2013 marked the arrival of millions of periodical cicadas to the new york metropolitan area. these musical insects appear only once every seventeen years. on the occasion of this auspicious event, david rothenberg performed a series of concerts together with composer and deep listener pauline oliveros, overtone singer timothy hill, and live singing insects brought in from the trees. the ensemble of digital accordion, clarinets with electronically enhanced nature sounds, and harmonic singing is certainly a trio unlike anything heard before. even pauline, with eighty-two years of music making, confessed she had not heard anything like it. the ensemble headed to the famous dreamland studios just outside of woodstock to commit three and a half hours of music to digital memory. for the album they picked their favorite 64 minutes and 32 seconds. joëlle léandre said "i love this trio, it's wonderful, special.