Inspired by a night with SWN, renowned artist Maggi Hambling created a striking new series of paintings capturing the nightingale's song in gold against black grounds. This illuminating exhibition and accompanying book explore the songbird's rich artistic and cultural legacy across thousands of years.

Mary Wellesley wrote about accompanying Sam on a nighttime walk to hear the nightingales in Sussex for the London Review of Books in June 2024.

The Guardian's Patrick Barkham interviewed Sam about his musical collaborations with Nightingales for a full-page spread in March 2021.

SWN was host to 40 environmental professionals of colour in 2023. The event was covered by Dhruti Shah for The Washington Post.

Sam discussed his Nightingale duets with Joy Lo Dico for this Financial Times article.

John Mitchinson reflects on a cold April night in Gloucestershire, listening for the increasingly rare song of the Nightingale for the Byline Times.

What did The Times newspaper have to say about SWN? Katie Gibbons interviewed Sam for this 2017 feature.

Simon Broughton from BBC Music Magazine joined Sam and cellist Matthew Barley for a magical nighttime encounter, where the musicians duetted with the enchanting song of the Nightingale.

Emergence Magazine's Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee interviewed Sam for this detailed and in-depth feature on SWN.

A 5-star review of an “experience unlike any other”

An in-depth feature from 2019 written by veteran journalist Robin Denslow

A review of the book and project from Ireland

An in-depth feature on Nature and Art from the BBC

Patrick Barkham's superb feature on our WR action in Berkeley Square

A write-up by the USA's famous No Depression web magazine

Imagine5, the very stylish Magazine did a wonderful feature on SWN

A splendid environmental piece about birdsong in the charts and SWN

An op-ed piece Sam wrote for this venerable magazine