Across the Horizon

On today’s episode of Across the Horizon, host Bob Holmes of the band SUSS is joined by one of the leading practitioners of a style of music that might best be called "cosmic country”: the Portland, Oregon-based artist Jeffrey Silverstein. Bob and Jeffrey discuss some of the roots of this genre with music by Bobby Lee, Joe Harvey-Whyte, Six Organs of Admittance, and more. They also explore the backstories of Jeffrey's latest release, Doggone, on the label Full Time Hobby.


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On today’s episode of Across the Horizon, Bob Holmes of the band SUSS is joined by harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, one of the curators of Across the Horizon Volume 2. They talk about her contributions to the series as well as those of her guests, Nailah Hunter and Meg Baird. Mary also brought along a playlist of music she’s been listening to the Italian village of Tatti, her new part-time home. The playlist includes Yo La Tengo, Windsor for the Derby, Daniel Ogren, and more.


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On today’s episode of Across the Horizon, Bob Holmes of the band SUSS has a conversation with marisa anderson and Alan Sparhawk (formerly of Low). Marisa and Alan are two of the major curators for Vol.1 and Vol. 2 of the Across the Horizon music series and they discuss their contributions as well as those from Liz Draper, Charlie Parr, Kenneth Gregory, and EDT. The transcript of this discussion was originally published as an article on Talkhouse.
For Flow State, we’ve featured Anderson’s music a few times before (worth listening to if you haven’t heard it), so we’re playing records by artists mentioned on the episode. First up is portal iii’s self-titled album from 2020, a post-rock ambient record by Liz Draper (bass), Chris Gray (drums), and Charlie Parr (guitar). Second we’re playing Meno by Liz Draper, from 2025, which similarly uses silence to punctuate its spare instrumentation.
portal iii - portal iii (50m, no vocals)Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Amazon Music / Tidal
Meno - Liz Draper (20m, no vocals)Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Amazon Music / Tidal
Have a great Wednesday.



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On today’s episode of Across the Horizon, host Bob Holmes of the band SUSS is joined by Lara Somogyi. Lara is a harpist and composer who recently released an album a [time] patterned on Mercury KX Records. They talk about her new music as well as the playlist of ambient music that she brought to the show, including Ólafur Arnalds, Clarice Jensen, Steve Reich, Koki Nakano, and much more. Lara really takes Bob across the horizon into a whole new territory in this episode!


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On today’s episode of Across the Horizon, host Bob Holmes from the band SUSS finishes his conversation with Sarah Davachi from last week. Where the first part of their discussion focused on the titans of prog rock – Genesis, King Crimson, and Yes – this episode focuses on the fringes of the genre, including acts from Italy, Brazil, and Germany, as well as some of the solo ventures spawned by the bigger artists. And, finally, Bob gets to talk with Sarah about her latest minimalist masterpiece The Will of Tongues.


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