This summer, three of us—Galen, Reid, Brian—will be puttering along the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, and bringing together artists of all stripes to make some good old-fashioned radio. Every Saturday, we’ll pull our thirty-foot paddlewheel riverboat into something resembling safe harbor, and on sound stages both aboard the riverboat and along the scenic shorelines, we’ll record an hour-long, live variety show, set in that same bizarro, post-apocalyptic universe—think Prairie Home Companion meets Station Eleven.
We’ll broadcast each show live, with audio and video feeds on our website, and shows will then be posted online and accessible to anyone, for free, forever.
In the coming months, we’ll be connecting with artists who’d like to come make some noise out on the river. Our route basically looks like a big horseshoe around Nashville, Tennessee, so if you know any musicians or writers or storytellers who live nearby (or will be passing through), please put them in touch! We can be reached at theriversignal@gmail.com.
In the meantime, below are some videos, and episodes from the first season of The River Signal, recorded in 2015, to give you a sense of what we’ll be up to out there.
