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Nathan Yoder

Nov 22

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

Nathan Yoder

Nov 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

A DC Mix by Guest Curator Stefan Christoff

Nathan Yoder

Jul 17

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

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

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

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

Audio Adventuring through North Eurasia Found Tapes

Nathan Yoder

May 3

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

Song Premiere: Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim - As It All Goes By

Nathan Yoder

May 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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