A DC Farewell
I started Deepest Currents back in the summer of 2016 (on my 30th birthday to be exact) as a Wordpress hobby blog. I'd appreciated (and con
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Nathan Yoder
Nov 20, 2023
2023 Favorites
Welcome to DC's final end-of-the-year favorites list! It's been a real hoot curating these countdowns over the past 7+ years, and I hope yo
Nathan Yoder
Oct 12, 2023
Tidewater
I've decided to call this mix "Tidewater" - named after the address of our lil shared A-frame on the Alsea River, upriver from Waldport on t
Nathan Yoder
Aug 17, 2023
Fall 2023 Music Preview
After spending weeks chipping away at that summer music roundup, I've decided to go a different direction for this fall music preview. Belo
Nathan Yoder
Aug 16, 2023
Summer 2023 Music Roundup
Regular readers of this site might have noticed that DC's last monthly album roundup was at way back the end of May. Well here I am at summ
Nathan Yoder
Aug 9, 2023
A Chat with Ora Cogan
I've long been a fan of Ora Cogan's work. A recording artist based on Vancouver Island, she's been a mainstay in the PNW music community fo
Nathan Yoder
Jul 29, 2023
Seven Acts to Catch at Pickathon 2023
I get so excited about this wonderfully experiential music festival every year, and once the set times drop, I love nothing more than sharin
Nathan Yoder
Jul 17, 2023
A DC Mix by Guest Curator Stefan Christoff
This mix is an original for Deepest Currents that highlights a bunch of wonderful artists with strong links to independent creative spaces i
Nathan Yoder
Jun 29, 2023
A Chat with Ned Milligan
Ned Milligan and first I connected over email a couple years back, I think about some album promo stuff. I was drawn to his (and his label'
Nathan Yoder
Jun 28, 2023
Feels Like Floating
If you're on IG and follow a lot of SoCal new-agey, electronic-ish music accounts (you know, folks that seem to be connected with the Leavin
Nathan Yoder
May 31, 2023
May 2023 Favorites
I've selected fewer albums to highlight this month, but considered together, their collective quality is top-notch. Read about all five rel
Nathan Yoder
May 3, 2023
Audio Adventuring through North Eurasia Found Tapes
About a year-and-a-half ago, back in early 2022, I stumbled across an album titled закуток ↬ якутск by катя егорова и егор клочих
Nathan Yoder
May 2, 2023
Song Premiere: Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim - As It All Goes By
To the average listener, violins, saxophones, and trombones might not be considered natural compliments, at least at first. They certainly
Nathan Yoder
May 1, 2023
April 2023 Favorites
April was absolutely stacked with new releases. Best music month of the year so far, for sure. Below, read about NINE of my favorite offer
Nathan Yoder
Apr 27, 2023
Breaking and Mending with Lisa/Liza
Liza Victoria has gotten a good deal of press from DC, which makes a lot of sense, as she's been one of my favorite singer-songwriters durin
Nathan Yoder
Apr 4, 2023
March 2023 Favorites
After a flurry of posts in January and February, I felt a little bit guilty about not publishing anything new in March. Well, I guess I did
Nathan Yoder
Mar 29, 2023
Piano Day
Back in 2015, the one-and-only Nils Frahm invented Piano Day. On the holiday's official website, Frahm writes, “Why does the world need a P
Nathan Yoder
Feb 28, 2023
February 2023 Favorites
DC is back again with another monthly roundup of favorite new releases. If you need a reminder of why I (Nathan) decided to switch to this
Nathan Yoder
Feb 21, 2023
A Chat with Lia Kohl
Lia Kohl is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist who dabbles in a bit of everything. She composes and she improvises. She works solo a
Nathan Yoder
Feb 14, 2023
Route 34
Over the past three-plus years, I've offered up a number of playlists on this site. Some of these mixes have been music festival primers, o
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