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Sound on Mystic is an outdoor audio installation combining music, spoken word, sound art and ambience into an immersive experience. It is located along a two-mile stretch of the Mystic River in Medford and Arlington, Massachusetts, and is accessed through ECHOES, a free mobile app that uses GPS data to cue different sounds at various sites. Once you download the app, just put on a pair of headphones, take a walk within the installation’s extensive boundaries, and you'll hear a diverse set of sound works that are all united by the river itself, and its complex legacy as a place of history and nature, community and conflict, labor and recreation. *Access Instructions:* 1. Install the ECHOES app (the link is below, skip to step 3 if you've already found the walk in ECHOES) 2. Search for "Sound on Mystic" inside the app 3. Download the walk (this will function better than streaming the walk) 4. Close out other apps on your phone that access your location and may interfere with ECHOES 5. Go to the river and open the walk. You will see a map with areas highlighted in blue. As soon as you enter a highlighted area, sound will automatically begin to play. Depending on how fast you walk, some pieces will overlap with each other, or some pieces will play completely leaving a period of silence. Don't worry, that's all just part of the experience -- enjoy! Sound on Mystic is created by Ian Coss, Dwayne A Johnson, and Gary Roberts, with funding from the Medford Arts Council and Arlington Cultural Council, and support from the Mystic River Watershed Association. Contact us at soundonmystic@gmail.com.

Take this unique tour of Davis Square and learn of weird beasts and odd occurrences! You never know who--or WHAT--walked the spots you're standing in. This is a special production by the Post-Meridian Radio Players, to help celebrate ArtBeat and all that is unique and wonderful about Somerville. For more information you can visit us at pmrp.org .

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Welcome to the RADIO SILENCE audiowalk. If you are currently at LOST POND SANCTUARY, see on-site instructions below. If you are accessing this site remotely, via the BOOK OF WALKS, click the STREAM WALK button, and then click the menu on the top right corner.You'll see a list of songs. Toggle the "auto-play" to off, so you can hear the songs simply by clicking through the tracks. On-site instructions: Thank you for downloading this app, putting on your walking shoes, and surrendering your ears to me for this walk. We'll be walking roughly 3 kilometers, beginning and ending at the yellow gate of the ACCESS ROAD to Skyline Park in Brookline, MA. Put your earbuds in, turn your volume up, and make sure your phone is charged. If you can set your phone to DO NOT DISTURB, and set the SLEEP to NEVER, please do so. As you walk, songs will automatically play as you enter the purple circles on the map. No need to do anything further, except walk and listen. For more information on the project: https://www.debtoddwheeler.org/radiosilenceaudiowalk_songs Special thanks to the community of artists and musicians in the Boston area, who have made this walk possible. More thanks to the many people who have contributed in different ways to the completion of these recordings, specifically Terrance Reeves and Chris Burleson, without whom these recordings would not exist. This walk is for Lucas. This walk is for Rob. This walk is for all of us who walk the wild edge of sorrow. Deb

You realize you've lost your wallet at some point between last night and now. You were at a party last night, so you start your search at the host's, Claire's, apartment, on Columbus next to Ruggles Station.

This soundwalk traces a path from resonance to routine. Church bells emerge first at a distance, blurred by space, then become increasingly present as the listener moves closer. The walk continues into MUJI and Lady M on Newbury Street, where curated indoor sounds replace reverberation with intimacy and control. Moving between these spaces, the piece explores how sound shapes our perception of distance, atmosphere, and daily movement through the city.