 2021

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The Washington Post
The Washington Post

SWN was host to 40 environmental professionals of colour

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The Times
The Times

What did The Times newspaper have to say about SWN?

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BBC Music Magazine
BBC Music Magazine

BBC Magazine's 2021 article featuring cellist Matthew Barley

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Emergence Magazine
Emergence Magazine

Emergence Magazine's detailed and in-depth feature on SWN

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Evening Standard
Evening Standard

A 5-star review of an “experience unlike any other”

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The Guardian
The Guardian

An in-depth feature from 2019 written by veteran journalist Robin Denslow

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The Irish Times
The Irish Times

A review of the book and project from Ireland

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BBC Culture
BBC Culture

An in-depth feature on Nature and Art from the BBC

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The Guardian
The Guardian

Patrick Barkham's superb feature on our WR action in Berkeley Square

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No Depression
No Depression

A write-up by the USA's famous No Depression web magazine

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Imagine5
Imagine5

Imagine5, the very stylish Magazine did a wonderful feature on SWN

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The Guardian
The Guardian

A splendid environmental piece about birdsong in the charts and SWN

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Resurgence Magazine
Resurgence Magazine

An op-ed piece Sam wrote for this venerable magazine

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Television

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ITV Breakfast
ITV Breakfast

A visit from ITV Breakfast News with Megan McCubbin in 2021

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Gogglebox
Gogglebox

Watch the whole SWN experience get ripped apart with the Gogglebox Treatment - prepare to laugh out loud at the whole thing

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NHK Direct Talk
NHK Direct Talk

Japan’s national broadcaster visited to film this short documentary

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BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast

Wake-up calls with BBC breakfast time bringing some song and story to their show

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BBC R4 Today
BBC R4 Today

BBC R4 Today made this superb feature on SWN

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BBC R4 The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed
BBC R4 The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed

Simon Armitage talks to Sam about his love of the nightingale

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BBC R3 Slow Radio
BBC R3 Slow Radio

BBC R3 Slow Radio shares a snippet from an SWN all-night broadcast

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ABC Australia
ABC Australia

ABC Radio made this gorgeous feature despite nightingales never having been in Australia!

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BBC R4 Something of the Night
BBC R4 Something of the Night

Something of the Night show with Sam and the nightingales

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BBC R4 Natural Histories
BBC R4 Natural Histories

BBC Radio 4’s Natural Histories show

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BBC R4 Special
BBC R4 Special

A 90th Anniversary doc about Beatrice Harrison who started this whole project off

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Nightingale habitat includes blackthorn hedges and coppiced woodland

RADIO

PODCASTS

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Folk on Foot
Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister's first-class series came to record the SWN experience

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The Lock In with Jeremy Paxman
The Lock In with Jeremy Paxman

Sam speaks with the University Challenge legend himself

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The Plodcast
The Plodcast

BBC Countryfile Magazine feature an evening with SWN

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Tweet of the Day
Tweet of the Day

A national institution that Sam was lucky enough to host

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Ashdown Forest Podcast
Ashdown Forest Podcast

Eka Morgan presents alongside Dave Goulson

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Emergence Magazine
Emergence Magazine

Emergence Magazine's detailed and in-depth feature on SWN

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The Adam Buxton Podcast
The Adam Buxton Podcast

Sam lends his voice to Adam Buxton's podcast

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Nightingale habitat includes blackthorn hedges and coppiced woodland