Jonathan Meiburg’s life is uniquely situated between both the natural world and the music industry. As leader of the band Shearwater, and author of “A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey”, he provides plenty of insight on how to be a “generalist rather than a specialist” in terms of interests. His extensive travels from both touring and researching Striated Caracaras has given him a reverence for otherworldly natural areas and the beings that reside there. Meiburg also speaks on how he collaborated with Brian Eno for his song “Homing”, which Bowie album he can play in full, and his favorite song associated with nature, which turns out to be quite an eerie ballad.
You can find Jonathan at @shearwaterband on Instagram and his website, shearwatermusic.com
Thanks for listening and don’t forget to review, share and subscribe to the podcast! Learn more about nonprofit Sustain Music and Nature’s work to make music a force for nature at: www.sustainmusicandnature.org
Host: Charles Coplin
Producer: Sustain Music & Nature
Editor: Harrison Goodale
Media Researcher: Lindsay Johnson
Theme Music: Harrison Goodale
Shearwater's Featured Music: "Xenarthran", "African Night Flight" from David Bowie's Lodger, and "May".
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