Interviews/Reviews
- “Learning To Love Chicago With Your Ears,” by Kerry Cardoza, published in the Chicago Reader (February 2019)
- “The Springboard by Eric Leonardson” by Cathy van Eck, published in her blog, Between Air and Electricity: Microphones and Loudspeakers As Instruments. (August, 2017)
- “Chicago ‘Soundwalks’ Ask You To Stop Talking And Listen To Your City” by Justin Breen, published in for DNAInfo (March 2017)
- “Eric Leonardson and the Art of Acousmatic Composition” by Jacopo Andreini, published in All About Jazz.(February, 2001)
- “Painting With Waves”An Interview with Sabine Breitsameter on Sound and Radio Art by Eric Leonardson. (Chicago SoundWeb, Summer 1995)
Music Reviews
- Eric Leonardson & Steve Barsotti. Rarebit. , CD Review by Nick Storring, Musicworks (Spring 2011, Issue 109)
- Tracing ‘The Perimeter’, review by Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times Theater Critic. (October 29, 2004)
- Nina Metz’s article about the sensor technology, sound design, conceptual and thematic development of Plasticene’s The Perimeter in the Chicago Tribune. Perimeter_Trib.pdf(October, 2004)
- PerformInk feature on Plasticene’s The Palmer Raids remount in New York City. (November, 2003)
- Radio Reverie In the Waiting Place innocent eyes & lenses IEL 0011 CD review in The Improvisor (1999)
Performances
- Site Removal was a collection of acousmatic works that formed the basis for Urban Archaeology, an ensemble sound performance staged in 1993. Urban Archaeology/Site Removal was released on cassette that same year. (Eric Leonardson, 1994)
Published Writings
- “Opening the Ether: Radio Art at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago,” co-written with Lou Mallozzi, Listen Up! Radio Art in the USA, Anne Thurmann-Jajes & Regine Beyer (eds.), [transcript] Zentrum für Künstlerpublikationen, Weserburg, Bremen, 2025
- “Soundwalks” contribution to online handbook, Sound Collaborations Manifesto & Cookbook, Inferno Mobile Recording Studio (IMRS), Chicago, 2019 (pg49)
- For reports, in Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology, I’ve written the “Report from WFAE President” in volumes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 published between 2013 and 2019.
- “How do Soundwalks Engage Urban Communities in Soundscape Awareness?” in the proceedings of the 2017 Invisible Places conference. co-written with fellow Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology Board members, Amanda Gutierrez and Norman W. Long. (Eric Leonardson, 2017 pg 629)
- “How to soundwalk (Part Two)” Land Lines: The Nature Conservancy of Canada blog, (October 2015)
- “How to soundwalk (Part One)” Land Lines: The Nature Conservancy of Canada blog, (October 2015)
- “Our Sonic Playground: A Model For Public Engagement In Urban Soundscape Awareness,” The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, Intellect, (June 2015)
- “Sound and Listening: Beyond the Wall of Broadcast Sound,” The Journal of Radio and Audio Media, Volume 22, Number 1, Routledge (April 2015)
- “Acoustic Ecology and Ethical Listening,” The Conrad Grebel Review, Volume 33, Number 2, Pandora Press, (Spring 2015)
- “Acoustic Ecology and Ethical Listening,” City Creatures Blog, Center For Humans and Nature, (April 28, 2014)
- “Instruments of Tension: Gramophones, Springs and the Performance of Place,” co-written with Jay Needham, Leonardo Music Journal, Vol. 23, MIT Press, (November/December 2013)
- “The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs,” Leonardo Music Journal Vol. 17, MIT Press, (November 2007)
For a full list of writings, citations, paper, lectures and panels, visit my Curriculum Vitae.
Queries and correspondence about Eric’s work may be addressed to: eric@ericleonardson.org.