Jim Nollman - (PRESALE 8/14/26) Orcas' Greatest Hits (CD SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS 2026) | Mint (M) Mint (M)-

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    Orcas' Greatest Hits
    Artist: Jim Nollman Format: CD Release Date: 8/14/2026 

    Label: Smithsonian Folkways
    Vendor: Smithsonian Folkways Recording
    Distributor: AMPED
    UPC: 093074509524
    Genre: Rock
    Release Date: 8/14/2026
    Product ID: SFW45095.2
    Weight: .01 lb

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Description

Jim Nollman is a sound artist and author who has dedicated his practice to playing music with non-human individuals. Following his 1982 album on Folkways, Playing Music with Animals, Nollman established an artistic residency and community space at a cove in British Columbia, dubbed Orcananda after the orca residents that have dwelled in it's deep waters for centuries. Nollman and his cohort took a considered approach to developing sonic relationships with the orcas and other animals they encountered, always keeping a respectful distance as they found one another with their ears. Orcas' Greatest Hits collects hydrophone recordings drawn from over 60 hours of interspecies collaboration recorded between 1985 and 2002, showing the playful ways in which Nollman engaged the orcas from the portable studio floating above their home. What we hear is the focused listening by the cetaceans and humans as they search out sonic space among one another, finding in that dialogue potential common ground for deeper understanding.

    Tracks
    Credits

    1 Orca Yelps and Belches
    2 The 47 Whale Raga
    3 Rattle and Conk
    4 Boundary Line
    5 The Elk Man
    6 Queen Charlotte's Slide
    7 Little Sir Orca

• Condition: NEW
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: CD
• Internal ID: 093074509524
• Genre: ROCK/CLASSIC
• Format Type: CD
• Released: 8/14/2026